Football at the Micronesian Games

Football competitions have were first held at the Micronesian Games for the 1998 edition of the tournament. The event is open to the ten member federations of the Micronesian Games Council, a sub-regional member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. The football tournament has been held at two subsequent games since 1998, in 2014 and 2018. Although a similar football tournament called the Micronesian Cup was held in 1999 and 2001, they were separate events as no Micronesian Games were held in those years.[1][2]

Football at the Micronesian Games
Organising bodyMicronesian Games Council
(Oceania National Olympic Committees)
Current championsPohnpei (1st)
2023

Results by year
Year Host city Final Third place match
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1998 Palau
Koror City
Northern Mariana Islands		 3–0
Guam
Palau		 6–3
Palau B
2001 Yap State
Gagil
Yap		 0–0
1–0
Chuuk
Pohnpei		 —
2014 Pohnpei State
Palikir
Pohnpei		 3–1
Palau
Chuuk		 3–1
Yap
2018 Yap State
Gagil
Pohnpei		 3–2
Yap
Palau		 2–0
Chuuk

Matches

1998

Football was played at the Micronesia Games for the first time in 1998. However, it was designed as an exhibition event that did not issue medals or count in the tournament standings. Additionally, the event was for 9-a-side teams on a field that was below regulation size with the matches being eighty minutes in length. All matches were played at the Emmaus High School Field in Koror, Palau. The Northern Mariana Islands defeated Guam in the final to become inaugural champions. Guam forward Matt Naputi was the tournament's top goal scorer with thirteen tallies.[3]

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Guam 5 5 0 0 52 4 +48 15
2  Northern Mariana Islands 5 4 0 1 40 5 +35 12
3  Palau B 5 3 0 2 27 20 +7 9
4  Palau 5 2 0 3 20 37 −17 6
5  Yap 5 1 0 4 8 39 −31 3
6  Pohnpei 5 0 0 5 9 51 −42 0
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/micronesia98.html
27 July Round 1 Northern Mariana Islands  8–0 Palau Palau "B"
Report
27 July Round 1 Palau  7–1  Yap
Report
27 July Round 1 Guam  16–1  Pohnpei
Report
28 July Round 2 Guam  4–0 Palau Palau "B"
  • Toby Irish 22'
  • Danny Palomo 26'
  • Solo Siewart 29'
  • Matt Naputi 60'
 Report
28 July Round 2 Northern Mariana Islands  8–0  Yap
Report
28 July Round 2 Palau  7–1  Pohnpei
Report
30 July Round 3 Guam  2–1  Northern Mariana Islands
Report
30 July Round 3 Palau "B" Palau 8–3  Palau
Report
30 July Round 3 Yap  4–3  Pohnpei
Report
31 July Round 4 Guam  15–0  Yap
Report
31 July Round 4 Northern Mariana Islands  12–1  Palau
Report
31 July Round 4 Palau "B" Palau 13–2  Pohnpei
Report
1 August Round 5 Guam  15–2  Palau
Report
1 August Round 5 Palau "B" Palau 6–3  Yap
Report
1 August Round 5 Northern Mariana Islands  11–2  Pohnpei
Report

Finals
3 August Fifth Place match Yap  v
(5–4 p)		  Pohnpei
Report
3 August Third Place match Palau  6–3 Palau Palau "B"
  • Stephen Stefano , , , ,
Report
3 August Final Northern Mariana Islands  3–0  Guam
Charles Kewo 5'
Chris Leon Guerrero 15', ??'		 Report

2014

Four teams competed in the 2014 tournament. After initially intending to play, Kiribati withdrew from the tournament while Guam did not enter. The Northern Mariana Islands could not enter because of a schedule conflict with 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup qualification. All matches took place at PICS Field in Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.[4]

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Pohnpei 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9
2  Palau 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
3  Yap 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
4  Chuuk 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
5  Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/micronesia2014.html
25 July Round 1 Pohnpei Pohnpei State 3–1  Palau
  • Percy Rasug
  • Alex Panuelo
  • Yafeth Konings
Report
  • Charles Reklai Mitchell
25 July Round 1 Chuuk Chuuk State 2–3 Yap State Yap
  • Curtis Graham
  • Gilbert Kin
Report ??? , ,
26 July Round 2 Palau  5–0 Chuuk State Chuuk
  • Robert Bishop
  • Mohosin Miah
  • Cristian Nicolescu
  • Armando Canseco
  • (o.g.)
 Report
26 July Round 2 Pohnpei Pohnpei State 4–0 Yap State Yap
  • Yafeth Konings ,
  • Paul Cantero
  • Bob Paul
Report
28 July Round 3 Pohnpei Pohnpei State 3–2 Chuuk State Chuuk
  • Percy Rasug
  • Alex Panuelo
  • Jair Konings
Report
  • Iopy Rudolph
  • Texter Rain
28 July Round 3 Palau  2–2 Yap State Yap
  • Armando Canseco
  • Charles Reklai Mitchell
Report
  • Aaron Bayon
  • Jacob Nam

Finals
29 July Third Place match Yap Yap State 1–3 Chuuk State Chuuk
  • Devon Figirman
Report
  • Scott Rudolph ,
  • Iopy Rudolph
29 July Championship match Pohnpei Pohnpei State 3–1  Palau
  • Percy Rasug
  • Roger Nakasone
  • Alex Panuelo
Report
  • Charles Reklai Mitchell

2018

Three states of the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Yap) entered the tournament individually. Kosrae, Nauru, Kiribati, Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and Guam did not enter the football tournament despite competing in other events at the games. All matches were played at the Yap Sports Complex in Gagil, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.[5]

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yap 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
2  Pohnpei 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Chuuk 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Palau 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/micronesia2018.html
23 July Round 1 Pohnpei Pohnpei State 2–1  Palau
Report
23 July Round 1 Yap Yap State 4–2 Chuuk State Chuuk
Report
24 July Round 2 Chuuk Chuuk State 1–0  Palau
Report
24 July Round 2 Pohnpei Pohnpei State 2–2 Yap State Yap
Report
25 July Round 3 Chuuk Chuuk State 1–1 Pohnpei State Pohnpei
Report
25 July Round 3 Yap Yap State 2–1  Palau
Report

Finals
25 July Third Place match Palau  2–0 Chuuk State Chuuk
Report
27 July Championship match Yap Yap State 2–3 Pohnpei State Pohnpei
Report

References
  1. Pratama, Naufaldi; Jovanovic, Bojan. "Micronesian Cup 1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. Pratama, Naufaldi; Schöggl, Hans. "Micronesia Games 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. Cruickshank, Mark; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet. "Micronesian Games 1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. Santos, Carlos. "Micronesia Games 2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. Schöggl, Hans. "Micronesia Games 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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