Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pacific Games
2023 Pacific Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySolomon Islands
CityHoniara
Dates17 November–2 December
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea (6th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored82 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
(11 goals)
← 2019
2027 →

The women’s football tournament at the 2023 Pacific Games was the 6th edition[1] of the women’s football tournament at the Pacific Games, and was held from the 17 November to 2 December.[2]

Papua New Guinea were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.

Teams

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10 teams entered the tournament.

Venues

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3 confirmed venues. [4]

Honiara
National Stadium Lawson Tama Stadium SIFF Academy
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 500

Source: [4]

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's team squads

Group stage

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The team list was confirmed on 21 October 2023.[5]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7
3  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 Advance to 9th place match
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: SOL23
Cook Islands 2–5 New Caledonia
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 2, Honiara
Papua New Guinea 9–0 American Samoa
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 1, Honiara
Papua New Guinea 3–0 Cook Islands
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 2, Honiara
New Caledonia 4–0 American Samoa
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 1, Honiara
Cook Islands 3–0 American Samoa
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 2, Honiara
New Caledonia 2–2 Papua New Guinea
 Report
SIFF Academy Field 1, Honiara

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Tahiti 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1 Advance to 5th–8th placement matches
3  Tonga 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1
Source: SOL23
Tahiti 2–3 Samoa
 Report
Tonga 2–2 Tahiti
 Report
Samoa 4–1 Tonga
 Report

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands (H) 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Advance to 5th–8th placement matches
3  Vanuatu 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: SOL23
(H) Hosts
Vanuatu 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report
Fiji 3–2 Vanuatu
 Report
Fiji 4–1 Solomon Islands
 Report

Ranking of second-place teams

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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  New Caledonia 2 1 1 0 7 4 +3 4 Knockout stage
2 C  Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Advance to 5th–8th placement matches
3 B  Tahiti 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Source: SOL23

Placement matches

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5th–8th places

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Semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
28 November – Honiara
 
 
 Tahiti1
 
1 December – Honiara
 
 Vanuatu2
 
 Vanuatu2
 
28 November – Honiara
 
 Solomon Islands1
 
 Solomon Islands1
 
 
 Tonga0
 
7th place match
 
 
1 December – Honiara
 
 
 Tahiti0
 
 
 Tonga2
 
9th place match
 
  
 
28 November – Honiara
 
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 
 American Samoa3
 

9th place match

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Cook Islands 0–3 (w/o) American Samoa
Report
SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2, Honiara

Semi-finals

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Tahiti 1–2 Vanuatu
 Report
SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2, Honiara
Solomon Islands 1–0 Tonga
 Report
SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2, Honiara

7th place match

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Tahiti 0–2 Tonga
Report
SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2, Honiara
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

5th place match

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Vanuatu 2–1 Solomon Islands
 Report
SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2, Honiara

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsGold Playoff
 
      
 
27 November – Honiara
 
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 
1 December – Honiara
 
 Samoa1
 
 Papua New Guinea4
 
27 November – Honiara
 
 Fiji1
 
 Fiji3
 
 
 New Caledonia0
 
Bronze Playoff
 
 
1 December – Honiara
 
 
 Samoa1
 
 
 New Caledonia3

Semi-finals

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Papua New Guinea 5–1 Samoa
 Report
Fiji 3–0 New Caledonia
 Report

Third place match

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Samoa 1–3 New Caledonia
 Report

Final

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Papua New Guinea 4–1 Fiji
 Report
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Goalscorers

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There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

11 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final rankings

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Rank Team
 Papua New Guinea
 Fiji
 New Caledonia
4  Samoa
5  Vanuatu
6  Solomon Islands
7  Tonga
8  Tahiti
9  American Samoa
10  Cook Islands

Broadcasting

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All matches will be broadcast live on SBS.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sports". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ "SCHEDULE". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ Natoga, Anasilini (5 July 2023). "Senior women's friendly with Solomon Islands cancelled". Vanuatu Post. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Venues". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ^ "ALTERNAFOOT on X". Twitter. ALTERNAFOOT. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ^ "How to watch 2023 Pacific Games LIVE on SBS". SBS. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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