Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games

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Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host country New Caledonia
Dates October
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Tahiti (1st title)
Runners-up  New Caledonia
Third place  New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 59 (5.9 per match)
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The 1966 South Pacific Games was the second games where football was played and was held in New Caledonia during December 1966. In the final, Tahiti upset all predictions by defeating New Caledonia by 2-0.[1][2]

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 4 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6
 Papua New Guinea 2 2 1 0 1 12 5 +7
 Wallis and Futuna 0 2 0 0 2 1 14 -13

12 December 1966
Tahiti  4 - 3  Papua New Guinea

13 December 1966
Tahiti  5 - 0  Wallis and Futuna

14 December 1966
Papua New Guinea  9 - 1  Wallis and Futuna

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 4 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13
 New Hebrides 1 2 0 1 1 4 9 -5
23x15px Solomon Islands 1 2 0 1 1 4 12 -8

12 December 1966
New Caledonia  8 - 0 23x15px Solomon Islands

13 December 1966
New Caledonia  5 - 0  New Hebrides

14 December 1966
Solomon Islands 23x15px 4 - 4  New Hebrides

Semi finals

15 December 1966
New Caledonia  4 - 0  Papua New Guinea

15 December 1966
Tahiti  3 - 0  New Hebrides

Bronze medal match

17 December 1966
New Hebrides  5 - 2  Papua New Guinea

Gold medal match

17 December 1966
New Caledonia  0 - 2  Tahiti


 1966 South Pacific Games Winners 

Tahiti
First title

Sources

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