Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games

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Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryWestern Samoa
Dates20–30 August
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (4th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Caledonia
1979
1987

The 1983 South Pacific Games was the seventh edition where football was introduced and was held in Western Samoa from 20–30 August 1983.

The final of the competition, between Fiji and Tahiti, was disrupted by a fight between the players after Tahiti scored a goal in the closing minutes.[1][2] A referee was injured and a Fijian player was arrested.[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Wallis and Futuna 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Western Samoa 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1
 Tonga 3 3 1 1 1 6 8 –2
 American Samoa 2 3 1 0 2 6 6 0

Western Samoa 3–3 Tonga



Tonga 3–2 American Samoa

Wallis and Futuna 3–0 Tonga

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 4 2 2 0 0 16 1 +15
 Papua New Guinea 2 2 1 0 1 20 2 +18
 Niue 0 2 0 0 2 0 33 –33
 Northern Mariana Islands Withdrew
Tahiti 14–0 Niue


Papua New Guinea 19–0 Niue


Papua New Guinea 1–2 Tahiti

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 6 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20
 New Caledonia 4 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1
 Solomon Islands 2 3 1 0 2 0 11 –11
 Vanuatu 0 3 0 0 3 2 12 –10
Fiji 10–0 Solomon Islands

New Caledonia 6–2 Vanuatu

Fiji 6–0 Vanuatu


Fiji 5–1 New Caledonia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Western Samoa 0–2 Tahiti


Papua New Guinea 0–2 Fiji

Semi-finals

Tahiti 6–1 Papua New Guinea

Fiji 3–2 New Caledonia

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Fiji 0–1 Tahiti


 1983 South Pacific Games winners 

Tahiti

Fourth title

Sources:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Sports Briefs". UPI. 16 September 1983. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL HISTORY: "1983 South Pacific Games, Henry Dyer remembers", 14 May 2014". Nade Legends Club. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "South Pacific Games 1983/1984". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 June 2022.