Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pacific Games
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) Jean-Philippe Saïko
Gagame Feni
Tony Kaltak (9 goals each)

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

Venues
Apia
J.S. Blatter Stadium
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W
Capacity: 3,500

Squads
Main article: Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's team squads

Draw

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

Officials

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

Group stage

Group A
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) Host.
Tonga 0–13 New Zealand (U-23)
Report
  • De Jong  4'
  • McIsaac  14', 41', 81'
  • Rogerson  28', 30', 37', 49', 54'
  • Heath  45+2'
  • Porter  78', 83', 90'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Samoa 0–6 Papua New Guinea
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
New Zealand (U-23) 5–1 Samoa
  • Rogerson  15', 37'
  • Akers  44'
  • Tipelu  60'
  • Clark  77'
 Report
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Papua New Guinea 2–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)
Vanuatu 0–0 New Zealand (U-23)
Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Samoa 2–0 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Tonga 0–14 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
New Zealand (U-23) 2–0 Papua New Guinea
  • Whyte  34' (pen.)
  • Schnell  79'
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Papua New Guinea 8–0 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Vanuatu 11–0 Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 500

Group B
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
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Tuvalu 0–13 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Tahiti 1–2 Fiji
  • Mu  88'
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Tuvalu 0–7 Tahiti
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
American Samoa 0–9 Fiji
Report
Attendance: 250
Solomon Islands 0–2 New Caledonia
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa 1–1 Tuvalu
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Solomon Islands 0–3 Tahiti
Report
Attendance: 200
New Caledonia 1–0 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Fiji 10–1 Tuvalu
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands 13–0 American Samoa
  • Feni  18', 34', 61'
  • Ledoux  27' (o.g.)
  • Totori  42'
  • Abba  49', 54', 60', 84'
  • Ifunaoa  51', 62', 74'
  • Taroga  69'
 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti 0–3 New Caledonia
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)
New Caledonia 11–0 Tuvalu
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Tahiti 8–1 American Samoa
 Report
  • Fa'amoana  35'
Attendance: 140
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Fiji 4–4 Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

Bronze Final
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Fiji
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 700
Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Gold Final
New Zealand (U-23) 2–1 New Caledonia
  • Schnell  86'
  • Jones  90+4'
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Goalscorers

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

References
  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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