Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games

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Men's Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates1 to 5 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
Third placeFlag of France.svg  Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored103 (9.36 per match)
← 1969
1975 →

Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1971 South Pacific Games which was hosted in Tahiti. It was the fourth edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the Pacific Games Council.

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Background

The first men's football tournament was held at the inaugural games in 1963 held in Suva, Fiji and was regularly held up until the games before this edition, which were the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. New Caledonia has won every edition of the tournament up until these games except when French Polynesia had won the tournament at the 1966 South Pacific Games in Nouméa. [1]

Format

Six teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into two round robin groups, two groups of three teams. The two best placed teams from each group would qualify for the semifinals. The remaining teams would play in a fifth place play-off match. The winning team from each semifinal would contest the gold medal match and the losing team from each would contest the bronze medal match. [2] The competition would be held from 1 to 5 September 1971.[ citation needed ]

Participants

Games

Group A

Tahiti and Papua New Guinea would both receive one win and one loss, with the Cook Islands losing twice, the former two would advance to the semifinals. [2] Tahiti's win over the Cook Islands with a score of 30–0 would set a record for the highest win margin in an edition of the men's football tournament. [3]

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of France.svg  Tahiti 32110322+30
Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea 32110183+15
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 02002146–45
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg2–2Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea
[2]
Tahiti
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg30–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
[2]
Tahiti
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg16–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
[2]
Tahiti

Group B

New Caledonia and New Hebrides would both receive one win and one loss, with Fiji losing twice, the former two would advance to the semifinals. [2]

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia 3211051+4
Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides 3211064+2
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 02002511–6
New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg5–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
[2]
Tahiti
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg4–6Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Tahiti
New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg0–0Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Tahiti

5th place match

Fiji defeated the Cook Islands in the fifth-place match. [2]

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg15–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
[2]
Tahiti

Final stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia 4
 
5 September
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea 0
 
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia 7
 
4 September
 
Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides 1
 
Flag of France.svg  Tahiti 1
 
 
Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides 2
 
Third place
 
 
5 September
 
 
Flag of France.svg  Tahiti 8
 
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea 1

Semi-finals

New Caledonia defeated Papua New Guinea in the first semi-final match, while New Hebrides defeated Tahiti in the second semi-final match. [2]

New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg4–0Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea
[2]
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg1–2Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]

Third place match

Tahiti defeated the Papua New Guinea in the bronze medal match. [2]

Tahiti  Flag of France.svg8–1Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea
[2]

Final

New Caledonia defeated New Hebrides in the gold medal match. [2]

New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg7–1Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Attendance: 16,000

Final rankings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  Tahiti
4Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg  Papua New Guinea
5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
6Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands

References

  1. ↑ Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil; Di Maggio, Roberto; Schöggl, Hans (7 December 2023). "(South) Pacific Games and Mini Games". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Garin, Mark; Cruikshank, Neil; Pieter, Veroeveren; Zlotkowski, Andre (6 January 2016). "South Pacific Games 1971 (Tahiti)". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Football: Tahiti win 30-0 at Pacific Games". The New Zealand Herald . 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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