Disgraceful elimination for Papua New Guinea: They got a match on paper and were eliminated on goal difference!

We have seen bans and bans, but like that of her national team Papua New Guineanever until now.

What exactly happened to the “kapuls”? They were knocked out of the Pacific Games held in the Solomon Islands in a draw, because of a match they had taken on paper!

And we explain ourselves. In Group 2 of the tournament, New Guinea were drawn to face Vanuatu and Tuvalu. In the premiere, they would have played the latter, but due to the late arrival of the team, Papua New Guinea took the match on paper 3-0.

Vanuatu then thrashed Tuvalu 6-0 before drawing 1-1 with New Guinea, who were eliminated due to worst goal difference!

Things could certainly be different, as if the opener had been played, Santiago Marina’s side could have won by a bigger margin and had a chance of qualifying – as well as not even winning, of course.

A bizarre and cruel elimination for Papua New Guinea at the Pacific Games. After drawing with Vanuatu they lose out to them on goal difference in their 3-team group because Tuvalu didn’t arrive in time for their game giving them a 3-0 win by default opposed to Vanuatu’s 6-0! pic.twitter.com/GNuWTea3GD

— Paul Watson (@paul_c_watson) November 23, 2023