South Pacific Games 1969 (Papua New Guinea)

Group stage

All group matches were played at Club Germania, in Port Moresby.

 14- 8-1969 Fiji              5-1  Solomon Islands   [HT 2-1]
 14- 8-1969 New Hebrides      3-3  French Polynesia  [HT 0-3 or 3-0]
              [Maurice, OG, Depuis / ?]
 14- 8-1969 New Caledonia     4-1  Papua New Guinea  [HT 0-1]
              [Poithily 50', Zeoula 53' 80', Delmas 56' / Kumalau 29']
 15- 8-1969 Solomon Islands   1-1  New Caledonia     [HT 0-0]
 15- 8-1969 Fiji              5-2  New Hebrides      [HT 4-1]
 15- 8-1969 French Polynesia  3-1  Papua New Guinea  [HT 1-1]
 16- 8-1969 New Caledonia     2-0  New Hebrides      [HT 0-0]
 16- 8-1969 Papua New Guinea  4-0  Solomon Islands   [HT 1-0 or 2-0]
              [Martinecz 22', ?]
 16- 8-1969 French Polynesia  2-0  Fiji              [HT 2-0 or 1-0]
 18- 8-1969 New Caledonia    11-0  Fiji              [HT 3-0]
 18- 8-1969 Papua New Guinea  2-1  New Hebrides      [HT 1-1]
              [Kau 20', Mathew Raka 90' / ? 41']
 18- 8-1969 French Polynesia  7-0  Solomon Islands   [HT 4-0]
 20- 8-1969 Solomon Islands   7-2  New Hebrides
 20- 8-1969 Papua New Guinea  1-1  Fiji              [HT 1-0]
 20- 8-1969 New Caledonia     w/o  French Polynesia  *

 * Note: French Polynesia forfeited the match as they were unable to field a team
         due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.

 1.NEW CALEDONIA      5  4  1  0 18- 2  9
 2.FRENCH POLYNESIA   5  3  1  1 15- 4  7
 3.Papua New Guinea   5  2  1  2  9- 9  5
 4.Fiji               5  2  1  2 11-17  5
 5.Solomon Islands    5  1  1  3  9-19  3
 6.New Hebrides       5  0  1  4  8-19  1


Third Place Match  [at the Main Stadium]
 22- 8-1969 Papua New Guinea  2-1  Fiji              [HT 1-1]
              [Wellington Jojoga x2 / ?]

Final  [at the Main Stadium]
 22- 8-1969 New Caledonia     2-1  French Polynesia  [HT 0-1]
              [Charles Tamboueon 50', Fi 88' / Cholita Tahuhu 32']

Note: Charles Tamboueon represented France at the 1968 Olympic Games, scoring three goals.

Overview File

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1971

Sources: The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, and "FIFA News" No. 78 (Nov. 1969 edition).

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