Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Western Samoa |
Dates | 20–30 August |
Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Tahiti (4th title) |
Runners-up | Fiji |
Third place | New Caledonia |
The 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 |
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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 | 3–1 | American Samoa |
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Western Samoa
Western Samoa | 3–3 | Tonga |
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Western Samoa
Wallis and Futuna | 0–3 | American Samoa |
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Western Samoa
Western Samoa | 1–2 | Wallis and Futuna |
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Western Samoa
Tonga | 3–2 | American Samoa |
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Western Samoa
Wallis and Futuna | 3–0 | Tonga |
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Western Samoa
Group B
- Northern Mariana Islands withdrew
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
Northern Mariana Islands | Cancelled | Papua New Guinea |
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Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea | 19–0 | Niue |
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Western Samoa
Tahiti | Cancelled | Northern Mariana Islands |
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Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea | 1–2 | Tahiti |
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Western Samoa
Niue | Cancelled | Northern Mariana Islands |
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Western Samoa
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
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Western Samoa
New Caledonia | 6–2 | Vanuatu |
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Western Samoa
New Caledonia | 1–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Western Samoa
Fiji | 5–1 | New Caledonia |
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Western Samoa
Solomon Islands | def. | Vanuatu |
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Western Samoa
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Western Samoa | 0–2 | Tahiti |
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Western Samoa
New Caledonia | 4–0 | Wallis and Futuna |
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Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea | 0–2 | Fiji |
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Western Samoa
Semi-finals
Tahiti | 6–1 | Papua New Guinea |
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Western Samoa
Fiji | 3–2 | New Caledonia |
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Western Samoa
Bronze medal match
Papua New Guinea | 1–2 | New Caledonia |
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Western Samoa
Gold medal match
1983 South Pacific Games winners |
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Tahiti Fourth title |
References
- ^ "Sports Briefs". UPI. 16 September 1983. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "FOOTBALL HISTORY: "1983 South Pacific Games, Henry Dyer remembers", 14 May 2014". Nade Legends Club. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "South Pacific Games 1983/1984". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 June 2022.