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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1979
| othertitles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Réunion
| country2 =
| dates =August 26, 1979 - September 1, 1979
| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 2
| venues =
| cities =
| champion =Réunion
| count = 1
| second = Seychelles
| second-flagvar = 1977
| third =Comoros
| matches = 10
| goals = 43
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
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| updated =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = [[Football at the 1985 Indian Ocean Island Games|1985]]
|third-flagvar=1978}}
The 1st edition of the '''1979 [[Indian Ocean Games]]''' were held in '''[[Réunion]].''' [[Réunion national football team|Réunion]] were the champions, beating [[Seychelles national football team|Seychelles]] in the final 2-1.
All games were played at the [[Stade Michel Volnay]] in [[Saint-Pierre, Réunion|St-Pierre]], [[Réunion]].
==Group stage==
===Group A===
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|source=IOCS
|teamwidth=200
|team1=REU |team2=SEY |team3=MDV
|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=FM
|class_rules=[[2007 Indian Ocean Island Games#Tie-breaking criteria|Tie-breaking criteria]]
|win_MDV=0 |draw_MDV=0 |loss_MDV=2 |gf_MDV=0 |ga_MDV=18|status_MDV=
|win_SEY=1 |draw_SEY=0 |loss_SEY=1 |gf_SEY=9 |ga_SEY=3 |status_SEY=
|win_REU=2 |draw_REU=0 |loss_REU=0 |gf_REU=12|ga_REU=0 |status_REU=H
|name_SEY={{fb|SEY|1977}}
|name_REU={{fb|REU}}
|name_MDV={{fb|MDV}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[2007 Indian Ocean Island Games#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|col_FM=red1 |text_FM=Advance to [[Football at the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games#Qualification play off|qualification play off]]
}}
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|date=August 26, 1979
|team1={{fb-rt|REU}}
|score=3−0
|team2={{fb|SEY|1977}}
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|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
|}}
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|date=August 27, 1979
|team1={{fb-rt|SEY|1977}}
|score=9−0
|team2={{fb|MDV}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
|}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=August 28, 1979
|team1={{fb-rt|REU}}
|score=9−0
|team2={{fb|MDV}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
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===Group A===
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|update=complete
|source=IOCS
|teamwidth=200
|team1=MRI |team2=COM
|result1=KO |result2=FM
|class_rules=[[2007 Indian Ocean Island Games#Tie-breaking criteria|Tie-breaking criteria]]
|win_COM=0 |draw_COM=0 |loss_COM=2 |gf_COM=1 |ga_COM=6 |status_COM=
|win_MRI=2 |draw_MRI=0 |loss_MRI=0 |gf_MRI=6 |ga_MRI=1 |status_MRI=
|name_COM={{fb|COM|1978}}
|name_MRI={{fb|MRI}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[2007 Indian Ocean Island Games#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|col_FM=red1 |text_FM=Advance to [[Football at the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games#Qualification play off|qualification play off]]
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|date=August 26, 1979
|team1={{fb-rt|MRI}}
|score=3−0
|team2={{fb|COM|1978}}
|goals1=[[Jean-Yves L'Enflé|L'Enflé]] {{goal}}{{goal}}<br>? {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
|}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=August 28, 1979
|team1={{fb-rt|Comoros|1978}}
|score=1−3
|team2={{fb|MRI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Hedley Jacquotte|Jacquotte]] {{goal}}{{goal}}<br>[[Robert Espitalier Noël|Noël]] {{goal}}
|stadium=[[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
|}}
==Qualification Play Off==
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|date       = August 29, 1979
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|score      = 2–1
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|team2      = {{fb|MDV}}
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|stadium    = [[Stade Michel Volnay]], [[Réunion]]
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}}
==Knockout stage==
===Semifinals===
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| date = August 31, 1979
| goals2 = [[Jean-Yves L'Enflé|L'Enflé]] {{goal}}
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| attendance =
| location = [[Réunion]]
| stadium = [[Stade Michel Volnay]]
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| penaltyscore = 4-2
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| goals1 =
| score2 = 1
| score1 = 1
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| time =
| team2 = {{Fb|Mauritius}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Seychelles|1977}}
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}}
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| date = August 31, 1979
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| stadium = [[Stade Michel Volnay]]
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| score2 = 1
| score1 = 6
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| team2 = {{fb|Comoros|1978}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Reunion}}
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===Third place match===
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| date = September 1, 1979
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| stadium = [[Stade Michel Volnay]]
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| score2 = 0<sup>'''1'''</sup>
| score1 = 3
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| team2 = {{fb|Mauritius}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Comoros|1978}}
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}}
<sup>'''1'''</sup> The match was forfeited and Comoros were awarded third-place as Mauritius were unable to travel to Réunion for the match.
===Final===
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| date = September 1, 1979
| event =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Reunion}}
| team2 = {{fb|Seychelles|1977}}
| time =
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| score1 = 2
| score2 = 1
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}}
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{| border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 align=center width=80%
| bgcolor=#ffe000 align=center |'''Indian Ocean Games 1979 Champion'''<br/>[[File:Flag of France.svg|80px]]<br/> '''[[Réunion national football team|Réunion]]'''<br/>'''1st Title'''
|}
==See also==
*[[Indian Ocean Island Games]]
*[[Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games]]
==References==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ind-ocean.html Reunion, 1979] at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]
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