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)

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

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
  • Papua New Guinea Lydia Banabas
4 goals
  • Fiji Adiela Kurikaba
  • Papua New Guinea Ara Midi
  • Tonga Penateti Feke
3 goals
  • Fiji Unaisi Vatulili
  • French Polynesia Gloria Hauata
2 goals
  • Fiji Unaisi Moce
  • Papua New Guinea Cathy Agunam
  • Papua New Guinea Margaret Alau
  • Papua New Guinea Priscilla Konalalai
  • Papua New Guinea Daisy Winas
1 goal
Own goal
  • Samoa Henifa Bryce (playing against Tahiti)

See also

References

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