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Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	29 August – 7 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in Suva host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	148 (7.4 per match)
← 1975 1983 →

The 1979 South Pacific Games was the sixth edition where football was introduced and was held in Suva, Fiji, during August and September 1979. ^[1]

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Fiji	3	2	1	1	0	24	0	+27
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	1	0	15	0	+15
Kiribati	0	2	0	0	2	0	37	–37

29 August 1979

Papua New Guinea	0–0	Fiji

Fiji

30 August 1979

Fiji	24–0	Kiribati
Chand ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Janeman ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Salim ?', ?', ?' Tubuna ?', ?' Waqa ?', ?' Vuilabasa ?' Khan ?'

Fiji

31 August 1979

Papua New Guinea	13–0	Kiribati

Fiji

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tahiti	4	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26
Tuvalu	2	2	1	0	1	5	21	–16
Tonga	0	2	0	0	2	3	13	–10

29 August 1979

Tahiti	8–0	Tonga
Errol Bennett ?', ?', ?' William Aumeran ?', ?' Gérard Kautai ?' Gilles Malinowski ?', ?'

Fiji

30 August 1979

Tahiti	18–0	Tuvalu

Fiji

1 September 1979

Tuvalu	5–3	Tonga
Tealofi ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Fiji

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Solomon Islands	4	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18
Wallis and Futuna	2	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4
Western Samoa	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

29 August 1979

Solomon Islands	12–0	Western Samoa

Fiji

31 August 1979

Solomon Islands	6–0	Wallis and Futuna
Wilson Maelaua ?', ?', ?' Luito'o Fa'arodo ?' Henry Suri ?' James Sulimae ?'

Fiji

1 September 1979

Wallis and Futuna	3–1	Western Samoa

Fiji

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Caledonia	4	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13
New Hebrides	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Guam	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

29 August 1979

New Caledonia	11–1	Guam

Fiji

30 August 1979

New Caledonia	3–0	New Hebrides
Segin Wayewol ?', ?' Pierre Wacapo ?'

Fiji

31 August 1979

New Hebrides	4–0	Guam
Toto Nafu ?', ?' unknown ?' ( o.g.) Michael Naugar ?'

Fiji

Quarter finals

3 September 1979

Fiji	5–0	Wallis and Futuna
Farouk Janeman ?', ?' Josaia Tubuna ?' Mohammed Salim ?' Feroz Khan ?'

Fiji

3 September 1979

Tahiti	1–0	New Hebrides
Errol Bennett ?'

Fiji

3 September 1979

Solomon Islands	3–2	Papua New Guinea
Henry Suri 50', 73' Alick Bebeu 55'		Hatsire Manhi 25' Daino Sami 44'

Fiji

3 September 1979

New Caledonia	11–0	Tuvalu
Jean Xowie ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Dera Suihuliwa ?', ?', ?', ?' Hilaire Kenon ?' Fouidja ?'

Fiji

Semi finals

4 September 1979

Fiji	2–0	Solomon Islands
Dewan Chand 95', 115'

Fiji

4 September 1979

Tahiti	3–2	New Caledonia
Errol Bennett ?', ?' Gilles Malinowski ?'

Fiji

Bronze medal match

7 September 1979

New Caledonia	1–3	Solomon Islands
Bernard Ukeiwe ?'		Wilson Maelaua ?', ?' Davidson Ngawaeramo ?'

Fiji

Gold medal match

7 September 1979

Fiji	0–3	Tahiti
		Gérard Kautai 53' Errol Bennett 66', 72'

Fiji

1979 South Pacific Games winners
Tahiti Third title

Consolation Tournament (5th–12th Place)

Quarter finals

5 September 1979

Guam	4–2	Western Samoa

Fiji

5 September 1979

New Hedrides	2–0	Papua New Guinea

Fiji

5 September 1979

Tonga	1–0	Wallis and Futuna

Fiji

5 September 1979

Tuvalu	3–3	Kiribati
Penalties
	4–2

Fiji

Semi finals

6 September 1979

Guam	7–2	Tuvalu

Fiji

6 September 1979

New Hebrides	7–1	Tonga

Fiji

Fifth-place match

7 September 1979

New Hebrides	5–1	Guam

Fiji

Goalscorers

There were 148 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 7.4 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

References