Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryWestern Samoa
Dates20–30 August
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (4th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Caledonia
← 1979
1987 →

The 1983 South Pacific Games was the seventh edition where football was introduced and was held in Western Samoa from 20–30 August 1983.

The final of the competition, between Fiji and Tahiti, was disrupted by a fight between the players after Tahiti scored a goal in the closing minutes.[1][2] A referee was injured and a Fijian player was arrested.[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Wallis and Futuna 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Western Samoa 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1
 Tonga 3 3 1 1 1 6 8 –2
 American Samoa 2 3 1 0 2 6 6 0
Western Samoa 3–1 American Samoa
Western Samoa
Western Samoa 3–3 Tonga
Western Samoa
Wallis and Futuna 0–3 American Samoa
Western Samoa
Western Samoa 1–2 Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa
Tonga 3–2 American Samoa
Western Samoa
Wallis and Futuna 3–0 Tonga
Western Samoa

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 4 2 2 0 0 16 1 +15
 Papua New Guinea 2 2 1 0 1 20 2 +18
 Niue 0 2 0 0 2 0 33 –33
 Northern Mariana Islands Withdrew
Tahiti 14–0 Niue
Western Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands Cancelled Papua New Guinea
Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea 19–0 Niue
Western Samoa
Tahiti Cancelled Northern Mariana Islands
Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea 1–2 Tahiti
Western Samoa
Niue Cancelled Northern Mariana Islands
Western Samoa

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 6 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20
 New Caledonia 4 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1
 Solomon Islands 2 3 1 0 2 0 11 –11
 Vanuatu 0 3 0 0 3 2 12 –10
Fiji 10–0 Solomon Islands
Western Samoa
New Caledonia 6–2 Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Fiji 6–0 Vanuatu
Western Samoa
New Caledonia 1–0 Solomon Islands
Western Samoa
Fiji 5–1 New Caledonia
Western Samoa
Solomon Islands def. Vanuatu
Western Samoa

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Western Samoa 0–2 Tahiti
Western Samoa
New Caledonia 4–0 Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa
Papua New Guinea 0–2 Fiji
Western Samoa

Semi-finals

Tahiti 6–1 Papua New Guinea
Western Samoa
Fiji 3–2 New Caledonia
Western Samoa

Bronze medal match

Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Caledonia
Western Samoa

Gold medal match

Fiji 0–1 Tahiti
Western Samoa


 1983 South Pacific Games winners 

Tahiti
Fourth title

Sources:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Sports Briefs". UPI. 16 September 1983. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL HISTORY: "1983 South Pacific Games, Henry Dyer remembers", 14 May 2014". Nade Legends Club. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "South Pacific Games 1983/1984". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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