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Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games

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Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates1–5 September
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions New Caledonia (3rd title)
Runners-up New Hebrides
Third place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored103 (9.36 per match)
1969
1975

The 1971 South Pacific Games was the 4th such event in which football was included, and was held in Tahiti during September 1971.[1]

Group stage

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Group 1

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 3 2 1 1 0 32 2 +30
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 1 0 18 3 +15
 Cook Islands 0 2 0 0 2 1 46 –45
Tahiti 2–2 Papua New Guinea

Tahiti 30–0 Cook Islands

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Papua New Guinea 16–1 Cook Islands

Group 2

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
 New Hebrides 3 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2
 Fiji 0 2 0 0 2 5 11 –6
New Caledonia 5–1 Fiji

Fiji 4–6 New Hebrides

New Caledonia 0–0 New Hebrides

Semi finals

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New Caledonia 4–0 Papua New Guinea

Tahiti 1–2 New Hebrides

5th place Match

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Fiji 15–1 Cook Islands

Bronze medal match

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Tahiti 8–1 Papua New Guinea

Final Match

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New Caledonia 7–1 New Hebrides


 1971 South Pacific Games winners 

New Caledonia

Third title

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References

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  1. ^ "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games 1971/1972 - South Pacific Games: Tahiti 30 - 0 Cook Islands". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ^ "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
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