Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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2015 Pacific Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Papua New Guinea
CityPort Moresby
Dates3–17 July 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Caledonia (7th title)
Runners-up 
Third place Papua New Guinea
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored142 (8.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vanuatu Jean Kaltack (17 goals)
← 2011
2019 →
2015 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Final positions
Champions Fiji (1st title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Papua New Guinea
Fourth place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored138 (9.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vanuatu Jean Kaltack (17 goals)
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2019 →

The 2015 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 14th edition of the Pacific Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 3–17 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.[1]

The tournament also doubled as the 7th edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. A separate qualifying tournament was initially set to take place at Tonga between 2–12 December 2015.[2] However, it was later decided to absorb the qualifying tournament into the Pacific Games, as the New Zealand team participated for the first time in the Pacific Games men's football tournament.[3][4]

As some of the participating teams are not members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and thus ineligible for the Olympics, there were two separate knockout stages, one for Olympic qualifying where the winner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament,[5] and another for determining the Pacific Games medalists.[6]

New Caledonia won the Pacific Games gold medal, while Fiji qualified for the Olympic football tournament for the first time after winning the OFC Olympic qualifying tournament.[7]

Teams[]

A total of eight teams participated in the tournament.[6]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Fiji 12th Gold medal (1991, 2003)
FS Micronesia 2nd Group stage (2003)
 New Caledonia 14th Gold medal (1963, 1969, 1971, 1987, 2007, 2011)
 New Zealand 1st Debut
 Papua New Guinea (hosts) 13th Bronze medal (1969, 1987)
 Solomon Islands 12th Silver medal (1991, 1995, 2011)
  14th Gold medal (1966, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1995)
 Vanuatu 14th Silver medal (1971)

Eligibility status[]

The teams are eligible for one or both knockout stages depending on their affiliation.[6]

Team Affiliated to Eligible for
OFC FIFA IOC Pacific Games Council Olympic Qualifying knockout stage Pacific Games knockout stage
 Fiji Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FS Micronesia No No Yes Yes No Yes
 New Caledonia Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
 New Zealand Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
 Papua New Guinea Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 Solomon Islands Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
 Vanuatu Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Venues[]

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
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Port Moresby
Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
9°28′18″S 147°12′03″E / 9.471732°S 147.200810°E / -9.471732; 147.200810 (Bisini Field) 9°27′59″S 147°09′24″E / 9.466323°S 147.156674°E / -9.466323; 147.156674 (Sir Hubert Murray Stadium)

Squads[]

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Men's team squads

Group stage[]

The draw was held on 1 June 2015 at the OFC Headquarters at Auckland.[8] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.

For the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, only the five teams (Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) which are FIFA and IOC members were eligible. The top two IOC member teams of each group advanced to the Olympic Qualifying semi-finals.

For the Pacific Games Men's Football Tournament, the top two teams of each group advanced to the Pacific Games semi-finals with the exception of New Zealand, who were not eligible as they are not a Pacific Games Council member.

All times UTC+10.[9]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   3 2 1 0 32 1 +31 7 Pacific Games knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 1 2 0 39 1 +38 5 Olympic Qualifying and Pacific Games knockout stage
3  Vanuatu 3 1 1 1 48 3 +45 4 Olympic Qualifying knockout stage
4  Micronesia 3 0 0 3 0 114 −114 0
Source: OFC
Micronesia 0–30 
Report Goal 2', 34', 46', 52', 86'
Hauata Goal 9', 48', 90+6'
Goal 12', 20', 40', 45+2'
Tehina Goal 24', 38', 49', 54'
Goal 34'
Tihoni Goal 50', 51', 90+1'
Tissot Goal 60', 64', 66', 75', 82', 85'
Goal 63'
Goal 90', 90+2', 90+4'
Referee: (Tonga)[10]
Fiji 1–1 Vanuatu
Chand Goal 63' Report J. Kaltack Goal 20'
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)[10]
Micronesia 0–38 Fiji
Report Wasasala Goal 2', 6', 27', 29', 30'
Goal 36', 52', 56', 65'
Tuivuna Goal 4', 9', 28', 43', 45'
Goal 45+4', 70', 85', 90+3', 90+6'
Verevou Goal 8', 26', 40', 45+2', 45+3'
Qasevakatini Goal 10', 12', 24', 59', 67'
Goal 21', 63', 64', 75', 80'
Waranaivalu Goal 47'
Goal 79', 88'
Nakalevu Goal 90+5'
 2–1 Vanuatu
Tissot Goal 70'
Hauata Goal 80'		 Report B. Kaltack Goal 54' (pen.)
Vanuatu 46–0 Micronesia
T. Kaltack Goal 2', 18', 27', 49', 53', 56'
Nicholls Goal 3', 16', 37', 45+3', 50'
Goal 57', 61', 64', 65', 72'
J. Kaltack Goal 4', 6', 17', 34', 37'
Goal 44', 45', 45+2', 47', 54'
Goal 59', 60', 66', 73', 90+3', 90+4'
Mansale Goal 12', 20', 22', 29', 30', 36'
Goal 14', 45+1'
B. Kaltack Goal 23'
Goal 55'
Goal 68', 89'
Goal 74'
Goal 90'		 Report
Referee: (Tonga)[12]
 0–0 Fiji
Report
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)[12]

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Olympic Qualifying knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 2 5 −3 6 Pacific Games knockout stage
3  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Olympic Qualifying and Pacific Games knockout stage
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host
New Zealand 2–0 Solomon Islands
Patterson Goal 29'
Rufer Goal 40'		 Report
Referee: (Fiji)[10]
Papua New Guinea 0–1 New Caledonia
Report Goal 57'
Referee: (Vanuatu)[10]
New Caledonia 1–0 Solomon Islands
Peter Goal 85' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)[11]
Papua New Guinea 0–1 New Zealand
Report Patterson Goal 60'
Solomon Islands 1–2 Papua New Guinea
Goal 87' Report Semmy Goal 18'
Sabua Goal 65'
Referee: (Fiji)[12]
New Caledonia 0–5 New Zealand
Report Hudson-Wihongi Goal 13'
Rogerson Goal 29', 61', 68'
Prelevic Goal 47'
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)[12]

Olympic Qualifying knockout stage[]

Only the five teams (Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) which are both FIFA and IOC members were eligible for this stage.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 Fiji3
 
12 July – Port Moresby
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
 Fiji (pen.)0 (4)
 
10 July – Port Moresby
 
 Vanuatu0 (3)
 
 New Zealand0
 
 
 Vanuatu (awd.)3
 

Olympic Qualifying semi-finals[]

Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
Qasevakatini Goal 3', 45+1', 53' Report Semmy Goal 10' (pen.)
New Zealand 0–3
Awarded		 Vanuatu
Patterson Goal 47'
Tuiloma Goal 56'		 Report
Referee: (Fiji)[13]

New Zealand advanced to the Olympic Qualifying final with a 2–0 result, but were replaced by Vanuatu on the day of the final after the Oceania Football Confederation found that they had fielded an ineligible player, Deklan Wynne. The match was declared a 3–0 victory for Vanuatu.[14][15] New Zealand were unable to appeal before the final was played and subsequently announced they would appeal,[16] but on 23 October 2015, the OFC announced that New Zealand's appeal had been rejected,[17] meaning New Zealand's only chance to overturn the decision would be to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[18] On 13 November 2015, New Zealand Football confirmed that they would not appeal.[19]

Olympic Qualifying final[]

Fiji 0–0 (a.e.t.) Vanuatu
Report
Penalties
Tuivuna Penalty scored
Qasevakatini Penalty missed
Penalty missed
Sivoki Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Dreola Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty scored B. Kaltack
Penalty missed
Penalty missed Kalo
Penalty scored T. Kaltack
Penalty scored J. Kaltack
Penalty missed

Fiji qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. This was the first time a team from OFC other than Australia or New Zealand qualified for the Olympics.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Fiji 12 July 2015 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Pacific Games knockout stage[]

New Zealand were not eligible as they are not a Pacific Games Council member.

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 2
 
17 July – Port Moresby
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
 0
 
15 July – Port Moresby
 
 New Caledonia2
 
 New Caledonia2
 
 
 Fiji1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
17 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 Papua New Guinea2
 
 
 Fiji1

Pacific Games semi-finals[]

 2–1 Papua New Guinea
Tissot Goal 55'
Lucas Goal 76'		 Report Semmy Goal 83'
Referee: (Fiji)[21]
New Caledonia 2–1 Fiji
Goal 5'
Goal 42'		 Report Qasevakatini Goal 34'
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)[21]

Bronze medal match[]

Papua New Guinea 2–1 Fiji
Aisa Goal 8'
A. Komolong Goal 90+1'		 Report Tuivuna Goal 50'
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)[22]

Gold medal match[]

 0–2 New Caledonia
Report Goal 30'
Goal 74' (pen.)
Referee: (Fiji)[22]

Goalscorers[]

17 goals
  • Vanuatu Jean Kaltack
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Fiji
  • New Caledonia
  • Vanuatu
  • Vanuatu Brian Kaltack
  • Vanuatu
1 goal
Own goal

See also[]

References[]

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