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Women's football at the 2007 South Pacific Games

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Host country
  
Samoa

Runners-up
  
Tonga

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Dates
  
25 August – 7 September

Teams
  
9 (from 1 confederation)

Champions
  
Papua New Guinea (2nd title)

The 2007 Pacific Games women's football tournament was the second edition of Pacific Games women's football tournament. The competition was held in Samoa from 25 August to 7 September 2011 with the final played at the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex in Apia.

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This tournament was the first stage of qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Tournament. Only Papua New Guinea moved on to stage 2.

Vanuatu was listed as an entrant initially, but withdrew before the draw.

Group seedings

Note: Rankings shown are as of March 2007.

Note: while all other groups had the two final matches played simultaneously, this was not the case here.

Gold medal match

Note: Penateti Feke's goal in the final gave her the tournament's Golden Boot (with 4 goals), and marked the first time in South Pacific Games history that a single player has scored every one of their team's goals en route to the final.

Papua New Guinea advanced to face New Zealand in a playoff game for a spot at the 2008 Olympics.

Goalscorers

8 goals
  • Lydia Banabas
  • 4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goal
  • Henifa Bryce (playing against Tahiti)
  • References

    Women's football at the 2007 South Pacific Games Wikipedia