Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryNew Caledonia
Dates12–17 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (1st title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place New Hebrides
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored59 (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
Tahiti 4–3 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia
Tahiti 5–0 Wallis and Futuna
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea 9–1 Wallis and Futuna
New Caledonia

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
 Solomon Islands 1 2 0 1 1 4 12 –8
New Caledonia 8–0 Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
New Caledonia 5–0 New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Solomon Islands 4–4 New Hebrides
New Caledonia

Semi finals

New Caledonia 4–0 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia
Tahiti 3–0 New Hebrides
New Caledonia

Bronze medal match

 New Hebrides5–2 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia

Gold medal match

New Caledonia 0–2 Tahiti
New Caledonia


 1966 South Pacific Games winners 

Tahiti
First title

Sources

  1. ^ "South Pacific Games 1966 (Papua New Guinea)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1966. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Pacific Games teams' title won by New Caledonia". The Canberra Times. 19 December 1966. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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