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Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	New Caledonia
Dates	12–17 December
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)
← 1963 1969 →

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.

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

Tahiti	5–0	Wallis and Futuna

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
Solomon Islands	1	2	0	1	1	4	12	–8

New Caledonia	8–0	Solomon Islands

New Caledonia	5–0	New Hebrides

Solomon Islands	4–4	New Hebrides

Semi finals

New Caledonia	4–0	Papua New Guinea

Tahiti	3–0	New Hebrides

Bronze medal match

New Hebrides	5–2	Papua New Guinea

Gold medal match

New Caledonia	0–2	Tahiti

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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