Football at the Pacific Games
| Founded | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Region | OFC |
| Current champions |
 New Caledonia (6th title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
New Caledonia (6 titles) |
 New Caledonia 2011 - Men's New Caledonia 2011 - Women's | |
Football has been a regular event at the Pacific Games, the multi-sports event for Pacific nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963. Until 2011 the tournament was known as the South Pacific games.[1]
Since 1971 the competition has been held every four years, but was not played in 1999 due to contract issues. Since 2007, the men's competition has doubled as OFC's preliminary qualifying competition for the FIFA World Cup.
A women's tournament was first introduced in 2003, and has doubled up as the preliminary qualifying competition for the Olympic Games since 2007.
Men's Tournament
Results
Medalists
| Team | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | 6 (63', 69', 71', 87', 07', 11') | 3 (66', 75', 03') | 2 (83', 91') |
 Tahiti (French Polynesia) | 5 (66', 75', 79', 83', 95') | 2 (69', 87') | 3 (63', 71', 11') |
 Fiji | 2 (91', 03') | 4 (63', 79', 83', 07') | |
 Solomon Islands | 3 (91', 95', 11') | 2 (75', 79') | |
 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | 1 (71') | 3 (66', 03', 07') |
Top goalscorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-1995 | Unknown | - |
| 2003 | Esala Masi |
11 |
| 2007 | Osea Vakatalesau |
10 |
| 2011 | Bertrand Kaï |
10 |
Women's Tournament
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2003[3] details |
Fiji |
Papua New Guinea  |
round-robin |  Guam |
Tonga  |
round-robin | Tahiti |
| 2007[4] details |
 Samoa |
Papua New Guinea |
3–1 | Tonga |
Fiji |
1–0 | Tahiti |
| 2011[5] details |
New Caledonia |
Papua New Guinea |
2–1 | New Caledonia |
Fiji |
1–0 | Tonga |
| 2015 details |
Papua New Guinea |
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| 2019 details |
Tonga |
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Medalists
| Team | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 (03', 07', 11') | ||
| Tonga | 1 (07') | 1 (03') | |
| Guam | 1 (03') | ||
| New Caledonia | 1 (11') | ||
| Fiji | 2 (07', 11') |
Top goalscorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | unknown | - |
| 2007 | Penateti Feke |
4 |
| 2011 | Christelle Wahnawe |
12 |
References
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pacgames.html
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/southpac.html
- ↑ "South Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "South Pacific Games 2007 (Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Pacific Games 2011 (New Caledonia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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