Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
City | Port Moresby |
Dates | 6–16 July 2015 |
Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 47 (3.62 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
The 2015 Pacific Games women's football tournament was the fourth edition of the Pacific Games women's football tournament. The women's football tournament was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 6–16 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games. The tournament was open to full women's national teams (unlike the men's tournament, which was age-restricted).
The tournament also doubled as the first stage of the fourth edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1][2] The highest-ranked team of this competition who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced to the second stage against New Zealand, where the winner qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament.[3]
Papua New Guinea won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive Pacific Games.
Teams
[edit]A total of seven teams participated in the tournament.[4]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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3rd | Group stage (2007, 2011) | |
4th | Bronze medal (2007, 2011) | |
3rd | Silver medal (2011) | |
4th | Gold medal (2003, 2007, 2011) | |
2nd | Group stage (2007) | |
3rd | Group stage (2007, 2011) | |
4th | Silver medal (2007) |
New Caledonia are ineligible for the Olympics as they are not affiliated to the IOC. Had they won the tournament, the runner-up would advance to the second stage of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[4]
Venues
[edit]Port Moresby | |
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Bisini Sports Complex | Sir Hubert Murray Stadium |
9°28′18″S 147°12′03″E / 9.471732°S 147.200810°E | 9°27′59″S 147°09′24″E / 9.466323°S 147.156674°E |
Group stage
[edit]The draw was held on 1 June 2015 at the OFC Headquarters at Auckland.[5] The seven teams were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Solomon Islands | 1–8 | |
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Aihunu |
Report | Wahnawe Rabah Xolawawa Maguire Hace Gatha |
Solomon Islands | 0–2 | |
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Report | Soakai Akolo |
Samoa | 2–1 | |
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Malo Peleti |
Report | Joe |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Fiji | 1–5 | |
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Rao |
Report | M. Gunemba Padio Rama |
Fiji | 1–1 | |
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Diyalowai |
Report | L. Harmon |
Papua New Guinea | 2–0 | |
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M. Gunemba Rama |
Report |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
13 July – Port Moresby | ||||||
5 | ||||||
16 July – Port Moresby | ||||||
1 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
13 July – Port Moresby | ||||||
1 | ||||||
3 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
16 July – Port Moresby | ||||||
2 | ||||||
0 |
Semi-finals
[edit]New Caledonia | 5–1 | |
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Wahnawe Rabah Haocas |
Report | L. Harmon |
Papua New Guinea | 3–0 | |
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Kaikas M. Gunemba Padio |
Report |
Bronze medal match
[edit]Cook Islands | 2–0 | |
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Toka Carr |
Report |
Gold medal match
[edit]New Caledonia | 0–1 | |
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Report | Kaipu |
Papua New Guinea advanced to the second stage of the OFC Qualifying Tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics; since New Caledonia are ineligible for the Olympics, Papua New Guinea would have advanced as the highest-ranked IOC member team regardless of the result.
Goalscorers
[edit]- 10 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Maeva Carr
Tepaeru Toka
Sofi Diyalowai
Sonali Rao
Sydney Gatha
Isabelle Hace
Brenda Kenon
Kim Maguire
Céline Xolawawa
Georgina Kaikas
Marie Kaipu
Kelsey Kapisi
Hana Malo
Hazel Peleti
Cathy Aihunu
Merina Joe
Mele Akolo
Mele Soakai
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. March 11, 2015. p. 8.
- ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "OFC Olympic Qualifying schedule unveiled". OceaniaFootball.com. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Draw defines Road to Rio". Oceania Football Confederation. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015.
- ^ "XV Pacific Games - Papua New Guinea 2015 Match Schedule" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-04.
- ^ a b c "Women's football fires up". oceaniafootball.com. 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cook Islands enter the fold". oceaniafootball.com. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Victory essential for all". oceaniafootball.com. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Chase for final berth heats up". oceaniafootball.com. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b "All in for the medal hunt". oceaniafootball.com. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official 2015 Pacific Games website
- XV Pacific Games Women's Tournament, Official OFC website