Women's football at the 2015 Pacific Games

2015 Pacific Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Papua New Guinea
City Port Moresby
Dates 6–16 July 2015
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Papua New Guinea (4th title)
Runners-up  New Caledonia
Third place  Cook Islands
Fourth place  Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 47 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Caledonia Christelle Wahnawe (10 goals)

The 2015 Pacific Games women's football tournament was the 4th edition of the Pacific Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 6–16 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).

The tournament also doubled as the first stage of the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1][2] The highest-ranked team of this competition who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced to the second stage against New Zealand, where the winner qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament.[3]

Papua New Guinea won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive Pacific Games.

Teams

A total of seven teams participated in the tournament.[4]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands 3rd Group stage (2007, 2011)
 Fiji 4th Bronze medal (2007, 2011)
 New Caledonia 3rd Silver medal (2011)
 Papua New Guinea (hosts) 4th Gold medal (2003, 2007, 2011)
 Samoa 2nd Group stage (2007)
 Solomon Islands 3rd Group stage (2007, 2011)
 Tonga 4th Silver medal (2007)

New Caledonia are ineligible for the Olympics as they are not affiliated to the IOC. Had they won the tournament, the runner-up would advance to the second stage of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[4]

Venues

Port Moresby
Bisini Sports Complex Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
9°28′18″S 147°12′03″E / 9.471732°S 147.200810°E / -9.471732; 147.200810 (Bisini Field) 9°27′59″S 147°09′24″E / 9.466323°S 147.156674°E / -9.466323; 147.156674 (Sir Hubert Murray Stadium)

Group stage

The draw was held on 1 June 2015 at the OFC Headquarters at Auckland.[5] The seven teams were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times UTC+10.[6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia 3 2 1 0 16 3 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  Samoa 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: OFC

6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)
10:30
Solomon Islands  1–8  New Caledonia
Aihunu  67' (pen.) Report Wahnawe  6', 48', 68'
Rabah  14'
Xolawawa  39' (pen.)
Maguire  73'
Hace  80'
Gatha  90+8'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[7]

6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)
12:45
Tonga  0–1  Samoa
Report Ioane  57'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mairi Noni (Papua New Guinea)[7]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)
12:45
Solomon Islands  0–2  Tonga
Report Soakai  58'
Akolo  90+4'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Hillary Ani (Papua New Guinea)[8]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)
15:00
New Caledonia  2–2  Samoa
Rabah  7'
Wahnawe  48'		 Report Kapisi  2'
Ioane  21'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[8]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
10:30
New Caledonia  6–0  Tonga
Haocas  4'
Wahnawe  21', 66', 72'
Rabah  42'
Kenon  45+1'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)[9]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
12:45
Samoa  2–1  Solomon Islands
Malo  2'
Peleti  44'		 Report Joe  45+1'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[9]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea (H) 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Cook Islands 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
3  Fiji 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host.

6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)
15:00
Fiji  1–5  Papua New Guinea
Rao  90+1' Report M. Gunemba  30' (pen.), 45', 50'
Padio  83'
Rama  90+2'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)[7]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)
10:30
Fiji  1–1  Cook Islands
Diyalowai  67' Report L. Harmon  10'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)[8]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)
15:00
Papua New Guinea  2–0  Cook Islands
M. Gunemba  31'
Rama  72'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)[9]

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
13 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 New Caledonia5
 
16 July – Port Moresby
 
 Cook Islands1
 
 New Caledonia0
 
13 July – Port Moresby
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
 Papua New Guinea3
 
 
 Samoa0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 Cook Islands2
 
 
 Samoa0

Semi-finals

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13)
11:00
New Caledonia  5–1  Cook Islands
Wahnawe  10', 82', 84'
Rabah  26'
Haocas  31'		 Report L. Harmon  90+1'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Ichikawa Polovili (Tonga)[10]

13 July 2015 (2015-07-13)
14:30
Papua New Guinea  3–0  Samoa
Kaikas  6'
M. Gunemba  25'
Padio  45+1'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)[10]

Bronze medal match

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)
15:00
Cook Islands  2–0  Samoa
Toka  41'
Carr  54'		 Report

Gold medal match

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)
19:00
New Caledonia  0–1  Papua New Guinea
Report Kaipu  21'

Papua New Guinea advanced to the second stage of the OFC Qualifying Tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics; since New Caledonia are ineligible for the Olympics, Papua New Guinea would have advanced as the highest-ranked IOC member team regardless of the result.

Goalscorers

10 goals
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
  • Cook Islands Liz Harmon
  • New Caledonia Marielle Haocas
  • Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
  • Papua New Guinea Fatima Rama
  • Samoa Lusia Ioane
1 goal
  • Cook Islands Maeva Carr
  • Cook Islands Tepaeru Toka
  • Fiji Sofi Diyalowai
  • Fiji Sonali Rao
  • New Caledonia Sidney Gatha
  • New Caledonia Isabelle Hace
  • New Caledonia Brenda Kenon
  • New Caledonia Kim Maguire
  • New Caledonia Céline Xolawawa
  • Papua New Guinea Georgina Kaikas
  • Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu
  • Samoa Kelsey Kapisi
  • Samoa Hana Malo
  • Samoa Hazel Peleti
  • Solomon Islands Cathy Aihunu
  • Solomon Islands Merina Joe
  • Tonga Mele Akolo
  • Tonga Mele Soakai

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. March 11, 2015. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "OFC Olympic Qualifying schedule unveiled". OceaniaFootball.com. 1 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Draw defines Road to Rio". Oceania Football Confederation. June 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "XV Pacific Games - Papua New Guinea 2015 Match Schedule" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  7. 1 2 3 "Women's football fires up". oceaniafootball.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Cook Islands enter the fold". oceaniafootball.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Victory essential for all". oceaniafootball.com. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Chase for final berth heats up". oceaniafootball.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. 1 2 "All in for the medal hunt". oceaniafootball.com. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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