The 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of
Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the
Stade Numa-Daly in
Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French Sui generis collectivity, special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest Francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main i ...
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Twelve men's teams competed at the Games.
Participants
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Format
The 11 teams were drawn or placed into 2 groups. The top 2 teams from the first stage advanced to the semifinal stage. The semifinalists were followed by matches for the Gold Medal (first place) and Bronze Medal (third place).
Squads
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Medalists
Goalscorers
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Bertrand Kaï
Bertrand Patrice Charles Kaï (born 6 June 1983) is a New Caledonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hienghène Sport. He is one of only two New Caledonians to be named Oceania Footballer of the Year.
International career
K ...
;9 goals
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Jean Kaltack
;7 goals
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Georges Gope-Fenepej
Georges Gope-Fenepej (born 23 October 1988) is a New Caledonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championnat National 2 club Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire. He is the brother of fellow footballer John Gope-Fenepej.
Club career
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;6 goals
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Benjamin Totori
Benjamin Totori (born 20 February 1986) is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a striker for Kossa. He has played in the United States and New Zealand.
Club career
A small but speedy striker, Totori made his name at NZFC side YoungH ...
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Steevy Chong Hue
Steevy Chong Hue (; born 26 January 1990) is a Tahitian footballer who plays as a striker. He last played for A.S. Tefana in the Tahitian First Division.
Background
Chong Hue is of Hakka Chinese ancestry from Longgang, Shenzhen, China. Th ...
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Teaonui Tehau
Teaonui Raymond Tehau (born 1 September 1992) is a Tahitian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vénus. He is the cousin of the brothers Alvin Tehau, Lorenzo Tehau and Jonathan Tehau, all of them playing for Tahiti.
Internat ...
;5 goals
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Michel Hmaé
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Nathaniel Lepani
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Hiroana Poroiae
;4 goals
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Maciu Dunadamu
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Roy Krishna
Roy Christopher Krishna (born 30 August 1987) is a Fijian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker and Captain (association football), captains the Fiji national football team, ...
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Niel Hans
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Stanley Atani
;3 goals
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Avinesh Waran Suwamy
* Iamel Kabeu
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Samuel Kini
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Gari Moka
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Henry Fa'arodo
Henry Samuel Luito'o Fa'arodo Jr. (born 5 October 1982) is a Solomon Islands professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker or a midfielder for Solomon Islands S-League, Telekom S-League clu ...
* Joe Luwi
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James Naka
James Naka (born 9 October 1984 in Honiara) is a Solomon Islands footballer currently playing for Nalkutan F.C., Nalkutan. He plays as a midfielder or forward (association football), forward. He has played in 10 editions of the FIFA Beach Soccer ...
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Joses Nawo
Joses MacPaulson Nawo is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real Kakamora in the Telekom S-League
The Solomon Islands S-League, commonly known as just the S-League (and formerly known as the Telekom S-League until 20 ...
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Alopua Petoa
;2 goals
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Taylor Saghabi
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Alvin Avinesh
Alvin Avinesh is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may pla ...
* Malakai Kainihewe
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Jason Cunliffe
* Marius Bako
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Jacques Haeko
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César Lolohea
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Jeremy Yasasa
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Daniel Michel
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Joseph Ngauora
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John Pareanga
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Tuimasi Manuca
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Seveci Rokotakala
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Taniela Waqa
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Elias Merfalen
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Dylan Naputi
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Karotu Bakaane
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Erene Bakineti
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Arsène Boawé
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Joris Gorendiawé
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Patrick Qaézé
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Kenji Vendegou
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Joël Wakanumuné
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Felix Bondaluke
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Michael Foster
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Cyril Muta
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David Muta
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Mauri Wasi
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Jeffery Bule
Jeffery Bule (born 15 November 1991) is an association football and futsal player from the Solomon Islands. He plays as a midfielder and serves as the team captain for Real Kakamora in the Telekom S-League, as well as the Solomon Islands 11-a- ...
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Tome Faisi
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Ian Paia
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Efrain Arañeda
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Stéphane Faatiarau
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Teheivarii Ludivion
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Billy Mataitai
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Taufa Neuffer
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Lorenzo Tehau
Lorenzo Tehau is a footballer from Tahiti currently playing for A.S. Central Sport as a forward or midfielder. He is the twin brother of Alvin Tehau, brother of Jonathan Tehau and cousin of Teaonui Tehau, all of them playing for Tahiti natio ...
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Uota Ale
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James Lepaio
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Togavai Stanley
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Lutelu Tiute
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Richard Garae
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Michel Kaltack
* Selwyn Sese Aala
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Kensi Tangis
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Ricky Tari
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Robert Tasso
* Jean Robert Yelou
;Own goal
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Nicholas Funnell (playing against Tahiti)
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Kaake Kamta (playing against Fiji)
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Tauraa Marmouyet (playing against Fiji)
2012 Pacific Cup
In 2010 the
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...
(OFC) announced the creation of a new tournament, the Pacific Cup. Five teams would qualify from the 2011 Pacific Games for the first edition in February 2012 and the
New Zealand Olympic team
New Zealand first sent an independent team to the Olympics in 1920. Before this, at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, New Zealand and Australian athletes competed together in a combined ''Australasia'' team. New Zealand has also participated i ...
was also invited to participate.
The tournament had initially been planned as part of the qualification tournament for the
2012 OFC Nations Cup
The 2012 OFC Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the OFC Nations Cup organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The group stage of the tournament also doubled as the second round of the OFC qualification tournament for the 2014 FIFA ...
, and the OFC's
qualification tournament for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for list of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil fr ...
. However, FIFA announced a revised format for both tournaments in June 2011, meaning that the Pacific Games were no longer part of qualification, and therefore were not FIFA authorised games.
See also
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Women's Football at the 2011 Pacific Games
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ...
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Pacific Games
The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continent, continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 South Pacific Games, 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently i ...
References
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