Football at the 2011 Pacific Games – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:Men's Football at the Pacific Games 2011
Size:150px
Country:New Caledonia
Dates:27 August – 9 September
Confederations:2
Num Teams:11
Venues:5
Cities:4
Champion:NCL
Count:6
Second:SOL
Third:TAH
Fourth:FIJ
Matches:29
Goals:162
Top Scorer: Bertrand Kaï (10 goals)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2015

See main article: Football at the 2011 Pacific Games.

The 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa.[1]

Twelve men's teams competed at the Games.

Format

The 11 teams were drawn or placed into 2 groups. The top 2 teams from the first stage advanced to the semifinal stage. The semifinalists were followed by matches for the Gold Medal (first place) and Bronze Medal (third place).

Squads

See main article: Football at the 2011 Pacific Games – Men's team squads.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Final

Medalists

Men's football

Goalscorers

10 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

2012 Pacific Cup

In 2010 the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announced the creation of a new tournament, the Pacific Cup. Five teams would qualify from the 2011 Pacific Games for the first edition in February 2012 and the New Zealand Olympic team was also invited to participate.[2]

The tournament had initially been planned as part of the qualification tournament for the 2012 OFC Nations Cup,[3] and the OFC's qualification tournament for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA announced a revised format for both tournaments in June 2011, meaning that the Pacific Games were no longer part of qualification, and therefore were not FIFA authorised games.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Soccer at the Pacific Games . New Caledonia 2011 . Pacific Games . 2010-03-19 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110430212718/http://www.nc2011.nc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=231 . 2011-04-30 .
  2. Web site: Outcomes of OFC Executive Committee meeting . OceaniaFootball.com . 15 May 2011 . 14 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515094149/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/31c9b594-fb59-4e94-a81e-d888beefe0b5/language/en-US/Default.aspx . 15 May 2011 .
  3. News: MOU AGREEMENT WITH OCEANIA FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION . sportingpulse.com . Pacific Games Council . 2010-03-19 .
  4. Web site: Pacific Games no longer part of qualification . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701065356/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/40716472-3df5-447b-a4c8-b79fb22c0d90/language/en-US/Default.aspx . 1 July 2016. 13 May 2017. dead.