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) Lydia Banabas
(8 goals)

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
Group A Group B

Note: Rankings shown are as of March 2007.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Fiji 4400111+1012
 Papua New Guinea 4301142+129
 Solomon Islands 411248−44
 Cook Islands 4022410−62
 American Samoa 4013113−121
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'
Referee: Chris Lengata (Solomon Islands)
American Samoa 1–1 Cook Islands
Makiasi  63' Report Urirau  24'
Referee: Job Ponis Minan (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea 4–0 Solomon Islands
Banabas  12'  44'
Agunam  65'  72'		 Report
Referee: Chris Lengata (Solomon Islands)
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'
Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands 3–0 American Samoa
Crystal Annie  13'
Margaret Daudau  39'
Diane 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
Regina Mustonen  1' Report Lydia Banabas  42'  80'
Ara Midi  45'
Margaret Aka  83'
Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands 0–3 Fiji
Report Adiela Kurikaba  11'  49'  64'
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tahiti 321060+67
 Tonga 312020+25
 Samoa 311124−24
 New Caledonia 300306−60
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
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti 0–0 Tonga
Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 0–2 Samoa
Report Davies  7'
Lemana  81'
Referee: Salaiau Sosongan (Papua New Guinea)
New Caledonia 0–2 Tahiti
Report Hauata  60'  78'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tonga 0–0 Samoa
Report
Referee: Chris Lengata (Solomon Islands)

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
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
Fiji 1–0 Tahiti
Vatulili  49' Report
Referee: Job Minan (Papua New Guinea)

Gold medal match
Tonga 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Papua New Guinea
Feke  21' Report Winas  69'
Midi  108'
Banabas  119'
Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand)

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
  • Lydia Banabas
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Henifa Bryce (playing against Tahiti)

See also

References
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