# Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

The women’s football tournament at the 2023 Pacific Games was the 6th edition of the women’s football tournament at the Pacific Games, and was held from the 17 November to 2 December.
Papua New Guinea were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.

## Teams

10 teams entered the tournament.
* American Samoa
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands (Host)
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

## Venues

3 confirmed venues.
Honiara :
| National Stadium | Lawson Tama Stadium | SIFF Academy |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 500 |
| Honiara |||
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## Group stage

The team list was confirmed on 21 October 2023.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | Advance to 9th place match |
| 4 | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | Advance to 9th place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |
| 3 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Solomon Islands (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |

### Ranking of second-place teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | New Caledonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |
| 3 | B | Tahiti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | Advance to 5th–8th placement matches |

## Placement matches
### 5th–8th places

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 28 November – Honiara | 28 November – Honiara |
| Tahiti | 1 |
| Tahiti | 1 | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| Vanuatu | 2 | Vanuatu | 2 |
| 28 November – Honiara | 28 November – Honiara | | Vanuatu | 2 |
| 28 November – Honiara | 28 November – Honiara | Solomon Islands | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | Solomon Islands | 1 |
| Tonga | 0 | | |
| Tonga | 0 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| | | Tahiti | 0 |
| | | Tonga | 2 |
| 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 28 November – Honiara | 28 November – Honiara |
| Cook Islands | 0 |
| American Samoa | 3 |

### 5th place match
## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold Playoff | Gold Playoff |
| 27 November – Honiara | 27 November – Honiara |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| Samoa | 1 | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| Samoa | 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4 |
| 27 November – Honiara | 27 November – Honiara | | Papua New Guinea | 4 |
| 27 November – Honiara | 27 November – Honiara | Fiji | 1 |
| Fiji | 3 | Fiji | 1 |
| New Caledonia | 0 | | |
| New Caledonia | 0 | Bronze Playoff | Bronze Playoff |
| | | 1 December – Honiara | 1 December – Honiara |
| | | Samoa | 1 |
| | | New Caledonia | 3 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.
11 goals
* Ramona Padio
5 goals
* Alice Wenessia
* Marie Kaipu
3 goals
* Trina Davis
* Julia Honakoko
* Marie-Laure Palene
* Sasjah Vikolia Dade
* Ana Polovili
2 goals
* Teretia Teinaki
* Cema Nasau
* Luisa Tamanitoakula
* Ronaldine Hnaune
* Michaelyne Butubu
* Calista Maneo
* Jayda Stewart
* Diana Sine
1 goal
* Susan Williams
* Maureen Fitzpatrick
* Victoria Fatiaki
* Adi Litia Bakaniceva
* Sofi Diyalowai
* Vanisha Kumar
* Ema Mereia
* Jennel Ligneul
* Nenny Elipas
* Phylis Pala
* Lilly Dowsing
* Torijan Lyne-Lewis
* Sariah Taeaoalii
* Grace Taeoalii
* Jemina David
* Almah Gogoni
* Lorina Solosaia
* Ileen Pegi
* Vaihei Samin
* Cheyenne Tauhere Teore
* Kiani Wong
* Kohai Mai
* Teatarii Maraetefau
* Lositika Feke
* Kiana Swift
* Leimata Simon
* Emilia Taravaki
* Jane Alatoa
* Rita Solomon
1 own goal
* Jennel Ligneul (against Papua New Guinea)

## Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Papua New Guinea |
| | Fiji |
| | New Caledonia |
| 4 | Samoa |
| 5 | Vanuatu |
| 6 | Solomon Islands |
| 7 | Tonga |
| 8 | Tahiti |
| 9 | American Samoa |
| 10 | Cook Islands |

## Broadcasting

All matches will be broadcast live on SBS.