Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held from 8 to 20 July 2019. It was the 15th edition of the men's Pacific Games football tournament. Together with the women's competition, all matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Stadium in Apia, Samoa.

2019 Pacific Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
CityApia
Dates8–20 July
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (U-23) (1st title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored169 (6.26 per match)
Attendance14,740 (546 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Caledonia Jean-Philippe Saïko
Solomon Islands Gagame Feni
Vanuatu Tony Kaltak (9 goals each)
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2023

Unlike the men's football competition at the 2015 Pacific Games where only under-23 athletes were eligible to compete, this tournament was not age-restricted and thus was open to senior men's national teams. However, New Zealand was the only team to field an under-23 side.

Teams

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Venues

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Apia
 
 
J.S. Blatter Stadium
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W / 13.83667°S 171.75194°W / -13.83667; -171.75194 (J.S. Blatter Stadium)
Capacity: 3,500

Squads

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Draw

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The draw for the competition took place on 5 June 2019. It was streamed live on Facebook.[1]

Officials

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These are the referees that were appointed for the games, six of which are from AFF.[2]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand U-23 4 3 1 0 20 1 +19 10 Gold final
2   Papua New Guinea 4 3 0 1 16 2 +14 9 Bronze final
3   Vanuatu 4 2 1 1 25 2 +23 7
4   Samoa (H) 4 1 0 3 3 22 −19 3
5   Tonga 4 0 0 4 0 37 −37 0
Source: Pacific Games
(H) Hosts
Tonga  0–13  New Zealand U-23
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Samoa  0–6  Papua New Guinea
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Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

New Zealand U-23  5–1  Samoa
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Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Papua New Guinea  2–0  Vanuatu
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Vanuatu  0–0  New Zealand U-23
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Attendance: 900
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Samoa  2–0  Tonga
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Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

Tonga  0–14  Vanuatu
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
New Zealand U-23  2–0  Papua New Guinea
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)

Papua New Guinea  8–0  Tonga
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Vanuatu  11–0  Samoa
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Caledonia 5 5 0 0 22 0 +22 15 Gold final
2   Fiji 5 3 1 1 25 7 +18 10 Bronze final
3   Tahiti 5 3 0 2 19 6 +13 9
4   Solomon Islands 5 2 1 2 30 9 +21 7
5   American Samoa 5 0 1 4 2 36 −34 1
6   Tuvalu 5 0 1 4 2 42 −40 1
Source: Pacific Games
American Samoa  0–5  New Caledonia
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Tuvalu  0–13  Solomon Islands
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Tahiti  1–2  Fiji
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Tuvalu  0–7  Tahiti
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
American Samoa  0–9  Fiji
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Solomon Islands  0–2  New Caledonia
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Attendance: 1,000
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

American Samoa  1–1  Tuvalu
  • Pati   70'
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands  0–3  Tahiti
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New Caledonia  1–0  Fiji
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Attendance: 800
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Fiji  10–1  Tuvalu
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands  13–0  American Samoa
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Attendance: 400
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti  0–3  New Caledonia
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New Caledonia  11–0  Tuvalu
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Tahiti  8–1  American Samoa
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  • Faamoana   35'
Attendance: 140
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Fiji  4–4  Solomon Islands
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Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

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Bronze final

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Papua New Guinea  1–1  Fiji
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Penalties
2–4

Gold final

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New Zealand (U-23)  2–1  New Caledonia
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Attendance: 1,200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Goalscorers

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There were 169 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.26 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Roy Ledoux (against Solomon Islands)
  •   Sepetaio Nokisi (against New Caledonia)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The draw for the football competition for Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games is taking place live now. Football will be played from 8-20 July". Facebook. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Football Sports Technical Manual Version 2.0" (PDF). SAMOA 2019 PACIFIC GAMES. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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