Football at the 2015 Pacific Games – Men's tournament
The 2015 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 14th edition of the Pacific Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 3–17 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Papua New Guinea |
| City | Port Moresby |
| Dates | 3–17 July 2015 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Caledonia (7th title) |
| Runners-up | Tahiti |
| Third place | Papua New Guinea |
| Fourth place | Fiji |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 142 (8.88 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jean Kaltack (17 goals) |
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fiji (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Vanuatu |
| Third place | Papua New Guinea |
| Fourth place | New Zealand |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 138 (9.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jean Kaltack (17 goals) |
The tournament also doubled as the 7th edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. A separate qualifying tournament was initially set to take place at Tonga between 2–12 December 2015. However, it was later decided to absorb the qualifying tournament into the Pacific Games, as the New Zealand team participated for the first time in the Pacific Games men's football tournament.
As some of the participating teams are not members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and thus ineligible for the Olympics, there were two separate knockout stages, one for Olympic qualifying where the winner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, and another for determining the Pacific Games medalists.
New Caledonia won the Pacific Games gold medal, while Fiji qualified for the Olympic football tournament for the first time after winning the OFC Olympic qualifying tournament.