Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games

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

Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 32110270+27
 Papua New Guinea 32110150+15
 Kiribati 02002042–42
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Fiji

Fiji 27–0 Kiribati
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Papua New Guinea 15–0 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
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Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Solomon Islands 42200180+18
 Wallis and Futuna 2210137–4
 Western Samoa 02002115–14
Solomon Islands 12–0 Western Samoa

Solomon Islands 6–0 Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western 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 4–2 Western Samoa

New Hedrides 2–0 Papua New Guinea

Tonga 1–0 Wallis and Futuna

Tuvalu 3–3 (4–2) Kiribati

Semi finals

 Guam7–2 Tuvalu

 New Hebrides7–1 Tonga

Fifth Place Match

 New Hebrides5–1 Guam
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