The 1st edition of the 1979
Indian Ocean Games were held in
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
.
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
were the champions, beating
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...
in the final 2-1.
All games were played at the
Stade Michel Volnay
The Stade Michel-Volnay is a multi-use stadium in Saint-Pierre, Réunion. It is currently used mostly for football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to scor ...
in
St-Pierre,
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
.
Group stage
Group A
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Group A
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Knockout stage
Qualification Play Off
Semifinals
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Third place match
1 The match was forfeited and Comoros were awarded third-place as Mauritius were unable to travel to Réunion for the match.
Final
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See also
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Indian Ocean Island Games
The Indian Ocean Island Games () is a quadrennial multi-sport event from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritiu ...
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Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games
The association football tournament at the Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) which is organised every 4 years for the Islands in the Indian Ocean.
From 1947 until 1963 a precursor called ''Triangulaire'' was o ...
References
Reunion, 1979at
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around ...
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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Indian Ocean Games 1979
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