Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

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).

2015 Pacific Games
women's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Papua New Guinea
CityPort Moresby
Dates6–16 July 2015
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea (4th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored47 (3.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Caledonia Christelle Wahnawe (10 goals)
Main article: Football at the 2015 Pacific Games

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

A total of seven teams participated in the tournament.[4]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands3rdGroup stage (2007, 2011)
 Fiji4thBronze medal (2007, 2011)
 New Caledonia3rdSilver medal (2011)
 Papua New Guinea (hosts)4thGold medal (2003, 2007, 2011)
 Samoa2ndGroup stage (2007)
 Solomon Islands3rdGroup stage (2007, 2011)
 Tonga4thSilver 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
Port Moresby
Bisini Sports Complex Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
9.471732°S 147.200810°E / -9.471732; 147.200810 (Bisini Field) 9.466323°S 147.156674°E / -9.466323; 147.156674 (Sir Hubert Murray Stadium)

Group stage

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.

All times UTC+10.[6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia 3 2 1 0 16 3 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  Samoa 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands 1–8 New Caledonia
Aihunu 67' (pen.) Report Wahnawe 6', 48', 68'
Rabah 14'
Xolawawa 39' (pen.)
Maguire 73'
Hace 80'
Gatha 90+8'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[7]
Tonga 0–1 Samoa
Report Ioane 57'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mairi Noni (Papua New Guinea)[7]
Solomon Islands 0–2 Tonga
Report Soakai 58'
Akolo 90+4'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Hillary Ani (Papua New Guinea)[8]
New Caledonia 2–2 Samoa
Rabah 7'
Wahnawe 48'		 Report Kapisi 2'
Ioane 21'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[8]
New Caledonia 6–0 Tonga
Haocas 4'
Wahnawe 21', 66', 72'
Rabah 42'
Kenon 45+1'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)[9]
Samoa 2–1 Solomon Islands
Malo 2'
Peleti 44'		 Report Joe 45+1'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[9]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea (H) 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Cook Islands 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
3  Fiji 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 1
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji 1–5 Papua New Guinea
Rao 90+1' Report M. Gunemba 30' (pen.), 45', 50'
Padio 83'
Rama 90+2'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)[7]
Fiji 1–1 Cook Islands
Diyalowai 67' Report L. Harmon 10'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)[8]
Papua New Guinea 2–0 Cook Islands
M. Gunemba 31'
Rama 72'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)[9]

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
13 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 New Caledonia5
 
16 July – Port Moresby
 
 Cook Islands1
 
 New Caledonia0
 
13 July – Port Moresby
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
 Papua New Guinea3
 
 
 Samoa0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 July – Port Moresby
 
 
 Cook Islands2
 
 
 Samoa0

Semi-finals
New Caledonia 5–1 Cook Islands
Wahnawe 10', 82', 84'
Rabah 26'
Haocas 31'		 Report L. Harmon 90+1'
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Ichikawa Polovili (Tonga)[10]
Papua New Guinea 3–0 Samoa
Kaikas 6'
M. Gunemba 25'
Padio 45+1'		 Report
Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)[10]

Bronze medal match
Cook Islands 2–0 Samoa
Toka 41'
Carr 54'		 Report
Referee: Mel Knight (New Zealand)[11]

Gold medal match
New Caledonia 0–1 Papua New Guinea
Report Kaipu 21'
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)[11]

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
10 goals
  • New Caledonia Christelle Wahnawe
5 goals
4 goals
  • New Caledonia Myranda Rabah
2 goals
  • Cook Islands Liz Harmon
  • New Caledonia Marielle Haocas
  • Papua New Guinea Ramona Padio
  • Papua New Guinea Fatima Rama
  • Samoa Lusia Ioane
1 goal
  • Cook Islands Maeva Carr
  • Cook Islands Tepaeru Toka
  • Fiji Sofi Diyalowai
  • Fiji Sonali Rao
  • New Caledonia Sydney Gatha
  • New Caledonia Isabelle Hace
  • New Caledonia Brenda Kenon
  • New Caledonia Kim Maguire
  • New Caledonia Céline Xolawawa
  • Papua New Guinea Georgina Kaikas
  • Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu
  • Samoa Kelsey Kapisi
  • Samoa Hana Malo
  • Samoa Hazel Peleti
  • Solomon Islands Cathy Aihunu
  • Solomon Islands Merina Joe
  • Tonga Mele Akolo
  • Tonga Mele Soakai

See also

References
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  2. "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. March 11, 2015. p. 8.
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