Football at the Micronesian Games

Organising body	Micronesian Games Council ( Oceania National Olympic Committees)
Current champions	Pohnpei (1st)
2023

Football competitions have were first held at the Micronesian Games for the 1998 edition of the tournament. The event is open to the ten member federations of the Micronesian Games Council, a sub-regional member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. The football tournament has been held at two subsequent games since 1998, in 2014 and 2018. Although a similar football tournament called the Micronesian Cup was held in 1999 and 2001, they were separate events as no Micronesian Games were held in those years. ^{[1] [2]}

Results by year

Year	Host city			Final			Third place match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1998	Koror City		Northern Mariana Islands	3–0	Guam		Palau	6–3	Palau B
2001	Gagil		Yap	0–0 1–0	Chuuk		Pohnpei	—
2014	Palikir		Pohnpei	3–1	Palau		Chuuk	3–1	Yap
2018	Gagil		Pohnpei	3–2	Yap		Palau	2–0	Chuuk

Matches

1998

Football was played at the Micronesia Games for the first time in 1998. However, it was designed as an exhibition event that did not issue medals or count in the tournament standings. Additionally, the event was for 9-a-side teams on a field that was below regulation size with the matches being eighty minutes in length. All matches were played at the Emmaus High School Field in Koror, Palau. The Northern Mariana Islands defeated Guam in the final to become inaugural champions. Guam forward Matt Naputi was the tournament's top goal scorer with thirteen tallies. ^[3]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guam	5	5	0	0	52	4	+48	15
2	Northern Mariana Islands	5	4	0	1	40	5	+35	12
3	Palau B	5	3	0	2	27	20	+7	9
4	Palau	5	2	0	3	20	37	−17	6
5	Yap	5	1	0	4	8	39	−31	3
6	Pohnpei	5	0	0	5	9	51	−42	0

Northern Mariana Islands  v Palau "B"

27 July Round 1	Northern Mariana Islands	8–0	Palau "B"
		Report

Palau  v   Yap

27 July Round 1	Palau	7–1	Yap
		Report

Guam  v   Pohnpei

27 July Round 1	Guam	16–1	Pohnpei
		Report

Guam  v Palau "B"

28 July Round 2	Guam	4–0	Palau "B"
	Toby Irish 22' Danny Palomo 26' Solo Siewart 29' Matt Naputi 60'	Report

Northern Mariana Islands  v   Yap

28 July Round 2	Northern Mariana Islands	8–0	Yap
		Report

Palau  v   Pohnpei

28 July Round 2	Palau	7–1	Pohnpei
		Report

Guam  v   Northern Mariana Islands

30 July Round 3	Guam	2–1	Northern Mariana Islands
		Report

Palau "B" v   Palau

30 July Round 3	Palau "B"	8–3	Palau
		Report

Yap  v   Pohnpei

30 July Round 3	Yap	4–3	Pohnpei
		Report

Guam  v   Yap

31 July Round 4	Guam	15–0	Yap
		Report

Northern Mariana Islands  v   Palau

31 July Round 4	Northern Mariana Islands	12–1	Palau
		Report

Palau "B" v   Pohnpei

31 July Round 4	Palau "B"	13–2	Pohnpei
		Report

Guam  v   Palau

1 August Round 5	Guam	15–2	Palau
		Report

Palau "B" v   Yap

1 August Round 5	Palau "B"	6–3	Yap
		Report

Northern Mariana Islands  v   Pohnpei

1 August Round 5	Northern Mariana Islands	11–2	Pohnpei
		Report

Finals

Yap  v   Pohnpei

3 August Fifth Place match	Yap	v (5–4 p)	Pohnpei
		Report

Palau  v Palau "B"

3 August Third Place match	Palau	6–3	Palau "B"
	Stephen Stefano , , , ,	Report

Northern Mariana Islands  v   Guam

3 August Final	Northern Mariana Islands	3–0	Guam
	Charles Kewo 5' Chris Leon Guerrero 15', ??'	Report

2014

Four teams competed in the 2014 tournament. After initially intending to play, Kiribati withdrew from the tournament while Guam did not enter. The Northern Mariana Islands could not enter because of a schedule conflict with 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification. All matches took place at PICS Field in Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. ^[4]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pohnpei	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
2	Palau	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Yap	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
4	Chuuk	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0
5	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pohnpei v   Palau

25 July Round 1	Pohnpei	3–1	Palau
	Percy Rasug Alex Panuelo Yafeth Konings	Report	Charles Reklai Mitchell

Chuuk v Yap

25 July Round 1	Chuuk	2–3	Yap
	Curtis Graham Gilbert Kin	Report	??? , ,

Palau  v Chuuk

26 July Round 2	Palau	5–0	Chuuk
	Robert Bishop Mohosin Miah Cristian Nicolescu Armando Canseco ( o.g.)	Report

Pohnpei v Yap

26 July Round 2	Pohnpei	4–0	Yap
	Yafeth Konings , Paul Cantero Bob Paul	Report

Pohnpei v Chuuk

28 July Round 3	Pohnpei	3–2	Chuuk
	Percy Rasug Alex Panuelo Jair Konings	Report	Iopy Rudolph Texter Rain

Palau  v Yap

28 July Round 3	Palau	2–2	Yap
	Armando Canseco Charles Reklai Mitchell	Report	Aaron Bayon Jacob Nam

Finals

Yap v Chuuk

29 July Third Place match	Yap	1–3	Chuuk
	Devon Figirman	Report	Scott Rudolph , Iopy Rudolph

Pohnpei v   Palau

29 July Championship match	Pohnpei	3–1	Palau
	Percy Rasug Roger Nakasone Alex Panuelo	Report	Charles Reklai Mitchell

2018

Three states of the Federated States of Micronesia ( Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Yap) entered the tournament individually. Kosrae, Nauru, Kiribati, Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and Guam did not enter the football tournament despite competing in other events at the games. All matches were played at the Yap Sports Complex in Gagil, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. ^[5]

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yap	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
2	Pohnpei	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Chuuk	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Palau	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Pohnpei v   Palau

23 July Round 1	Pohnpei	2–1	Palau
		Report

Yap v Chuuk

23 July Round 1	Yap	4–2	Chuuk
		Report

Chuuk v   Palau

24 July Round 2	Chuuk	1–0	Palau
		Report

Pohnpei v Yap

24 July Round 2	Pohnpei	2–2	Yap
		Report

Chuuk v Pohnpei

25 July Round 3	Chuuk	1–1	Pohnpei
		Report

Yap v   Palau

25 July Round 3	Yap	2–1	Palau
		Report

Finals

Palau  v Chuuk

25 July Third Place match	Palau	2–0	Chuuk
		Report

Yap v Pohnpei

27 July Championship match	Yap	2–3	Pohnpei
		Report

References