Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games explained

Year:1969
Country:Papua New Guinea
Country-Flagvar:1965
Dates:14–22 August
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Finalists:6
Champion:New Caledonia
Champion-Flagvar:1853
Count:2
Second:Tahiti
Second-Flagvar:1946
Third:Papua New Guinea
Third-Flagvar:1965
Matches:16
Goals:77
Prevseason:1966
Nextseason:1971

The 1969 South Pacific Games was the third games where football was played. The tournament was held at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea during August 1969. In the final, New Caledonia scored in the 88th minute to defeat Tahiti 2–1 and claim the gold medal.

Round robin stage

width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Goals for" GFwidth=20 abbr="Goals against" GAwidth=20 abbr="Goal difference" GD
95410182+16
75311154+11
55212990
552121117–6
35113919–10
15014819–11
Correct as at: 20 August 1969
Source: rsssf.com

Teams ranked 1st and 2nd

(Green background) met in the Gold final.
Teams ranked 3rd and 4th (Blue background) met in the Bronze final.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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* Note: French Polynesia (Tahiti) forfeited the match as they were unable to field a team due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.