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Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates29 August – 7 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)
← 1975
1983 →

The 1979 South Pacific Games was the sixth edition where football was introduced and was held in Fiji during August and September 1979.

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 3 2 1 1 0 24 0 +27
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 1 0 15 0 +15
 Kiribati 0 2 0 0 2 0 37 –37
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Fiji
Fiji 24–0 Kiribati
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Papua New Guinea 13–0 Kiribati

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 4 2 2 0 0 26 0 +26
 Tuvalu 2 2 1 0 1 5 21 –16
 Tonga 0 2 0 0 2 3 13 –10
Tahiti 8–0 Tonga
Tahiti 18–0 Tuvalu
Tuvalu 5–3 Tonga
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Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Solomon Islands 4 2 2 0 0 18 0 +18
 Wallis and Futuna 2 2 1 0 1 3 7 –4
 Western Samoa 0 2 0 0 2 1 15 –14
Solomon Islands 12–0 Western Samoa
Solomon Islands 6–0 Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western Samoa

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 4 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13
 New Hebrides 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
 Guam 0 2 0 0 2 1 16 –15
New Caledonia 11–1 Guam
New Caledonia 3–0 New Hebrides
New Hebrides 5–0 Guam

Quarter finals

Fiji 5–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tahiti 1–0 New Hebrides
Solomon Islands 3–2 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 10–2 Tuvalu

Semi finals

Fiji 2–0 Solomon Islands
Tahiti 3–2 New Caledonia

Bronze medal match

New Caledonia 1–3 Solomon Islands

Gold medal match

Fiji 0–3 Tahiti


 1979 South Pacific Games Winners 

Tahiti
Third title

Consolation Tournament (5th–12th Place)

Quarter finals

Guam Guam4–2 Western Samoa
New Hedrides New Hebrides2–0 Papua New Guinea
Tonga Tonga1–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tuvalu Tuvalu3–3 Kiribati
Penalties
4–2

Semi finals

 Guam7–2 Tuvalu
 New Hebrides7–1 Tonga

Fifth Place Match

 New Hebrides5–1 Guam
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