Football at the 1987 South Pacific Games

Men's Football at the 1987 South Pacific GamesTournament details

Host country| New Caledonia
Dates| 9–19 December
Teams| 6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  New Caledonia (4th title)
Runners-up|  Tahiti
Third place|  Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 85 (5.31 per match)

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Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1987 South Pacific Games which was hosted in New Caledonia. It was the eighth edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the Pacific Games Council.

## Background

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The first men's football tournament was held at the inaugural games in 1963 held in Suva, Fiji and was regularly held up until the games before this edition, which were the 1983 South Pacific Games in Western Samoa. New Caledonia has won three titles in the tournament up while French Polynesia had won the tournament at the 1966 South Pacific Games in Nouméa. The French Polynesian team would later use the name Tahiti and won the three previous competitions consecutively.[1]

## Format

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Six teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into one round robin group, where the top two placed teams would advance to the finals, the third and fourth would advance to the bronze medal match, and the two last placed teams would not compete in another match in the tournament. The competition would be held from 9 to 19 December 1987.[2]

### Participants

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* American Samoa
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Tahiti
* Wallis and Futuna
* Vanuatu

## Group stage

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New Caledonia and Tahiti would be the top two highest ranked team in the group stage and thus advanced to the finals of the tournament, while Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu were the third and fourth ranked teams and advanced to the bronze medal match. Wallis and Futuna and American Samoa were the lowest placed teams and did not play another match.[2]

Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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New Caledonia | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21
Tahiti | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6
Papua New Guinea | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20
Vanuatu | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5
Wallis and Futuna | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | –11
American Samoa | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | –41

9 December 1987

New Caledonia | 10–0|  American Samoa

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New Caledonia

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9 December 1987

Tahiti | 0–0|  Papua New Guinea

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New Caledonia

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9 December 1987

Vanuatu | 6–1|  Wallis and Futuna

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New Caledonia

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10 December 1987

New Caledonia | 2–0|  Papua New Guinea

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New Caledonia

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10 December 1987

Tahiti | 4–0|  Wallis and Futuna

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New Caledonia

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10 December 1987

Vanuatu | 7–0|  American Samoa

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New Caledonia

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12 December 1987

New Caledonia | 2–3|  Tahiti

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New Caledonia

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12 December 1987

Vanuatu | 1–1|  Papua New Guinea

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New Caledonia

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12 December 1987

Wallis and Futuna | 5–1|  American Samoa

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New Caledonia

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15 December 1987

New Caledonia | 5–1|  Wallis and Futuna

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New Caledonia

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15 December 1987

Papua New Guinea | 20–0|  American Samoa

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New Caledonia

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15 December 1987

Tahiti | 2–1|  Vanuatu

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New Caledonia

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17 December 1987

New Caledonia | 6–0|  Vanuatu

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New Caledonia

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17 December 1987

Papua New Guinea | 2–0|  Wallis and Futuna

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New Caledonia

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17 December 1987

Tahiti | Not Played|  American Samoa

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New Caledonia

## Bronze medal match

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Papua New Guinea won over Vanuatu 3–1 and thus won the bronze medal in the tournament.[2]

19 December 1987

Papua New Guinea | 3–1|  Vanuatu

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New Caledonia

## Gold medal match

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New Caledonia won over Tahiti 1–0 and thus won the gold medal,[2] the team's fourth title in the tournament.[1]

19 December 1987

New Caledonia | 1–0|  Tahiti

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New Caledonia

1987 South Pacific Games winners

New Caledonia
Fourth title

## References

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1. ^ a b Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil; Di Maggio, Roberto; Schöggl, Hans (7 December 2023). "(South) Pacific Games and Mini Games". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Garin (6 January 2016). "South Pacific Games 1987 (New Caledonia)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

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