South Pacific Mini Games 1981

Papua New Guinea 3–2 Fiji

Wednesday 8 Jul 1981 · Honiara, Solomon Islands (neutral)

Papua New Guinea3–2Fiji

Goals0

No scorers on record for this match.

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Papua New Guinea: 1352 → 1364
Fiji: 1423 → 1411

Expected score for Papua New Guinea: 39.9% (a draw counts half). An upset — the lower-rated side won.

Head to head

Meeting 5 of 24, 1963–2025.

Papua New Guinea wins: 5
Draws: 7
Fiji wins: 12

Form either side

Papua New Guinea

Before

2–3 v Solomon Islands 3 Sep 1979 · South Pacific Games 1979
0–2 v Vanuatu 5 Sep 1979 · South Pacific Games 1979
4–3 v Vanuatu 24 Feb 1980 · Oceania Nations Cup 1980
2–11 v Australia 26 Feb 1980 · Oceania Nations Cup 1980
0–8 v New Caledonia 28 Feb 1980 · Oceania Nations Cup 1980

After

4–1 v Samoa 9 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
1–5 v New Caledonia 10 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
0–5 v Tahiti 11 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
3–2 v Vanuatu 13 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
2–1 v Solomon Islands 14 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981

Fiji

Before

1–2 v Tahiti 10 Mar 1981 · Friendly
0–4 v New Zealand 3 May 1981 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1981
0–0 v Indonesia 31 May 1981 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1981
2–1 v Taiwan 6 Jun 1981 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1981
2–1 v Solomon Islands 7 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981

After

1–1 v Vanuatu 10 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
4–0 v Samoa 11 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
0–3 v New Caledonia 13 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
0–6 v Tahiti 14 Jul 1981 · South Pacific Mini Games 1981
1–4 v Australia 26 Jul 1981 · FIFA World Cup qualification 1981

Road through the tournament

Papua New Guinea

3–2 v Fiji 8 Jul 1981
4–1 v Samoa 9 Jul 1981
1–5 v New Caledonia 10 Jul 1981
0–5 v Tahiti 11 Jul 1981
3–2 v Vanuatu 13 Jul 1981
2–1 v Solomon Islands 14 Jul 1981
1–0 v Vanuatu 15 Jul 1981

Fiji

2–1 v Solomon Islands 7 Jul 1981
2–3 v Papua New Guinea 8 Jul 1981
1–1 v Vanuatu 10 Jul 1981
4–0 v Samoa 11 Jul 1981
0–3 v New Caledonia 13 Jul 1981
0–6 v Tahiti 14 Jul 1981

Every Papua New Guinea v Fiji match24

From Papua New Guinea's side.


20 Nov 2025	Fiji	2–0	Home	MSG Prime Minister's Cup 2025	—
15 Dec 2024	Fiji	1–1	Neutral	MSG Prime Minister's Cup 2024	—
14 Nov 2024	Fiji	3–3	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2024	—
16 Jun 2024	Fiji	1–5	Away	Oceania Nations Cup 2024	Group stage
27 Sep 2022	Fiji	1–0	Neutral	MSG Prime Minister's Cup 2022	—
24 Mar 2022	Fiji	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification 2022	—
20 Jul 2019	Fiji	1–1	Neutral	Pacific Games 2019	—
6 Jun 2012	Fiji	1–1	Neutral	Oceania Nations Cup 2012	Group stage
5 Sep 2011	Fiji	0–2	Neutral	Pacific Games 2011	—
12 May 2004	Fiji	2–4	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification 2004	—
8 Apr 2000	Fiji	0–5	Away	Melanesia Cup 2000	—
10 Sep 1998	Fiji	0–2	Neutral	Melanesia Cup 1998	—
21 Jun 1997	Fiji	0–1	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997	—
15 Jun 1997	Fiji	1–3	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997	—
16 Aug 1995	Fiji	2–2	Neutral	South Pacific Games 1995	—
6 Jul 1994	Fiji	0–1	Neutral	Melanesia Cup 1994	—
8 Nov 1990	Fiji	0–1	Neutral	Melanesia Cup 1990	—
28 Oct 1989	Fiji	1–2	Away	Melanesia Cup 1989	—
14 Sep 1983	Fiji	0–2	Neutral	South Pacific Games 1983	—
8 Jul 1981	Fiji	3–2	Neutral	South Pacific Mini Games 1981	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: none · Line-ups: none · Cards: none