Football at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games

1981 South Pacific Mini Games

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
Dates	7-15 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	2
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Papua New Guinea
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	104 (4.52 per match)
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The Football at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games took place in July 1981.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti	6	5	1	0	30	2	+28	11	Gold medal match
2	New Caledonia	6	3	2	1	19	5	+14	8
3	Papua New Guinea	6	4	0	2	13	16	−3	8	Bronze medal match
4	Vanuatu	6	1	3	2	20	10	+10	5
5	Solomon Islands	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	5
6	Fiji	6	2	1	3	9	14	−5	5
7	Western Samoa	6	0	0	6	2	47	−45	0

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

7 July 1981 (1981-07-07)

Vanuatu	13–1	Western Samoa
Pretin Waoute x7 Roger Waoute x2 Amos Korikalo x3 Simeon Roquara		Sofara Koro

Lawson Tama Stadium

7 July 1981 (1981-07-07)

Fiji	2–1	Solomon Islands
Wally Maseu 35' Hirdesh Prasad 40'		Ben Sokeni 44'

Lawson Tama Stadium

7 July 1981 (1981-07-07)

Tahiti	1–0	New Caledonia
Gérard Kautai 36'

8 July 1981 (1981-07-08)

Papua New Guinea	3–2	Fiji
Amos Semoso x2 Daino Sami		Marika Ravula Robert Simmons

SIPL

8 July 1981 (1981-07-08)

Vanuatu	2–2	New Caledonia
Pretin Waoute Roger Waoute		Jean Drudri Joseph Wamai

Lawson Tama Stadium

8 July 1981 (1981-07-08)

Tahiti	13–0	Western Samoa
Etienne Patia x6 William Aumeran x4 Gérard Kautai Xavier Voirin William Cadousteau

Lawson Tama Stadium

9 July 1981 (1981-07-09)

New Caledonia	1–1	Solomon Islands
Emilien Pa'ama 29'		Ben Sokeni 60'

SIPL

9 July 1981 (1981-07-09)

Papua New Guinea	4–1	Western Samoa
Popal Kanawi x2 Timeang Mombi Jasper Patterson		Peseta Tuia

Lawson Tama Stadium

9 July 1981 (1981-07-09)

Tahiti	1–1	Vanuatu
William Aumeran 42'		Pretin Waoute 56'

Lawson Tama Stadium

10 July 1981 (1981-07-10)

Vanuatu	1–1	Fiji
Seretangi Kalsakau 36'		Kinia Tubi 10'

SIPL

10 July 1981 (1981-07-10)

Solomon Islands	5–0	Western Samoa
Tom Ini 20' 24' Eddie Kasute'e 27' 43' 65'

Lawson Tama Stadium

10 July 1981 (1981-07-10)

New Caledonia	5–1	Papua New Guinea
Valentin Coulon (1-0) (2-0) 64' 84' Sau Gure 33' OG		Daino Sami 32'

Lawson Tama Stadium

11 July 1981 (1981-07-11)

Fiji	4–0	Western Samoa
Robert Simmons 30' George Dickson 32' Tevita Rasasa 71' David Chung 74'

Lawson Tama Stadium

11 July 1981 (1981-07-11)

Tahiti	5–0	Papua New Guinea
Gérard Kautai 18' 40' Etienne Patia 78' William Cadousteau 88' William Aumeran 89'

Lawson Tama Stadium

11 July 1981 (1981-07-11)

Solomon Islands	2–1	Vanuatu
Ben Sokeni 4' pen Silas Tiale 11'		Pretin Waoute 18'

Lawson Tama Stadium

13 July 1981 (1981-07-13)

Vanuatu	2–3	Papua New Guinea
Simeon Roquara 57' Pretin Waoute 72' pen		Daino Sami 10' 38' 44'

Lawson Tama Stadium

13 July 1981 (1981-07-13)

New Caledonia	3–0	Fiji
Emilien Pa'ama 10' 21' 50'

Lawson Tama Stadium

13 July 1981 (1981-07-13)

Tahiti	4–1	Solomon Islands
Sent off: John Inito (Solomon Islands)

Lawson Tama Stadium

14 July 1981 (1981-07-14)

New Caledonia	8–0	Western Samoa
Aquetil Gowe 6' 10' 59' Emilien Pa'ama 17' 53' Emile Iopue 20' Mathieu Kenon (5-0) Alfred Wabealo (7-0)

Lawson Tama Stadium

14 July 1981 (1981-07-14)

Tahiti	6–0	Fiji
Lucas Damien 10' 62' Etienne Patia 11' 24' 80' Errol Bennett 88' pen

Lawson Tama Stadium

14 July 1981 (1981-07-14)

Solomon Islands	1–2	Papua New Guinea
Mark Lae 5'		Ricky Kondas 16' Amos Semoso 60'

Lawson Tama Stadium

Knockout stage

Bronze medal match

15 July 1981 (1981-07-15)

Papua New Guinea	1–0	Vanuatu
Daino Sami 70'

Lawson Tama Stadium

Gold medal match

15 July 1981 (1981-07-15)

Tahiti	1–0	New Caledonia
Errol Bennett 92'

Lawson Tama Stadium

References

1. "South Pacific Mini Games 1981 (Solomon Islands)". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2018.