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Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games

The 1971 South Pacific Games was the 4th such event in which football was included, and was held in Tahiti during September 1971.[1]

Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates1–5 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions New Caledonia (3rd title)
Runners-up New Hebrides
Third place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored103 (9.36 per match)
← 1969
1975 →

Group stage edit

Group 1 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Tahiti 3 2 1 1 0 32 2 +30
  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 1 0 18 3 +15
  Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 46 –45
Tahiti  2–2  Papua New Guinea
Tahiti  30–0  Cook Islands

[2]

Papua New Guinea  16–1  Cook Islands

Group 2 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  New Caledonia 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
  New Hebrides 3 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2
  Fiji 0 2 0 0 2 5 11 –6
New Caledonia  5–1  Fiji
Fiji  4–6  New Hebrides
New Caledonia  0–0  New Hebrides

Semi finals edit

New Caledonia  4–0  Papua New Guinea
Tahiti  1–2  New Hebrides

5th place Match edit

Fiji  15–1  Cook Islands

Bronze medal match edit

Tahiti  8–1  Papua New Guinea

Final Match edit

New Caledonia  7–1  New Hebrides


 1971 South Pacific Games winners 
 
New Caledonia
Third title

[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games 1971/1972 - South Pacific Games: Tahiti 30 - 0 Cook Islands". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ^ "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.

External links edit

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