Football at the 1991 South Pacific Games

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Football at the 1991 South Pacific GamesTournament details

Host country| Papua New Guinea
Dates| 9–20 September
Teams| 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Fiji (4th title)
Runners-up|  Solomon Islands
Third place|  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 79 (4.94 per match)

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The 1991 South Pacific Games was the ninth edition at which football was introduced. The games were held in Papua New Guinea during September 1991.

## Group stage

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### Group 1

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

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Solomon Islands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6
Vanuatu | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5
Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1
Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | –12

9 September 1991

Solomon Islands | 0–0|  Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea

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10 September 1991

Vanuatu | 5–0|  Wallis and Futuna

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Papua New Guinea

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11 September 1991

Solomon Islands | 5–0|  Wallis and Futuna

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12 September 1991

Vanuatu | 1–0|  Papua New Guinea

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14 September 1991

Solomon Islands | 2–1|  Vanuatu

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Papua New Guinea

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15 September 1991

Papua New Guinea | 3–1|  Wallis and Futuna

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Papua New Guinea

### Group 2

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

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Fiji | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19
New Caledonia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6
Tahiti | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10
Guam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | –35

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9 September 1991

Tahiti | 15–1|  Guam

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Papua New Guinea

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10 September 1991

Fiji | 3–0|  New Caledonia

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Papua New Guinea

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11 September 1991

New Caledonia | 1–0|  Tahiti

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Papua New Guinea

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12 September 1991

Fiji | 14–1|  Guam

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Papua New Guinea

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14 September 1991

Tahiti | 0–3|  Fiji

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Papua New Guinea

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15 September 1991

Guam | 0–8|  New Caledonia

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Papua New Guinea

## Semi finals

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17 September 1991

Fiji | 3–1|  Vanuatu

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Papua New Guinea

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17 September 1991

Solomon Islands | 4–1|  New Caledonia

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## Bronze medal match

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19 September 1991

New Caledonia | 3–1|  Vanuatu

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## Final

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20 September 1991

Fiji | 1–1|  Solomon Islands

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Nawalu 26' |  | Matei 37'
Penalties
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Papua New Guinea

Referee: Peter Hulme

1991 South Pacific Games winners

Fiji
First title

## External links

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* Details on RSSSF website

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Football at the Pacific Games

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* Fiji 1963
* New Caledonia 1966
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