Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pacific Games

2019 Pacific Games
men's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Samoa
City	Apia
Dates	8–20 July
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (U-23) (1st title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	169 (6.26 per match)
Attendance	14,740 (546 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jean-Philippe Saïko Gagame Feni Tony Kaltak (9 goals each)
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The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held from 8 to 20 July 2019. It was the 15th edition of the men's Pacific Games football tournament. Together with the women's competition, all matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Stadium in Apia, Samoa.

Unlike the men's football competition at the 2015 Pacific Games where only under-23 athletes were eligible to compete, this tournament was not age-restricted and thus was open to senior men's national teams. However, New Zealand was the only team to field an under-23 side.

Teams

•   American Samoa
•   Fiji
•   New Caledonia
•   New Zealand (U-23)
•   Papua New Guinea
•   Samoa
•   Solomon Islands
•   Tahiti
•   Tonga
•   Tuvalu
•   Vanuatu

Venues

Apia
J.S. Blatter Stadium
13°50′12″S171°45′7″W / 13.83667°S 171.75194°W / -13.83667; -171.75194 (J.S. Blatter Stadium)
Capacity: 3,500

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's team squads

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 5 June 2019. It was streamed live on Facebook. ^[1]

Officials

These are the referees that were appointed for the games, six of which are from AFF. ^[2]

Referees Salesh Chand Thoriq Alkatiri Nazmi Nasaruddin Thein Thein Aye Nadia Browning Nick Waldron Clifford Daypuyat David Yareboinen Stephanie Minan George Time Natalia Lumukana Pari Oito Rani Perry Tapaita Lelenga Mongkolchai Pechsri Pansa Chaisanit Joel Hopken

Assistant Referees Avinesh Narayan Bertrand Brial Noah Kusunan Gerard Ionatana Malaetala Salanoa Maria Salamasina Natalia Lumukana Bernard Mutukera Douglas Mete Jeffrey Solodia Johnny Niabo Stephen Seniga Folio Moeaki Lata Kumatale Sione Teu Tevita Makasini Hilton Sese Jeremy Garae

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand U-23	4	3	1	0	20	1	+19	10	Gold final
2	Papua New Guinea	4	3	0	1	16	2	+14	9	Bronze final
3	Vanuatu	4	2	1	1	25	2	+23	7
4	Samoa (H)	4	1	0	3	3	22	−19	3
5	Tonga	4	0	0	4	0	37	−37	0

Source: Pacific Games
(H) Hosts

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

16:00

Tonga	0–13	New Zealand U-23
	Report	de Jong 4' McIsaac 14', 41', 81' Rogerson 28', 30', 37', 49', 54' Heath 45+2' Porter 78', 83', 90'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

19:00

Samoa	0–6	Papua New Guinea
	Report	K. Kepo 1', 52', 75' Dabinyaba 83' Gunemba 87' A. Kepo 90'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

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10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

16:00

New Zealand U-23	5–1	Samoa
Rogerson 15', 37' Akers 44' Tipelu 60' Clark 77'	Report	Laloata 88'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

19:00

Papua New Guinea	2–0	Vanuatu
Gunemba 11' Simon 41'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

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12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)

16:00

Vanuatu	0–0	New Zealand U-23
	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 900

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)

19:00

Samoa	2–0	Tonga
Laloata 60', 75'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

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15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)

9:00

Tonga	0–14	Vanuatu
	Report	Molivakarua 5' Kalo 7' Natou 9' T. Kaltak 22', 64', 73', 82', 88' Cooper 35' Coulon 45' Nicholls 45+1', 80', 87', 90+2'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)

10:00

New Zealand U-23	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Whyte 34' (pen.) Schnell 79'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)

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18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

9:00

Papua New Guinea	8–0	Tonga
Kamen 22', 54' Dabinyaba 48' Simon 58' (pen.), 62', 90+1' Aisa 80' Upaiga 83'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

16:00

Vanuatu	11–0	Samoa
Cooper 7', 14', 16', 23' T. Kaltak 25', 32', 55', 78' Bob 30' Nicholls 38' B. Kaltak 62'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Caledonia	5	5	0	0	22	0	+22	15	Gold final
2	Fiji	5	3	1	1	25	7	+18	10	Bronze final
3	Tahiti	5	3	0	2	19	6	+13	9
4	Solomon Islands	5	2	1	2	30	9	+21	7
5	American Samoa	5	0	1	4	2	36	−34	1
6	Tuvalu	5	0	1	4	2	42	−40	1

Source: Pacific Games

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

9:00

American Samoa	0–5	New Caledonia
	Report	Hmaen 10' Kaï 17', 38' Saïko 59', 85'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

10:00

Tuvalu	0–13	Solomon Islands
	Report	Feni 12', 17', 20', 33', 60' Nawo 24' Totori 29', 38' Donga 40' Kaua 43' Tanito 44', 73' Hou 71'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)

8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)

13:00

Tahiti	1–2	Fiji
Mu 88'	Report	Drudru 8' Krishna 66' (pen.)

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

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10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

9:00

Tuvalu	0–7	Tahiti
	Report	T. Tehau 8', 20' (pen.), 61' Atani 27' Tetauira 55' Barbe 72' Tehuritaua 82'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

10:00

American Samoa	0–9	Fiji
	Report	Vodowaqa 20', 24', 50', 82' Rakula 36', 49' Wasasala 46', 84' Hughes 89'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)

13:00

Solomon Islands	0–2	New Caledonia
	Report	Saïko 50', 90'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)

9:00

American Samoa	1–1	Tuvalu
Pati 70'	Report	Petoa 31'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)

12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)

10:00

Solomon Islands	0–3	Tahiti
	Report	Tetauira 23' T. Tehau 68', 87'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 200

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

12 July 2019 (2019-07-12)

13:00

New Caledonia	1–0	Fiji
Saïko 43' (pen.)	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 800

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

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15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)

13:00

Fiji	10–1	Tuvalu
Tekiate 10' Matarerega 15' Rakula 44' Wasasala 68', 87' Vodowaqa 70', 83' Sami 76' Krishna 89', 90+2'	Report	Vailine 53'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)

15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)

16:00

Solomon Islands	13–0	American Samoa
Feni 18', 34', 61' Ledoux 27' (o.g.) Totori 42' Abba 49', 54', 60', 84' Ifunaoa 51', 62', 74' Taroga 69'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 400

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

15 July 2019 (2019-07-15)

19:00

Tahiti	0–3	New Caledonia
	Report	Hmaen 30' Wajoka 86' Zeoula 90+1'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

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18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

10:00

New Caledonia	11–0	Tuvalu
Saïko 2', 13', 53', 60' Decoire 2', 32', 90+3' Nokisi 29' (o.g.) Hmaen 66', 87' Tein-Padom 74'	Report

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

13:00

Tahiti	8–1	American Samoa
T. Tehau 4', 39', 76' (pen.) Tetauira 10', 15', 85' Roo 26' Mu 84'	Report	Faamoana 35'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 140

Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)

19:00

Fiji	4–4	Solomon Islands
Joseph 4' Drudru 8' Krishna 19', 48'	Report	Ifunaoa 11' Feni 45' Totori 58' (pen.), 65' (pen.)

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #1, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

Bronze final

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)

9:00

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Fiji
K. Kepo 38'	Report	Krishna 58'
Penalties
Foster Dabinyaba A. Komolong K. Kepo	2–4	Krishna Hughes Votoniu Rawaqa

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 700

Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Gold final

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)

12:00

New Zealand (U-23)	2–1	New Caledonia
Schnell 86' Jones 90+4'	Report	Sele 55'

J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium #2, Apia

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Goalscorers

There were 169 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.26 goals per match.

9 goals

• Jean-Philippe Saïko
• Gagame Feni
• Tony Kaltak

8 goals

• Teaonui Tehau

7 goals

• Logan Rogerson

6 goals

• Roy Krishna
• Tito Vodowaqa

5 goals

• Benjamin Totori
• Tamatoa Tetauira
• Mitch Cooper
• Bill Nicholls

4 goals

• Christopher Wasasala
• Nathanaël Hmaen
• Kolu Kepo
• Emmanuel Simon
• Andrew Abba
• Dennis Ifunaoa

3 goals

• Malakai Rakula
• Cédric Decoire
• Lachie McIsaac
• Jake Porter
• Vito Laloata

2 goals

• Samuela Drudru
• Bertrand Kaï
• Dane Schnell
• Nigel Dabinyaba
• Raymond Gunemba
• Alex Kamen
• Tutizama Tanito
• François Mu

1 goal

• Chris Faamoana
• Walter Pati
• Setareki Hughes
• Patrick Joseph
• Rusiate Matarerega
• Kishan Sami
• Remueru Tekiate
• Richard Sele
• Stéphane Tein-Padom
• Jean-Christ Wajoka
• César Zeoula
• Jorge Akers
• Seth Clark
• Dylan de Jong
• Byron Heath
• Billy Jones
• Robert Tipelu
• Ollie Whyte
• Patrick Aisa
• Ati Kepo
• Koriak Upaiga
• Jerry Donga
• Alwin Hou
• Atkin Kaua
• Joses Nawo
• Patrick Taroga
• Stanley Atani
• Kevin Barbe
• Rooarii Roo
• Tevairoa Tehuritaua
• Alopua Petoa
• Sosene Vailine
• Jeffery Bob
• Michel Coulon
• Bong Kalo
• Brian Kaltak
• Elkington Molivakarua
• Daniel Natou

1 own goal

• Roy Ledoux (against Solomon Islands)
• Sepetaio Nokisi (against New Caledonia)

See also

• Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
• Football at the 2019 Pacific Games
• Football at the Pacific Games

References

1. "The draw for the football competition for Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games is taking place live now. Football will be played from 8-20 July". Facebook. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
2. "Football Sports Technical Manual Version 2.0" (PDF). SAMOA 2019 PACIFIC GAMES. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

External links

• Official 2019 Pacific Games website
• XV Pacific Games Men's Tournament, Official OFC website