Football at the 1963 South Pacific Games

Football at the 1963 South Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	29 August – 7 September
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	New Caledonia (1st title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	Tahiti
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	49 (8.17 per match)
1966 →

The 1963 South Pacific Games was the first edition of the tournament and was held in Fiji from 29 August to 7 September.

Participants

•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Hebrides
• Papua New Guinea
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti

Matches

First round

Fiji  v Papua New Guinea

29 August 1963	Fiji	3–1	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
	Zikar Ali 30', 33' Dutta		Voelker 15'	Stadium: Buckhurst Park

Solomon Islands  v  New Hebrides

30 August 1963	Solomon Islands	6–3	New Hebrides	Suva, Fiji
	Suamoni Beni Mabulou Famani		Gedeon Tomoi Kalbeo	Stadium: Buckhurst Park

Semi-finals

Fiji  v  Solomon Islands

1 September 1963	Fiji	5–0	Solomon Islands	Lautoka, Fiji
	Zikar Ali Dutta			Stadium: Churchill Park

New Caledonia  v  Tahiti

1 September 1963	New Caledonia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Tahiti	Fiji
	Case 44', 115'		Nena 90'

Third place play-off

Tahiti  v  Solomon Islands

6 September 1963	Tahiti	7–1	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
				Stadium: Buckhurst Park

Final

Fiji  v  New Caledonia

7 September 1963	Fiji	2–8	New Caledonia	Suva, Fiji
	Yee Gock Sue (pen.) D. Simmons		Case Paula Bénébig	Stadium: Buckhurst Park

1963 South Pacific Games winners
New Caledonia First title

Sources

• Results on RSSSF