BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: PACIFIC GAMES 2011 - RESULTS (WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT)

Better late than never, indeed, as the Women's tournament of the Pacific Games 2011 commenced at the end of August in around the New Caledonian capital, Nouméa. Nine nations took part, and the group results went pretty much as expected, with the real fireworks coming in the knockout stages.

Papua New Guinea surprised New Caledonia by coming top of the heap thanks to a last-gasp win against the hosts in the final, played in Nouméa on 9/9/11; Fiji's women's team won the bronze medal earlier that afternoon, thanks to an early goal in the third-place match against Tonga in Lifou.

As in the Men's section, AFC member Guam sent a team to compete in the tournament; Samoa decided not to send a team to compete in either section.

Please find below the results for the Women's tournament.

GROUP A

27/8/11 Papua New Guinea 1:0 Tahiti (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
27/8/11 Solomon Islands 0:3 New Caledonia (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
29/8/11 Papua New Guinea 8:0 American Samoa (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
29/8/11 Tahiti 0:0 New Caledonia (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
31/8/11 New Caledonia 7:0 American Samoa (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
31/8/11 Tahiti 2:0 Solomon Islands (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
2/9/11   American Samoa 0:4 Solomon Islands (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
2/9/11   New Caledonia 2:1 Papua New Guinea (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
5/9/11   American Samoa 0:4 Tahiti (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
5/9/11   Solomon Islands 0:1 Papua New Guinea (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)

TEAM/P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD

NEW CALEDONIA 4/3/1/0/12/1/10/+11
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4/3/0/1/11/2/9/+9
TAHITI 4/2/1/1/6/1/7/+5
SOLOMON ISLANDS 4/1/0/3/4/6/3/-2
AMERICAN SAMOA 4/0/0/5/0/23/0/-23


GROUP B

31/8/11 09:00 Cook Islands 1:1 Guam (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
31/8/11 11:00 Tonga 4:1 Fiji (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
2/9/11 13:00 Guam 1:2 Fiji (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
2/9/11 15:00 Tonga 0:1 Cook Islands (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
5/9/11 13:00 Guam 0:0 Tonga (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)
5/9/11 15:00 Fiji 1:0 Cook Islands (Stade PLGC, Nouméa)

TEAM/P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD

FIJI 3/2/0/1/4/5/6/-1
TONGA 3/1/1/1/4/2/4/+2
COOK ISLANDS 3/1/1/1/2/2/4/0
GUAM 3/0/2/1/2/3/2/-1


SEMI-FINALS

7/9/11  New Caledonia 3:2 Tonga (Stade Yoshida, Koné)
7/9/11  Fiji 0:4 Papua New Guinea (Stade Hnasse, Lifou)


THIRD-PLACE FINAL

9/9/11  Tonga 0:1 Fiji (Stade Hnasse, Lifou)


FINAL

9/9/11  New Caledonia 1:2 Papua New Guinea (Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa)

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks go to the OFC, and Priscilla Duncan in particular, for allowing the above statistical information to be used.