Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games – Women's tournament explained

Tourney Name:Women's Football at the Pacific Games 2007
Size:150px
Country:Samoa
Dates:25 August – 7 September
Confederations:1
Num Teams:9
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:20
Goals:55
Top Scorer: Lydia Banabas
(8 goals)
Prevseason:2003
Nextseason:2011

The 2007 Pacific Games women's football tournament was the second edition of Pacific Games women's football tournament. The competition was held in Samoa from 25 August to 7 September 2011 with the final played at the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex in Apia.

This tournament was the first stage of qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Tournament. Only Papua New Guinea moved on to stage 2.

Vanuatu was listed as an entrant initially, but withdrew before the draw.

Group seedings

width=50%Group Awidth=50%Group B
  • – 59th
  • – 77th
  • – 110th
  • – unranked
  • – unranked
  • – 55th
  • – 109th
  • – 113th
  • – unranked

Note: Rankings shown are as of March 2007.

Preliminary round

Group A

width=175 Teamwidth=30 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=30 abbr="Won" Wwidth=30 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=30 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=30 abbr="Goals for" GFwidth=30 abbr="Goals against" GAwidth=30 abbr="Goal difference" GDwidth=30 abbr="Points" Pts
4400111+1012
4301142+129
411248−44
4022410−62
4013113−121

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Group B

width=175 Teamwidth=30 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=30 abbr="Won" Wwidth=30 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=30 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=30 abbr="Goals for" GFwidth=30 abbr="Goals against" GAwidth=30 abbr="Goal difference" GDwidth=30 abbr="Points" Pts
321060+67
312020+25
311124−24
300306−60

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Note: while all other groups had the two final matches played simultaneously, this was not the case here.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

Note: Penateti Feke's goal in the final gave her the tournament's Golden Boot (with 4 goals), and marked the first time in South Pacific Games history that a single player has scored every one of their team's goals en route to the final.

Papua New Guinea advanced to face New Zealand in a playoff game for a spot at the 2008 Olympics.

Goalscorers

8 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also