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
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Fiji
Fiji 24–0 Kiribati
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Papua New Guinea 13–0 Kiribati

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 42200260+26
 Tuvalu 22101521–16
 Tonga 02002313–10
Tahiti 8–0 Tonga
Tahiti 18–0 Tuvalu
Tuvalu 5–3 Tonga
Saifoloi

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Solomon Islands 42200180+18
 Wallis and Futuna 2210137–4
 Samoa 02002115–14
Solomon Islands 12–0 Samoa
Solomon Islands 6–0 Wallis and Futuna
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
New Caledonia 11–1 Guam
New Caledonia 3–0 New Hebrides
New Hebrides 5–0 Guam

Quarter finals

Fiji 5–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tahiti 1–0 New Hebrides
Solomon Islands 3–2 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 10–2 Tuvalu

Semi finals

Fiji 2–0 Solomon Islands
Tahiti 3–2 New Caledonia

Bronze medal match

New Caledonia 1–3 Solomon Islands

Gold medal match

Fiji 0–3 Tahiti
 1979 South Pacific Games Winners 

Tahiti
Third title

Quarter finals

Guam Guam4–2 Samoa
New Hedrides New Hebrides2–0 Papua New Guinea
Tonga Tonga1–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tuvalu Tuvalu3–3 (4–2) Kiribati

Semi finals

 Guam7–2 Tuvalu
 New Hebrides7–1 Tonga

Fifth Place Match

 New Hebrides5–1 Guam
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