Host country Papua New Guinea Third place Papua New Guinea | Runners-up Tahiti Matches played 16 | |
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation) Champions New Caledonia (2nd title) | ||
The 1969 South Pacific Games was the third games where football was played. The tournament was held at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea during August 1969. In the final, New Caledonia scored in the 88th minute to defeat Tahiti 2–1 and claim the gold medal.
* Note: French Polynesia (Tahiti) forfeited the match as they were unable to field a team due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.
References
Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA