Association football has been regularly included in the Pacific Games, the multi-sports event for Pacific nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963. Until 2011 the competition was known as the South Pacific Games.

Since 1971 the men's tournament has been held every four years, but was not played in 1999 due to contractual issues. In 2007, the men's competition doubled as the Oceania Football Confederation's preliminary qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The men's tournament also became the Olympic qualifier for Oceania for the 2015 edition.

The women's tournament was introduced in 2003, and has doubled up as the preliminary qualifying competition for the Olympic Games since 2007. Football was a compulsory inclusion at the Pacific Games for men's teams for many years but was made a core sport for both men's and women's teams in 2017. Football has also been held at several editions of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the first tournament in 1981.

Men's tournament

Participating nations Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Host nation is shown in bold.– See also the §Key to symbols within this section below the two tables. 63 66 69 71 75 79 83 87 91 95 99 03 07 1115 19 23 Yearsplayed – – – – – – P 6 – – – – P P – P 12 6 – – – 6 – – – – – P – – P P – – 8 5 2 – 4 5 4 2 2 – 1 3 – 1 2 4 4 3 3 14 – – – – P 6 – – P P – – – P – – – 5 – – – – – 9* – – – – – P – P – – † 3 – – – – – – – – – – – P – – P – – 2 1 21 1 2 4 3 13 P – 2 1 11 2 1 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ‡ 1 – 2 – – – – – – P – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – † – – – – – – – – – 10 1 P 4 34 P 9*4 3 P P – P – P 34 6 15 – – – – – 9* 5* – – – – – P – – P 7 5 4 P 6 – 3 3 P – 2 2 – P4 2 P P 2 14 3 1 2 31 1 1 2 P 1 – 4 P 3 2 P 5 16 – – – – – 7* P – – – – P P – – P 11 6 – – – – – 7* – – – – – P P P – P 9 6 P 3 5 2 P 5 P 4 4 4 – 3 3 P P P 4 16 – P – – – 9* 5* 5 P P – – – – – – – 6 Number of teamsAll-time total: 18 6 6 6 6 7 12 11 6 8 9 – 10 10 11 8 11 12 --> style="padding:2px;"| 16<br/ >Editions

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Results The table below is a summary of the finals matches in men's football at the Pacific Games since 1963:

Year Host city Final Third place match Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place 1963 Suva 8–2 7–2 1966 Nouméa 2–0 5–2 1969 Port Moresby 2–1 2–1 1971 Papeete 7–1 8–1 1975 Tumon 2–1 3–2 1979 Suva 3–0 3–1 1983 Apia 1–0 2–1 1987 Nouméa 1–0 3–1 1991 Port Moresby 1–1() 3–1 1995 Papeete 2–0 3–0 1999 No football tournament in 1999 2003 Suva 2–0 1–0 2007 Apia 1–0 2–0 2011 Nouméa New Caledonia 2–0 2–1 2015 Port Moresby New Caledonia 2–0 2–1 2019 Apia 2–1 New Caledonia 1–1() 2023 Honiara New Caledonia 2–2() 4–2

Performances by countries Below are the 7 nations that have reached at least the semi-final stage in the Pacific Games. TeamWinnerRunner-upThird PlaceFourth Place8 ('63, '69, '71, '87, '07, '11, '15, '23)4 ('66, '75, '03, '19)2 ('83, '91)1 ('79) (French Polynesia) 5 ('66, '75, '79, '83, '95)3 ('69, '87, '15)3 ('63, '71, '11)1 ('03)2 ('91, '03)4 ('63, '79, '83, '07)3 ('95, '19, '23)4 ('69, '75, '11, '15)1 ('19)4 ('91, '95, '11, '23)2 ('75, '79)2 ('63, '07) (New Hebrides)1 ('71)3 ('66, '03, '07)4 ('87, '91, '95, '23)3 ('69, '87, '15)4 ('66, '71, '83, '19)

Golden boot awardees YearPlayerGoals1963–1995Unknown-2003 Esala Masi112007 Osea Vakatalesau102011 Bertrand Kaï102015 Jean Kaltak172019 Gagame Feni Tony Kaltak Jean-Philippe Saïko92023 John Orobulu8

Women's tournament Participating nations 03 07 11 15 19 23 Yearsplayed – P P – P 9 4 – P P 3 4 10 5 53 3 P 3 2 6 2 – P – – – 2 7 – – – – – 1 – P 22 P 3 5 1 1 1 11 1 6 – P – 4 24 4 – P P P P 6 5 4 4 P – P 8 5 3 2 4 P P 7 6 6 – – – P 5 3 Number of teamsAll-time total: 12 7 9 9 7 10 10 --> style="padding:2px;"| 6<br/ >Editions

Results The table below is a summary of the finals matches in the women's football competition at the Pacific Games since 2003.

Papua New Guinea won the first four tournament finals, including against hosts New Caledonia in 2011 and as hosts against New Caledonia in 2015.

Year Host city Final Third place match Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place 2003 Suva round-robin round-robin 2007 Apia 3–1 1–0 2011 Nouméa 2–1 New Caledonia 1–0 2015 1–0 New Caledonia 2–0 2019 Apia 3–1 3–1 2023 Honiara 4–1 3–1

Performances by countries TeamWinnerRunner-upThird PlaceFourth Place Papua New Guinea6 ('03, '07, '11, '15, '19, '23) New Caledonia2 ('11, '15)1 ('23) Fiji1 ('23)3 ('07, '11, '19) Tonga1 ('07)1 ('03)1 ('11) Samoa1 ('19)1 ('15, '23) Guam1 ('03) Cook Islands1 ('15)1 ('19) Tahiti2 ('03, '07)

Golden boot awardees YearPlayerGoals2003Unknown-2007 Penateti Feke42011 Christelle Wahnawe122015102019 Ramona Padio9202311

All-time medal table Total medals won (men's and women's)

Pacific Mini Games Men

The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the men's competition at the Pacific Mini Games:

Year Host city Final Third place match Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place 1981 Honiara 1–0 (a.e.t.) New Caledonia 1–0 1993 Port Vila 3–0 New Caledonia 2–1 2017 Port Vila round-robin round-robin

Women

, women's football has only been hosted once at the Pacific Mini Games – at Vanuatu in 2017. The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the women's competition:

Year Host city Final Third place match Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place 2017 Port Vila 2–1 1–0

References

External links OFC Official Website