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has been regularly included in the

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, the multi-sports event for

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nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963. Until 2011 the competition was known as the South Pacific Games. Since 1971 the men's tournament has been held every four years, but was not played in 1999 due to contractual issues. In

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, the men's competition doubled as the

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's preliminary qualifying competition for the

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. The men's tournament also became the Olympic qualifier for Oceania for the 2015 edition. The women's tournament was introduced in

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, and has doubled up as the preliminary qualifying competition for the

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since 2007. Football was a compulsory inclusion at the Pacific Games for men's teams for many years but was made a core sport for both men's and women's teams in 2017. Football has also been held at several editions of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the first tournament in 1981.

Men's tournament

Participating nations

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Host nation is shown in bold.– See also the '' §Key to symbols'' within this section below the two tables.

Legend

Results

The table below is a summary of the finals matches in men's football at the Pacific Games since 1963:

Performances by countries

Below are the 7 nations that have reached at least the semi-final stage in the Pacific Games.

Golden boot awardees

Women's tournament

Participating nations

Results

The table below is a summary of the finals matches in the women's football competition at the Pacific Games since 2003.

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won the first four tournament finals, including against hosts

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and as hosts against New Caledonia in

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Performances by countries

Golden boot awardees

All-time medal table

* ''Total medals won (men's and women's)''

Pacific Mini Games

Men

The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the men's competition at the Pacific Mini Games:

Women

, women's football has only been hosted once at the Pacific Mini Games – at Vanuatu in 2017. The table below is a summary of the medal matches played in the women's competition:

References

External links

OFC Official Website
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Sports at the Pacific Games