Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games

Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
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)

The 1979 South Pacific Games was the sixth edition where football was introduced and was held in Fiji during August and September 1979.

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 32110240+24
 Papua New Guinea 32110130+13
 Kiribati 02002037-37

29 August 1979
Papua New Guinea  0 - 0  Fiji

30 August 1979
Papua New Guinea  13 - 0  Kiribati

31 August 1979
Fiji  24 - 0  Kiribati

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 42200260+26
 Tuvalu 22101521-16
 Tonga 02002313-10

29 August 1979
Tahiti  8 - 0  Tonga

30 August 1979
Tahiti  18 - 0  Tuvalu

1 September 1979
Tuvalu  5 - 3  Tonga
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Saifoloi

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Solomon Islands 42200180+18
 Wallis and Futuna 2210137-4
 Samoa 02002115-14

29 August 1979
Solomon Islands  12 - 0  Samoa


1 September 1979
Wallis and Futuna  3 - 1  Samoa

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 42200141+13
 New Hebrides 2210153+2
 Guam 02002116-15

29 August 1979
New Caledonia  11 - 1  Guam

30 August 1979
New Caledonia  3 - 0  New Hebrides

31 August 1979
New Hebrides  5 - 0  Guam

Quarter finals

3 September 1979
Fiji  5 - 0  Wallis and Futuna

3 September 1979
Tahiti  1 - 0  New Hebrides


3 September 1979
New Caledonia  10 - 2  Tuvalu

Semi finals

4 September 1979
Fiji  2 - 0  Solomon Islands

4 September 1979
Tahiti  3 - 2  New Caledonia

Bronze medal match

7 September 1979
New Caledonia  1 - 3  Solomon Islands

Gold medal match

7 September 1979
Fiji  0 - 3  Tahiti
 1979 South Pacific Games Winners 

Tahiti
Third title

Quarter finals

5 September 1979
 Guam 4 - 2  Samoa

5 September 1979
 New Hebrides 2 - 0  Papua New Guinea

5 September 1979
 Tonga 1 - 0  Wallis and Futuna

5 September 1979
 Tuvalu 3 - 3 (4 - 2)  Kiribati

Semi finals

6 September 1979
 Guam 7 - 2  Tuvalu

6 September 1979
 New Hebrides 7 - 1  Tonga

Fifth Place Match

7 September 1979
 New Hebrides 5 : 1  Guam
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