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Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	29 August – 7 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in Suva host cities)
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)
← 1975 1983 →

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

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Fiji	3	2	1	1	0	24	0	+27
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	1	0	15	0	+15
Kiribati	0	2	0	0	2	0	37	–37

Papua New Guinea	0–0	Fiji

Fiji	24–0	Kiribati
Chand ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Janeman ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Salim ?', ?', ?' Tubuna ?', ?' Waqa ?', ?' Vuilabasa ?' Khan ?'

Papua New Guinea	13–0	Kiribati

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tahiti	4	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26
Tuvalu	2	2	1	0	1	5	21	–16
Tonga	0	2	0	0	2	3	13	–10

Tahiti	8–0	Tonga
Errol Bennett ?', ?', ?' William Aumeran ?', ?' Gérard Kautai ?' Gilles Malinowski ?', ?'

Tahiti	18–0	Tuvalu

Tuvalu	5–3	Tonga
Tealofi ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Solomon Islands	4	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18
Wallis and Futuna	2	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4
Western Samoa	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

Solomon Islands	12–0	Western Samoa

Solomon Islands	6–0	Wallis and Futuna
Wilson Maelaua ?', ?', ?' Luito'o Fa'arodo ?' Henry Suri ?' James Sulimae ?'

Wallis and Futuna	3–1	Western Samoa

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Caledonia	4	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13
New Hebrides	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Guam	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

New Caledonia	11–1	Guam

New Caledonia	3–0	New Hebrides
Segin Wayewol ?', ?' Pierre Wacapo ?'

New Hebrides	4–0	Guam
Toto Nafu ?', ?' unknown ?' (o.g.) Michael Naugar ?'

Quarter finals

Fiji	5–0	Wallis and Futuna
Farouk Janeman ?', ?' Josaia Tubuna ?' Mohammed Salim ?' Feroz Khan ?'

Tahiti	1–0	New Hebrides
Errol Bennett ?'

Solomon Islands	3–2	Papua New Guinea
Henry Suri 50', 73' Alick Bebeu 55'		Hatsire Manhi 25' Daino Sami 44'

New Caledonia	11–0	Tuvalu
Jean Xowie ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Dera Suihuliwa ?', ?', ?', ?' Hilaire Kenon ?' Fouidja ?'

Semi finals

Fiji	2–0	Solomon Islands
Dewan Chand 95', 115'

Tahiti	3–2	New Caledonia
Errol Bennett ?', ?' Gilles Malinowski ?'

Bronze medal match

New Caledonia	1–3	Solomon Islands
Bernard Ukeiwe ?'		Wilson Maelaua ?', ?' Davidson Ngawaeramo ?'

Gold medal match

Fiji	0–3	Tahiti
		Gérard Kautai 53' Errol Bennett 66', 72'

1979 South Pacific Games winners
Tahiti Third title

Quarter finals

Guam	4–2	Western Samoa

New Hedrides	2–0	Papua New Guinea

Tonga	1–0	Wallis and Futuna

Tuvalu	3–3	Kiribati
Penalties
	4–2

Semi finals

Guam	7–2	Tuvalu

New Hebrides	7–1	Tonga

Fifth-place match

New Hebrides	v	Guam

It has been suggested that the fifth-place match was never played.

Goalscorers

There were 148 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 7.4 goals per match.

10 goals

• Dewan Chand

9 goals

• Farouk Janeman

6 goals

• Errol Bennett

5 goals

• Jean Xowie
• Wilson Maelaua
• Saifoloi Metia Tealofi

4 goals

• Mohammed Salim
• Dera Suihuliwa

References

1. "South Pacific Games 1979 (Fiji)". rsssf.org. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

• International association football competitions hosted by Fiji
• Football at the Pacific Games
• 1979 in OFC football
• 1979 in Fijian sport
• Events at the 1979 Pacific Games