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

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.

Women's Football at the Pacific Games 2007
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
Dates25 August – 7 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up Tonga
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored55 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Lydia Banabas
(8 goals)
← 2003
2011 →

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

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Group A Group B

Note: Rankings shown are as of March 2007.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Fiji 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12
  Papua New Guinea 4 3 0 1 14 2 +12 9
  Solomon Islands 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
  Cook Islands 4 0 2 2 4 10 −6 2
  American Samoa 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12 1
Papua New Guinea  6–0  American Samoa
Konalalai   41', 45+1'
Siniu   44'
Banabas   55'
Midi   68'
Alau   89'		 Report
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Fiji  4–1  Cook Islands
Ratu   17'
Vatulili   57', 70'
Regu   78'		 Report Patia   81'
American Samoa  1–1  Cook Islands
Makiasi   63' Report Urirau   24'
Papua New Guinea  4–0  Solomon Islands
Banabas   12', 44'
Agunam   65', 72'		 Report
American Samoa  0–3  Fiji
Report Kurikaba   45+3'
Moce   55', 72'
Referee: Fiti Aimaasu (Samoa)
Cook Islands  1–1  Solomon Islands
Hewett   42' Report Samani   50'
Solomon Islands  3–0  American Samoa
Annie   13'
Daudau   39'
Jusuts   58'		 Report
Referee: Fiti Aimaasu (Samoa)
Papua New Guinea  0–1  Fiji
Report Vanua   14'
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands  1–4  Papua New Guinea
Mustonen   1' Report Banabas   42', 80'
Midi   45'
Aka   83'
Solomon Islands  0–3  Fiji
Report Kurikaba   11', 49', 64'
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tahiti 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
  Tonga 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
  Samoa 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
  New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Tonga  2–0  New Caledonia
Feke   47', 87' Report
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tahiti  4–0  Samoa
Hauata   31'
Bryce   31' (o.g.)
Mimosa Marmouyet   45+2'
Maima Marmouyet   88'		 Report
Tahiti  0–0  Tonga
Report
New Caledonia  0–2  Samoa
Report Davies   7'
Lemana   81'
New Caledonia  0–2  Tahiti
Report Hauata   60', 78'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tonga  0–0  Samoa
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Note: while all other groups had the two final matches played simultaneously, this was not the case here.

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Fiji  0–1  Tonga
Report Feke   80' (pen.)
Referee: Fiti Aimaasu (Samoa)
Papua New Guinea  5–0  Tahiti
Midi   55'
Banabas   62', 65'
Alau   80'
Winas   85'		 Report
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

Bronze medal match

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Fiji  1–0  Tahiti
Vatulili   49' Report

Gold medal match

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Tonga  1–3 (a.e.t.)  Papua New Guinea
Feke   21' Report Winas   69'
Midi   108'
Banabas   119'

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

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

See also

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References

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