Tahiti suffered a monumental setback to its campaign with a stunning 1-1 tie to Tuvalu. This sole point puts Tahiti at one point with two games left to play. They are chasing Fiji, who have six points with two games left. Tahiti must win both of their games and hope that Fiji lose their final two in order to advance. Tuvalu, despite being the tournament's surprise team, have been eliminated from the South Pacific Games.In the other Group A match, New Caledonia punched their ticket to the semifinals with one game remaining with another routine victory, this time 3-0 over the Cook Islands. The winning coaches take was that "there was a lot of satisfaction tonight because we played a good match."
In Group B action, Vanuatu dismantled American Samoa, sending the American territory out of contention for the World Cup. Vanuatu put 15 past their opponents and came out with a clean sheet. Sinapati was sent off for American Samoa with the score only 3-0, leaving his mates helpless to contend.
Samoa continued their slim hopes of survival with a closely fought 2-1 win over Tonga. Samoa had a lead of 1-0 at the half only to see the score knotted early in the second before knocking home the go-ahead goal late in the contest. The Samoan captain Chris Cahill and his teammate Papani will be unavailable against the Solomon Islands due to two yellow cards in the tournament.
Goal scorers:
Tahiti: Williams 45+1
Tuvalu: Sekifu 88
Vanuatu: Poida 19; Mermer 24, 45, 45+1, 68; Sakama 43, 79, 90+1; Chichirua 56; Soromon 62, 81, 84, 86, 90+2; Tomake 72
New Caledonia: Kabeu 37, 86; Wajoka 51 PK
Samoa: Faaisuaso 45+1, Taylor 83
Tonga: Feao 53
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