Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games explained

Year:	1983
Country:	Western Samoa
Dates:	20–30 August
Num Teams:	11
Confederations:	1
Champion:	Tahiti
Count:	4
Second:	Fiji
Third:	New Caledonia
Third-Flagvar:	1853
Prevseason:	1979
Nextseason:	1987

The 1983 South Pacific Games was the seventh edition where football was introduced and was held in Western Samoa from 20–30 August 1983.

The final of the competition, between Fiji and Tahiti, was disrupted by a fight between the players after Tahiti scored a goal in the closing minutes.^{[1] [2]} A referee was injured and a Fijian player was arrested.

Group stage

Group A

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	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
	3	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1
	3	3	1	1	1	6	8	–2
	2	3	1	0	2	6	6	0

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Group B

• withdrew

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	16	1	+15
	2	2	1	0	1	20	2	+18
	0	2	0	0	2	0	33	–33
	Withdrew

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Group C

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
	6	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20
	4	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1
	2	3	1	0	2	0	11	–11
	0	3	0	0	3	2	12	–10

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

Sources:^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Briefs . UPI . 16 September 1983 . 5 July 2022.
2. Web site: FOOTBALL HISTORY: "1983 South Pacific Games, Henry Dyer remembers", 14 May 2014. . Nade Legends Club . 1 June 2014 . 5 July 2022.
3. Web site: South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa) . . 24 June 2022.
4. Web site: South Pacific Games 1983/1984 . Footballdatabase.eu . 24 June 2022.