Men's football at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games

2017 Pacific Mini Games
Tournament details
Host country Vanuatu
Dates 2–15 December
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Vanuatu (1st title)
Runners-up  Fiji
Third place  Solomon Islands
Fourth place  Tuvalu
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 73 (4.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fiji Saula Waqa (7 goals)

The 2017 Men's Football at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games is the 1st edition of the international football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players who are playing in the Pacific Region.

Venues

Port Vila
The host city is Port Vila.
Venue 1 - Port Vila Venue 2 - Port Vila
Port Vila Municipal Stadium Korman Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 10,000

Participating teams

Six teams participated in the tournament.
New Caledonia only selected players aged 21 or under.[1]

Squads

Group stage

The group stage fixtures were announced on 25 November 2017, with the games scheduled as a round-robin tournament.[2]

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Vanuatu 5 4 1 0 21 4 +17 13
 Fiji 5 3 2 0 17 2 +15 11
 Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 17 3 +14 10
 Tuvalu 5 2 0 3 6 28 22 6
 New Caledonia 5 1 0 4 7 11 4 3
 Tonga 5 0 0 5 5 25 20 0
Fiji 8–0 Tuvalu
Wasasala  2', 16', 65', 67'
Waqa  24', 48', 56'
Matarerega  41'
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Solomon Islands George Time (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 0–8 Solomon Islands
Report Donga  4'
Totori  15', 19'
Mara  71', 88'
Feni  77', 87'
Tanito  82'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
New Caledonia 1–2 Vanuatu
Wélépane  51' Report Saniel  33'
Soromon  90+2'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fiji Salesh Chand (Fiji)

Tuvalu 2–1 New Caledonia
Ionatana  15'
Petoa  69'
Report Wélépane  76'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vanuatu Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)
Solomon Islands 0–0 Fiji
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu 5–0 Tonga
Ruben  12'
Soromon  38', 67'
T. Kaltack  73', 90'
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Tonga 2–4 New Caledonia
Feao  35'
Uele 66'
Report Gope-Iwate  1', 90'
Luepak  47'
Waitreu  57'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Solomon Islands George Time (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 1–1 Fiji
Soromon  72' Report Wasasala  30'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Solomon Islands 6–0 Tuvalu
Fa'arodo  5'
Mara  14', 81'
Bule  44'
Feni  65'
Totori  90'
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vanuatu Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Fiji 4–0 Tonga
Waqa  7', 84'
Qasevakatini  14' (pen.)
Radrigai  17'
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tuvalu 0–10 Vanuatu
Report Tangis  8', 31', 57', 90+1'
Molivakarua  60'
Soromon  68', 80'
T. Kaltack  76', 78', 90'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Solomon Islands Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report Kaua  21'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

Tuvalu 4–3 Tonga
Uaelesi  46'
Fahina  49' (o.g.)
Petoa  90'
Lotonu  90'
Report Polovili  19'
Tokotaha  29', 49'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Solomon Islands Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 4–1 New Caledonia
Waqa  44', 46'
Tuivuna  90'
Matarerega  90'
Report Wélépane  81'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Solomon Islands 2–3 Vanuatu
Totori  27'
Fa'arodo  45'
Report Tangis  25'
Molivakarua  41'
Kalo  67'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Awards

The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

References

  1. "TUVALU POUR REBONDIR". Fédération Calédonienne de Football. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "Pathway to FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 revealed". 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
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