Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games explained

Year:	1979
Country:	Fiji
Dates:	29 August – 7 September
Num Teams:	12
Confederations:	1
Cities:	Suva
Champion:	Tahiti
Count:	3
Second:	Fiji
Third:	Solomon Islands
Matches:	20
Goals:	148
Prevseason:	1975
Nextseason:	1983

The 1979 South Pacific Games was the sixth edition where football was introduced and was held in Suva, Fiji, during August and September 1979.^[1]

Group stage

Group 1

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	3	2	1	1	0	24	0	+27
	3	2	1	1	0	15	0	+15
	0	2	0	0	2	0	37	–37

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Group 2

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	4	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26
	2	2	1	0	1	5	21	–16
	0	2	0	0	2	3	13	–10

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Group 3

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	4	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18
	2	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4
	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

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Group 4

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
	4	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13
	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
	0	2	0	0	2	1	15	–14

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Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Notes and References

1. Web site: South Pacific Games 1979 (Fiji) . rsssf.org . 11 February 2024.