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Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryPapua-Neuguinea
Dates14–22 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Neukaledonien (2nd title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place Papua-Neuguinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored77 (4.81 per match)
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1971 →

The 1969 South Pacific Games was the third games where football was played. The tournament was held at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea during August 1969. In the final, New Caledonia scored in the 88th minute to defeat Tahiti 2–1 and claim the gold medal.[1]

Round robin stage

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Neukaledonien 9 5 4 1 0 18 2 +16
 Tahiti 7 5 3 1 1 15 4 +11
 Papua-Neuguinea 5 5 2 1 2 9 9 0
 Fidschi 5 5 2 1 2 11 17 –6
 Salomonen 3 5 1 1 3 9 19 –10
 New Hebrides 1 5 0 1 4 8 19 –11
Correct as at: 20 August 1969
Source: rsssf.com[2]

 • Teams ranked 1st and 2nd (Green background) met in the Gold final.
 • Teams ranked 3rd and 4th (Blue background) met in the Bronze final.

Round 1

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Fidschi 5–1 Salomonen
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 3–3 New Hebrides
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Neukaledonien 4–1 Papua-Neuguinea
Poithily 50'
Zeoula 53', 80'
Delmas 56'		 Kumalau 29'
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 2

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Salomonen 1–1 Neukaledonien
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Fidschi 5–2 New Hebrides
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 3–1 Papua-Neuguinea
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 3

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Neukaledonien 2–0 New Hebrides
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua-Neuguinea 4–0 Salomonen
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 2–0 Fidschi
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 4

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Neukaledonien 11–0 Fidschi
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua-Neuguinea 2–1 New Hebrides
Kau 20'
Raka 90'		 ? 41'
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 7–0 Salomonen
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 5

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Salomonen 7–2 New Hebrides
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua-Neuguinea 1–1 Fidschi
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Neukaledonien w/o* Tahiti
Germania Club, Port Moresby
* Note: French Polynesia (Tahiti) forfeited the match as they were unable to field a team due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.

Bronze medal match

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Papua-Neuguinea 2–1 Fidschi
Jojoga ?
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal match

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Neukaledonien 2–1 Tahiti
Tamboueon 50'
Fi 88'		 Cholita 32'
National Stadium, Port Moresby


 1969 South Pacific Games winners 

Neukaledonien
Second title

Sources

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  1. ^ "Pipes and a song end games". The Canberra Times. 25 August 1969. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games 1969 (Papua New Guinea)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1969. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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