Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games

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

Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
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
← 1979 1987 →

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

20 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Western Samoa	3–3	Tonga

22 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Wallis and Futuna	0–3	American Samoa

22 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Western Samoa	1–2	Wallis and Futuna

24 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Tonga	3–2	American Samoa

24 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Wallis and Futuna	3–0	Tonga

26 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Group B

•  Northern Mariana Islands withdrew

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

20 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Northern Mariana Islands	Cancelled	Papua New Guinea

Western Samoa

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Papua New Guinea	19–0	Niue

22 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Tahiti	Cancelled	Northern Mariana Islands

Western Samoa

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Papua New Guinea	1–2	Tahiti

24 August 1983

Western Samoa

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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

24 August 1983

Western Samoa

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New Caledonia	6–2	Vanuatu

August 1983

Western Samoa

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Fiji	6–0	Vanuatu

26 August 1983

Western Samoa

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New Caledonia	1–0	Solomon Islands

August 1983

Western Samoa

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Fiji	5–1	New Caledonia

August 1983

Western Samoa

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Solomon Islands	def.	Vanuatu

August 1983

Western Samoa

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Western Samoa	0–2	Tahiti

26 August 1983

Western Samoa

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New Caledonia	4–0	Wallis and Futuna

26 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Papua New Guinea	0–2	Fiji

August 1983

Western Samoa

Semi-finals

Tahiti	6–1	Papua New Guinea

28 August 1983

Western Samoa

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Fiji	3–2	New Caledonia

28 August 1983

Western Samoa

Bronze medal match

Papua New Guinea	1–2	New Caledonia

30 August 1983

Western Samoa

Gold medal match

Fiji	0–1	Tahiti

30 August 1983

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. "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
4. "South Pacific Games 1983/1984". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 June 2022.