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Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	1–5 September
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	New Caledonia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Hebrides
Third place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	103 (9.36 per match)
← 1969 1975 →

The 1971 South Pacific Games was the 4th such event in which football was included, and was held in Tahiti during September 1971.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Tahiti	3	2	1	1	0	32	2	+30
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	1	0	18	3	+15
Cook Islands	0	2	0	0	2	1	46	–45

Tahiti	2–2	Papua New Guinea

Tahiti	30–0	Cook Islands

Papua New Guinea	16–1	Cook Islands

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Caledonia	3	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
New Hebrides	3	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2
Fiji	0	2	0	0	2	5	11	–6

New Caledonia	5–1	Fiji

Fiji	4–6	New Hebrides

New Caledonia	0–0	New Hebrides

Semi finals

New Caledonia	4–0	Papua New Guinea

Tahiti	1–2	New Hebrides

5th place Match

Fiji	15–1	Cook Islands

Bronze medal match

Tahiti	8–1	Papua New Guinea

Final Match

New Caledonia	7–1	New Hebrides

1971 South Pacific Games winners
New Caledonia Third title

References

1. "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
2. "South Pacific Games 1971/1972 - South Pacific Games: Tahiti 30 - 0 Cook Islands". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
3. "Vol. 42, No. 10 ( Oct. 1, 1971)". Trove. Retrieved 2022-12-19.

External links

• Details on RSSSF website

• Football at the Pacific Games
• International association football competitions hosted by French Polynesia
• 1971 in OFC football
• 1971 in French Polynesia
• Events at the 1971 Pacific Games