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

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 3–1 American Samoa
Western Samoa

Western Samoa 3–3 Tonga
Western Samoa

Wallis and Futuna 0–3 American Samoa
Western Samoa

Western Samoa 1–2 Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa

Tonga 3–2 American Samoa
Western Samoa

Wallis and Futuna 3–0 Tonga
Western Samoa

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
Western Samoa

Northern Mariana Islands Cancelled Papua New Guinea
Western Samoa

Papua New Guinea 19–0 Niue
Western Samoa

Tahiti Cancelled Northern Mariana Islands
Western Samoa

Papua New Guinea 1–2 Tahiti
Western Samoa

Niue Cancelled Northern Mariana Islands
Western Samoa

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
Western Samoa

New Caledonia 6–2 Vanuatu
Western Samoa

Fiji 6–0 Vanuatu
Western Samoa

New Caledonia 1–0 Solomon Islands
Western Samoa

Fiji 5–1 New Caledonia
Western Samoa

Solomon Islands def. Vanuatu
Western Samoa

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Western Samoa 0–2 Tahiti
Western Samoa

New Caledonia 4–0 Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa

Papua New Guinea 0–2 Fiji
Western Samoa

Semi-finals

Tahiti 6–1 Papua New Guinea
Western Samoa

Fiji 3–2 New Caledonia
Western Samoa

Bronze medal match

Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Caledonia
Western Samoa

Gold medal match

Fiji 0–1 Tahiti
Western Samoa


 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.