football at the Pacific Games

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = Football at the Pacific Games

| image = Football pictogram.svg

| imagesize = 150

| caption =

| founded = 1963

| current champions = {{fb|NCL}}
{{noflag}}Men (2023)
{{nowrap|{{fbw|PNG}}}}
{{noflag}}Women (2023)

| most successful team = {{fb|NCL}}
{{noflag}}Men (8 titles)
{{nowrap|{{fbw|PNG}}}}
{{noflag}}Women (6 titles)

| current = Football at the 2023 Pacific Games
Men's {{middot}} Women's

}}

Association football has been regularly included in the Pacific Games, the multi-sports event for Pacific nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963. Until 2011 the competition was known as the South Pacific Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pacgames.html|title=Pacific Games|website=RSSSF}}

Since 1971 the men's tournament has been held every four years, but was not played in 1999 due to contractual issues. In 2007, the men's competition doubled as the Oceania Football Confederation's preliminary qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The men's tournament also became the Olympic qualifier for Oceania for the 2015 edition.

The women's tournament was introduced in 2003, and has doubled up as the preliminary qualifying competition for the Olympic Games since 2007. Football was a compulsory inclusion at the Pacific Games for men's teams for many years but was made a core sport for both men's and women's teams in 2017. Football has also been held at several editions of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the first tournament in 1981.

Men's tournament

File:Team Tuvalu Pacific Games 2007.jpg

=Participating nations=

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Host nation is shown in bold.– See also the §Key to symbols within this section below the two tables.

style="width:0.1em; border-right:1px transparent;"\| ! {{diagonal split header\|Nation\| Games\|style=width:10.0em; border:0px transparent; padding:0px;}} ! style="width:0.1em; border-left:1px transparent;"\| ! 63 ! 66 ! 69 ! 71 ! 75 ! 79 ! 83 ! 87 ! 91 ! 95 ! 99 ! 03 ! 07 ! 11 ! style="padding:2px;"\|15 ! 19 ! 23 ! style="color:#333; font-size:97%; line-height:130%;"\| Years played
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0.1em; margin-bottom:2.0em;"
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|American Samoa}} \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| P	6	–	–	–	– \| P	P	–	P	12	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Cook Islands}} \| –	–	–	6	–	– \| –	–	–	P	–	– \| P	P	–	–	8	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Fiji}} \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	–	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	5	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2 \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	–	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	–	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1 \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	14
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Guam}} \| –	–	–	–	P	6 \| –	–	P	P	–	– \| –	P	–	–	–	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Kiribati}} \| –	–	–	–	–	9* \| –	–	–	–	–	P \| –	P	–	–	†	3
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|FSM\|name=Micronesia (F.S.)}} \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| –	–	–	–	–	P \| –	–	P	–	–	2
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|New Caledonia}} \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4 \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	P	–	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2 \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	16
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbu\|23\|New Zealand\|name=New Zealand U-23}} \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| –	–	‡	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	–	2
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Niue}} \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| P	–	–	–	–	– \| –	–	–	–	–	1
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Northern Mariana Islands\|name=Northern Marianas}} \| –	–	–	–	–	– \| †	–	–	–	–	– \| –	–	–	–	10	1
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Papua New Guinea}} \| P	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"\|3	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	9* \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	P	P	–	P \| –	P	style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"\|3	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	6	15
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Samoa}} \| –	–	–	–	–	9* \| 5*	–	–	–	–	– \| P	–	–	P	7	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Solomon Islands}} \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	6	–	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3 \| P	–	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	–	P \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	P	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	14
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Tahiti}} \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"\|3	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1 \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1	–	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4 \| P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	5	16
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Tonga}} \| –	–	–	–	–	7* \| P	–	–	–	–	P \| P	–	–	P	11	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Tuvalu}} \| –	–	–	–	–	7* \| –	–	–	–	–	P \| P	P	–	P	9	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Vanuatu}} \| P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	5	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	5 \| P	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	–	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3 \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	P	P	P	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	16
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fb\|Wallis and Futuna\|local}} \| –	P	–	–	–	9* \| 5*	5	P	P	–	– \| –	–	–	–	–	6
style="vertical-align:top; font-weight:600; font-size:97%; line-height:140%;" ! colspan="3" style="padding:2px;"\| Number of teams All-time total: 18 ! 6 !! 6 !! 6 !! 6 !! 7 !! 12 ! 11!! 6 !! 8 !! 9 !! – !! 10 ! 10!! 11!! 8{{sup\|#}} !! 11!! 12!! style="padding:2px;"\| 16 Editions

=Legend=

colspan="4" \| Key to symbols
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0.1em;"
style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	align=left\| Gold medal for first place \|n	align=left\| n^th place (e.g. 5 is fifth place)
style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	align=left\| Silver medal for second place \| P	align=left\| Pool or group stage elimination
style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	align=left\| Bronze medal for third place \| *	align=left\| Asterisk for shared placing (e.g. 5* is equal fifth)
style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	align=left\| Fourth place \| ^#	align=left\| Contested by under-23 national teams only
–	align=left\| Did not play \| †	align=left\| Withdrew before competition (did not play)
‡	colspan="3" align=left\| Played in the tournament (FIFA qualification) but excluded from the Pacific Games placings

=Results=

The table below is a summary of the finals matches in men's football at the Pacific Games since 1963:{{hsp}}{{cite web |website=RSSSF |title=(South) Pacific Games and Mini Games |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/southpac.html}}

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style="height:0;"

| colspan= "2" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-left:0;"|

| rowspan="13" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0;"|

| rowspan="13" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-right:0;"|

style="font-size:105%;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:2.5em;" | Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:6.5em;" | Host city

! style="border-right:0px solid transparent;" |

! style="border:none;" | Final

! style="border-left:0px solid transparent;" |

! colspan="3" | Third place match

style="font-size:105%;"

! style="width:9.5em;background:#fe7;;"| Gold

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ccc;;"| Silver

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ca7;;"| Bronze

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:snow;;"| Fourth place

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1963

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|Fiji|colonial}}
Suva

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 8–2

| {{fb-big|Fiji|colonial}}

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px|}}

| 7–2

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands|1956}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1966

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|New Caledonia|french}}
Nouméa

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px|}}

| 2–0

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| {{fb-big|New Hebrides|1966|size=27px}}

| 5–2

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|1965|size=27px}}| | }}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1969

| style="font-size:105%;padding:2px;"| {{flagicon|PNG|1965}}
{{replace|Port Moresby| | }}

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 2–1

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px}}

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|1965|size=27px}}| | }}

| 2–1

| {{fb-big|Fiji|colonial}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1971

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|French Polynesia|1946}}
Papeete

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 7–1

| {{fb-big|New Hebrides|1966|size=27px}}

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px}}

| 8–1

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|1970|size=27px}}| | }}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1975

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|GUM}}
Tumon

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px}}

| 2–1

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| 3–2

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1979

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|FIJ}}
Suva

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px}}

| 3–0

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| 3–1

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1983

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|Western Samoa}}
Apia

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=27px}}

| 1–0

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 2–1

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|size=27px}}| | }}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1987

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|New Caledonia|french}}
Nouméa

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 1–0

| {{fb-big|Tahiti}}

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|size=27px}}| | }}

| 3–1

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1991

| style="font-size:105%;padding:2px;"| {{flagicon|PNG}}
{{replace|Port Moresby| | }}

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| style="padding:1px; line-height:150%;"| 1–1
({{su|lh=0.8em|a=c|p=5–4|b={{0|.}}pen.}})

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 3–1

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1995

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|French Polynesia}}
Papeete

| {{fb-big|Tahiti}}

| 2–0

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| 3–0

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1999

| colspan="9" | No football tournament in 1999

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| colspan= "2" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#def;"|

| rowspan=100% style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:0; width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#def;"|

| rowspan=100% style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:0; width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#def;"|

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2003

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|FIJ}}
Suva

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| 2–0

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

| 1–0

| {{fb-big|Tahiti}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2007

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SAM}}
Apia

| {{fb-big|New Caledonia|french|size=27px}}

| 1–0

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

| 2–0

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2011

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|NCL|merged}}
Nouméa

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=27px}}
New Caledonia

| 2–0

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| {{fb-big|Tahiti}}

| 2–1

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2015

| style="font-size:105%;padding:2px;"| {{flagicon|PNG}}
{{replace|Port Moresby| | }}

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=27px}}
New Caledonia

| 2–0

| {{fbu-big|23|Tahiti}}

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbu-big|23|Papua New Guinea|size=27px}}| | }}

| 2–1

| {{fbu-big|23|Fiji}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2019

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SAM}}
Apia

| {{fbu-big|23|NZL|size=27px|name=New Zealand U-23}}

| 2–1

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=27px}}
New Caledonia

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| style="padding:1px; line-height:150%;"| 1–1
({{su|lh=0.8em|a=c|p=4–2|b={{0|.}}pen.}})

| {{fb-big|PNG}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2023

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SOL}}
Honiara

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=27px}}
New Caledonia

| style="padding:1px; line-height:150%;"| 2–2
({{su|lh=0.8em|a=c|p=7–6|b={{0|.}}pen.}})

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| 4–2

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

=Performances by countries=

Below are the 7 nations that have reached at least the semi-final stage in the Pacific Games.

class="wikitable"
align=left !width=200\|Team !width=250\|Winner !width=250\|Runner-up !width=250\|Third Place !width=250\|Fourth Place
style="background:#fff68f"\|{{fb\|New Caledonia}}	style="background:#fff68f"\|8 ('63, '69, '71, '87, '07, '11, '15, '23)	4 ('66, '75, '03, '19)	2 ('83, '91)	1 ('79)
style="background:#fff68f"\|{{fb\|Tahiti}} (French Polynesia)	style="background:#fff68f"\|5 ('66, '75, '79, '83, '95)	3 ('69, '87, '15)	3 ('63, '71, '11)	1 ('03)
style="background:#fff68f"\|{{fb\|Fiji}}	style="background:#fff68f"\|2 ('91, '03)	4 ('63, '79, '83, '07)	3 ('95, '19, '23)	4 ('69, '75, '11, '15)
style="background:#fff68f"\|{{fbu\|23\|New Zealand\|name=New Zealand U-23}}	style="background:#fff68f"\|1 ('19)
{{fb\|Solomon Islands}}		4 ('91, '95, '11, '23)	2 ('75, '79)	2 ('63, '07)
{{fb\|Vanuatu}} (New Hebrides)		1 ('71)	3 ('66, '03, '07)	4 ('87, '91, '95, '23)
{{fb\|Papua New Guinea}}			3 ('69, '87, '15)	4 ('66, '71, '83, '19)

=Golden boot awardees=

class="wikitable"
Year !Player !Goals
1963–1995 \|Unknown \|align=center
2003 \|{{flagicon\|Fiji}} Esala Masi \|align=center\|11
2007 \|{{flagicon\|Fiji}} Osea Vakatalesau \|align=center\|10
2011 \|{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|merged}} Bertrand Kaï \|align=center\|10
2015 \|{{flagicon\|Vanuatu}} Jean Kaltak \|align=center\|17
2019 \|{{fbicon\|SOL}} Gagame Feni {{fbicon\|VAN}} Tony Kaltak {{fbicon\|NCL\|merged}} Jean-Philippe Saïko \|align=center\|9

class="wikitable"

Year

!Player

!Goals

1963–1995

|Unknown

|align=center

2003

|{{flagicon|Fiji}} Esala Masi

|align=center|11

2007

|{{flagicon|Fiji}} Osea Vakatalesau

|align=center|10

2011

|{{flagicon|New Caledonia|merged}} Bertrand Kaï

|align=center|10

2015

|{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} Jean Kaltak

|align=center|17

2019

|{{fbicon|SOL}} Gagame Feni
{{fbicon|VAN}} Tony Kaltak
{{fbicon|NCL|merged}} Jean-Philippe Saïko

|align=center|9

Women's tournament

=Participating nations=

style="width:0.1em; border-right:1px transparent;"\| ! {{diagonal split header\|Nation\| Games\|style=width:10.0em; border:0px transparent; padding:0px;}} ! style="width:0.1em; border-left:1px transparent;"\| ! 03 ! 07 ! 11 ! 15 ! 19 ! 23 ! style="color:#333; font-size:97%; line-height:130%;"\| Years played
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0.1em; margin-bottom:2.0em;"
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|American Samoa}} \| – \| P	P	–	P	9	4
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Cook Islands}} \| – \| P	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	10	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Fiji}} \|5 \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Guam}} \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2 \| –	P	–	–	–	2
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Kiribati}} \| 7 \| –	–	–	–	–	1
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|New Caledonia}} \| – \| P	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Papua New Guinea}} \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1 \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Samoa}} \| – \| P	–	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	4
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Solomon Islands}} \| – \| P	P	P	P	6	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Tahiti}} \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4 \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	–	P	8	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Tonga}} \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3 \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	P	7	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Vanuatu}} \| 6 \| –	–	–	P	5	3
style="vertical-align:top; font-weight:600; font-size:97%; line-height:140%;" ! colspan="3" style="padding:2px;"\| Number of teams All-time total: 12 ! 7 ! 9 !! 9 !! 7 !! 10!! 10!! style="padding:2px;"\| 6 Editions

=Results=

The table below is a summary of the finals matches in the women's football competition at the Pacific Games since 2003.

Papua New Guinea won the first four tournament finals, including against hosts New Caledonia in 2011{{hsp}}{{cite web |title=Womens Soccer to start preparations for Olympic Qualifiers (Nov 7, 2011) |url=https://www.pngfootball.com.pg/archives-961/ |website=PNG Football |date=7 November 2011 |access-date=27 January 2019}} and as hosts against New Caledonia in 2015.{{cite web |title=Women's Soccer - Team PNG Defeats New Caledonia – XV Pacific Games Day #14 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y53P9cg6DUg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/y53P9cg6DUg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube |publisher=EMTV Online |access-date=27 January 2019}}{{cbignore}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; width:100%"

style="height:0;"

| colspan= "2" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-left:0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-right:0;"|

style="font-size:105%;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:2.5em;" | Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:6.5em;" | Host city

! style="border-right:0px solid transparent;" |

! style="border:none;" | Final

! style="border-left:0px solid transparent;" |

! colspan="3" | Third place match

style="font-size:105%;"

! style="width:9.5em;background:#fe7;;"| Gold

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ccc;;"| Silver

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ca7;;"| Bronze

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:snow;;"| Fourth place

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2003

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{pad|0.6em}}{{flagicon|FIJ}}{{hsp}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/southpac03.html

|title=South Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji)

|website=RSSSF

|access-date=16 March 2015

}}
Suva

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| style="padding:1px;line-height:120%;font-size:90%;"| round-{{wbr}}robin

| {{fbw-big|Guam}}

| {{fbw-big|Tonga}}

| style="padding:1px;line-height:120%;font-size:90%;"| round-{{wbr}}robin

| {{fbw-big|Tahiti}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2007

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{pad|0.6em}}{{flagicon|SAM}}{{hsp}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/southpac07.html

|title=South Pacific Games 2007 (Samoa)

|website=RSSSF

|access-date=16 March 2015

}}
Apia

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| 3–1

| {{fbw-big|Tonga}}

| {{fbw-big|Fiji}}

| 1–0

| {{fbw-big|Tahiti}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2011

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{pad|0.6em}}{{flagicon|NCL|merged}}{{hsp}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pacgames2011.html

|title=Pacific Games 2011 (New Caledonia)

|website=RSSSF

|access-date=16 March 2015

}}
Nouméa

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| 2–1

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=28px}}
New Caledonia

| {{fbw-big|Fiji}}

| 1–0

| {{fbw-big|Tonga}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2015

| style="font-size:105%;padding:2px;"| {{flagicon|PNG}}
{{replace|Port Moresby| | }}

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| 1–0

| {{flagdeco|NCL|merged|size=28px}}
New Caledonia

| {{fbw-big|Cook Islands}}

| 2–0

| {{fbw-big|Samoa}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2019

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SAM}}
Apia

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| 3–1

| {{fbw-big|Samoa}}

| {{fbw-big|Fiji}}

| 3–1

| {{fbw-big|Cook Islands}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2023

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SOL}}
Honiara

| style="padding:2px;"| {{replace|{{fbw-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}| | }}

| 4–1

| {{fbw-big|Fiji}}

| {{fbw-big|New Caledonia}}

| 3–1

| {{fbw-big|Samoa}}

=Performances by countries=

class="wikitable"
align=left !width=170\|Team !width=130\|Winner !width=130\|Runner-up !width=130\|Third Place !width=130\|Fourth Place
style="background:#fff68f"\|{{flagicon\|Papua New Guinea}} Papua New Guinea	style="background:#fff68f"\|6 ('03, '07, '11, '15, '19, '23)			\|
{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|merged}} New Caledonia		2 ('11, '15)	1 ('23)	\|
{{flagicon\|Fiji}} Fiji		1 ('23)	3 ('07, '11, '19)
{{flagicon\|Tonga}} Tonga		1 ('07)	1 ('03)	1 ('11)
{{flagicon\|Samoa}} Samoa		1 ('19)		1 ('15, '23)
{{flagicon\|Guam}} Guam		1 ('03)		\|
{{flagicon\|Cook Islands}} Cook Islands			1 ('15)	1 ('19)
{{flagicon\|Tahiti}} Tahiti				2 ('03, '07)

=Golden boot awardees=

class="wikitable"
Year !Player !Goals
2003 \|Unknown \|align=center
2007 \|{{flagicon\|Tonga}} Penateti Feke \|align=center\|4
2011 \|{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|merged}} Christelle Wahnawe \|align=center\|12
2015 \|{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|merged}} Christelle Wahnawe \|align=center\|10
2019 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|Papua New Guinea}} Ramona Padio \|align=center\|9
2023 \|align=center\|11

class="wikitable"

Year

!Player

!Goals

2003

|Unknown

|align=center

2007

|{{flagicon|Tonga}} Penateti Feke

|align=center|4

2011

|{{flagicon|New Caledonia|merged}} Christelle Wahnawe

|align=center|12

2015

|{{flagicon|New Caledonia|merged}} Christelle Wahnawe

|align=center|10

2019

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Ramona Padio

|align=center|9

2023

|align=center|11

All-time medal table

Total medals won (men's and women's)

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagcountry

| event =

| team =

| gold_NCL = 7 | silver_NCL = 6 | bronze_NCL = 2

| gold_TAH = 5 | silver_TAH = 3 | bronze_TAH = 3

| gold_PNG = 5 | silver_PNG = 0 | bronze_PNG = 3

| gold_FIJ = 2 | silver_FIJ = 4 | bronze_FIJ = 5

| gold_SAM = 0 | silver_SAM = 1 | bronze_SAM = 0 | name_SAM = {{SAM}} (includes Western Samoa)

| gold_GUM = 0 | silver_GUM = 1 | bronze_GUM = 0

| gold_TGA = 0 | silver_TGA = 1 | bronze_TGA = 1

| gold_VAN = 0 | silver_VAN = 1 | bronze_VAN = 3 | name_VAN = {{VAN}} (includes New Hebrides)

| gold_COK = 0 | silver_COK = 0 | bronze_COK = 1

| gold_SOL = | silver_SOL = 3 | bronze_SOL = 2

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = | bronze_NZL =

}}

{{anchor|Mini}}Pacific Mini Games

= Men =

The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the men's competition at the Pacific Mini Games:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; width:100%"

style="height:0;"

| colspan= "2" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-left:0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-right:0;"|

style="font-size:105%;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:2.5em;" | Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:6.5em;" | Host city

! style="border-right:0px solid transparent;" |

! style="border:none;" | Final

! style="border-left:0px solid transparent;" |

! colspan="3" | Third place match

style="font-size:105%;"

! style="width:9.5em;background:#fe7;;"| Gold

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ccc;;"| Silver

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ca7;;"| Bronze

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:snow;;"| Fourth place

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1981

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|SOL}}
Honiara

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|1946|size=28px}}

| 1–0
(a.e.t.)

| {{flagdeco|NCL|1853|size=28px}}
New Caledonia

| {{fb-big|Papua New Guinea|size=28px}}

| 1–0

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

bgcolor=#def

| style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 1993

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|VAN}}
Port Vila

| {{fb-big|Tahiti|size=28px}}

| 3–0

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| {{flagdeco|NCL|1853|size=28px}}
New Caledonia

| 2–1

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2017

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|VAN}}
Port Vila

| {{fb-big|Vanuatu}}

| style="padding:1px;line-height:120%;font-size:90%;"| round-{{wbr}}robin

| {{fb-big|Fiji}}

| {{fb-big|Solomon Islands}}

| style="padding:1px;line-height:120%;font-size:90%;"| round-{{wbr}}robin

| {{fb-big|Tuvalu}}

= Women =

{{as of|2019}}, women's football has only been hosted once at the Pacific Mini Games – at Vanuatu in 2017. The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the women's competition:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; width:100%"

style="height:0px;"

| colspan= "2" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-left:0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0;"|

| rowspan="100%" style="border:1px solid transparent; border-width:1px 0;padding:0;width:0.5em;"|

| colspan= "3" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;padding:0; background:#eaeaf0; border-right:0;"|

style="font-size:105%;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:2.5em;" | Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:6.5em;" | Host city

! style="border-right:0px solid transparent;" |

! style="border:none;" | Final

! style="border-left:0px solid transparent;" |

! colspan="3" | Third place match

style="font-size:105%;"

! style="width:9.5em;background:#fe7;;"| Gold

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ccc;;"| Silver

! style="width:8.5em;background:#ca7;;"| Bronze

! style="width:2.0em;"| Score

! style="width:8.5em;background:snow;;"| Fourth place

style="font-size:105%;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.5em;"| 2017

| style="font-size:105%;"| {{flagicon|VAN}}
Port Vila

| {{fbw-big|Vanuatu}}

| 2–1

| {{fbw-big|Fiji}}

| {{fbw-big|Tonga}}

| 1–0

| {{fbw-big|Solomon Islands}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite report

|year= 2018

|title = Charter - Constitution, Code of Conduct, Protocols, and Regulations adopted Apia, Samoa 14 May 2006 - As amended most recently in Port Vila, Vanuatu, 10 December 2017

|url = http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36363741

|format= PDF 0.3 MB |pages=14–15

|publisher = Pacific Games Council

|access-date = 8 February 2018

|url-status= live

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180208102932/http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36363741

|archive-date= 8 February 2018

}}

{{cite web

|date= 7 December 2006

|title= OFC 2010 FIFA World Cup route via Asia

|website= Oceania Football Confederation

|access-date= 20 December 2006

|url= http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=2031&sID=12

|url-status= dead

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070428111132/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=2031&sID=12

|archive-date=28 April 2007 }}

}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501115327/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ OFC Official Website]

Pac

Category:Sports at the Pacific Games

Pacific Games

colspan="4" \| Key to symbols
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0.1em;"
style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	align=left\| Gold medal for first place \|n	align=left\| n^th place (e.g. 5 is fifth place)
style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	align=left\| Silver medal for second place \| P	align=left\| Pool or group stage elimination
style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	align=left\| Bronze medal for third place \| *	align=left\| Asterisk for shared placing (e.g. 5* is equal fifth)
style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	align=left\| Fourth place \| ^#	align=left\| Contested by under-23 national teams only
–	align=left\| Did not play \| †	align=left\| Withdrew before competition (did not play)
‡	colspan="3" align=left\| Played in the tournament (FIFA qualification) but excluded from the Pacific Games placings

style="width:0.1em; border-right:1px transparent;"\| ! {{diagonal split header\|Nation\| Games\|style=width:10.0em; border:0px transparent; padding:0px;}} ! style="width:0.1em; border-left:1px transparent;"\| ! 03 ! 07 ! 11 ! 15 ! 19 ! 23 ! style="color:#333; font-size:97%; line-height:130%;"\| Years played
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0.1em; margin-bottom:2.0em;"
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|American Samoa}} \| – \| P	P	–	P	9	4
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Cook Islands}} \| – \| P	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	10	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Fiji}} \|5 \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Guam}} \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2 \| –	P	–	–	–	2
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Kiribati}} \| 7 \| –	–	–	–	–	1
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|New Caledonia}} \| – \| P	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	P	style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Papua New Guinea}} \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1 \|style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	style="background-color:#ffd700;"\|1	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Samoa}} \| – \| P	–	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	style="background-color:#c0c0c0; font-weight:bold;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	4
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Solomon Islands}} \| – \| P	P	P	P	6	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Tahiti}} \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4 \|style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	–	P	8	5
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Tonga}} \|style="background-color:#cc9966;"\|3 \|style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"\|2	style="background-color:#9acdff;"\|4	P	P	7	6
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"\| {{fbw\|Vanuatu}} \| 6 \| –	–	–	P	5	3
style="vertical-align:top; font-weight:600; font-size:97%; line-height:140%;" ! colspan="3" style="padding:2px;"\| Number of teams All-time total: 12 ! 7 ! 9 !! 9 !! 7 !! 10!! 10!! style="padding:2px;"\| 6 Editions