Football at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament
International football competition
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The men's football tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held from 8 to 20 July 2019. It was the 15th edition of the men's Pacific Games football tournament. Together with the women's competition, all matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Stadium in Apia, Samoa.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Samoa |
| City | Apia |
| Dates | 8–20 July |
| Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (U-23) (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  New Caledonia |
| Third place |  Fiji |
| Fourth place |  Papua New Guinea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 169 (6.26 per match) |
| Attendance | 14,740 (546 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jean-Philippe Saïko Gagame Feni Tony Kaltak (9 goals each) |
← 2015 2023 → | |
Unlike the men's football competition at the 2015 Pacific Games where only under-23 athletes were eligible to compete, this tournament was not age-restricted and thus was open to senior men's national teams. However, New Zealand was the only team to field an under-23 side.
Teams
Venues
Squads
Draw
The draw for the competition took place on 5 June 2019. It was streamed live on Facebook.[1]
Officials
These are the referees that were appointed for the games, six of which are from AFF.[2]
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand U-23 |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 10 | Gold final |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 9 | Bronze final |
| 3 | Vanuatu |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Samoa (H) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Tonga |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | −37 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Tonga | 0–13 | New Zealand U-23 |
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| New Zealand U-23 | 5–1 | Samoa |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Caledonia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 15 | Gold final |
| 2 | Fiji |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 10 | Bronze final |
| 3 |  Tahiti |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 9 | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 7 | |
| 5 |  American Samoa |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 36 | −34 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Tuvalu |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | 0–2 | New Caledonia |
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| American Samoa | 1–1 | Tuvalu |
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| New Caledonia | 1–0 | Fiji |
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| New Caledonia | 11–0 | Tuvalu |
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Final stage
Bronze final
Gold final
| New Zealand (U-23) | 2–1 | New Caledonia |
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Goalscorers
There were 169 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 6.26 goals per match.
9 goals
Jean-Philippe Saïko
Gagame Feni
Tony Kaltak
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Christopher Wasasala- Nathanaël Hmaen
Kolu Kepo- Emmanuel Simon
- Andrew Abba
- Dennis Ifunaoa
3 goals
- Malakai Rakula
- Cédric Decoire
Lachie McIsaac- Jake Porter
Vito Laloata
2 goals
- Samuela Drudru
- Bertrand Kaï
- Dane Schnell
- Nigel Dabinyaba
- Raymond Gunemba
- Alex Kamen
- Tutizama Tanito
François Mu
1 goal
Chris Faamoana- Walter Pati
- Setareki Hughes
- Patrick Joseph
- Rusiate Matarerega
- Kishan Sami
- Remueru Tekiate
- Richard Sele
- Stéphane Tein-Padom
- Jean-Christ Wajoka
- César Zeoula
- Jorge Akers
- Seth Clark
- Dylan de Jong
- Byron Heath
- Billy Jones
- Robert Tipelu
- Ollie Whyte
- Patrick Aisa
- Ati Kepo
- Koriak Upaiga
- Jerry Donga
- Alwin Hou
- Atkin Kaua
- Joses Nawo
- Patrick Taroga
- Stanley Atani
- Kevin Barbe
- Rooarii Roo
- Tevairoa Tehuritaua
Alopua Petoa- Sosene Vailine
- Jeffery Bob
- Michel Coulon
- Bong Kalo
- Brian Kaltak
- Elkington Molivakarua
- Daniel Natou
1 own goal
- Roy Ledoux (against Solomon Islands)
- Sepetaio Nokisi (against New Caledonia)