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- ↑ "Samoa stay alive as PNG advance". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ↑ "New Zealand 11 – 0 Papua New Guinea". OFC . 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- 1 2 "Papua New Guinea 3 – 0 Fiji" (PDF). Oceania Football Federation. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ↑ "Solomon Islands 1 – 2 Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Federation. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "OFC Women's Nations Cup 2010 – Match Summary – Tonga - Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Oceania Football Federation. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ↑ "OFC Women's Nations Cup 2010 – Match Summary – Papua New Guinea - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Federation. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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