See below for all the play-by-play action.
The starting line-ups were as follows:
Fiji: 1. Simione TAMANISAU (GK) (c), 2. Avinesh SWAMY, 4. Seveci ROKOTAKALA, 6. Jone VESIKULA, 8. Alvin SINGH, 9. Malakai TIWA, 11. Roy KRISHNA, 12. Alvin AVINESH, 13. Maciu DUNADAMU, 14. Taniela WAQA, 17. Malakai KAINIHEWE
Coach: Gurjit SINGH
Tahiti: 1. Xavier SAMIN (GK) (c), 2. Stephane FAATIARAU, 3. Tauraa MARMOUYET, 4. Teheivarii LUDIVION, 6. Donavan BOUREBARE, 8. Jonathan TEHAU, 10. Teaonui TEHAU, 11. Lorenzo TEHAU, 12. Hiroana POROIEA, 13. Steevy CHONG HUE, 16. Temarii TINORUA
Coach: Eddy ETAETA
The match kicks off
4′ Fiji have dominated possession in the opening minutes but it has taken place mainly in the middle third
5′ Star Fiji striker Roy Krishna shows the first glimpse of his ability when he controls neatly and tries to slip Maciu Dunadamu behind the defence but the pass is cut out
6′ Alvin Singh tries to blast a free kick through the Tahiti wall from 25 yards but the wall does its job
7′ Fiji goalkeeper and captain Simione Tamanisau pulls off a save from a Teaonui Tehau effort
8′ Hiroana Poroiea tries his luck from distance for Tahiti but the ball bounces harmlessly wide
10′ Seveci Rokotakala has a wild swing at a volley after a Fiji free kick but it goes straight up into the air and well out for a goal kick
13′ Simione Tamanisau has to race off his line to deal with a Tahiti long ball
15′ Jone Vesikula receives a talking to from New Zealand referee Chris Kerr after a strong challenge but escapes a booking
16′ From the resulting free kick, Hiroana Poroiea curls a spectacular effort on target but Tamanisau dives to save well
17′ Malakai Tiwa nearly opens the scoring for Fiji when he heads a corner towards goal but it is cleared off the line
20′ Tahiti think they are in on goal but are denied by the offside flag
23′ YELLOW CARD: Jone Vesikula is cautioned for Fiji
24′ Hiroana Poroiea again strikes the free kick well but Tamanisau saves comfortably
28′ GOAL!!! Fiji 1 – Tahiti 0: Taniela Waqa heads a well-placed Roy Krishna corner past goalkeeper Xavier Samin to open the scoring
31′ Lorenzo Tehau hits an ambitious effort from well out but doesn’t make clean contact and it dribbles through to Tamanisau
36′ Fiji are shading the possession stakes and Tahiti, aside from Poroiea’s pair of free kicks, have not created much going forward
39′ Tahati’s Teaonui Tehau goes down under a heavy challenge from Malakai Kainihewe and play is held up while he receives treatment
40′ Steevy Chong Hue has a chance soon after play starts again but his flicked volley goes straight to Tamanisau
42′ Tehau is still off the field and appears to be in some pain
43′ SUBSTITUTION: The injured Tehau is replaced by Billy Mataitai for Tahiti
44′ GOAL!!! Fiji 2 – Tahiti 0: Tahiti concede their second goal in unfortunate fashion when Tauraa Marmouyet puts a Maciu Dunadamu cross into his own net
45′ One minute of injury time will be played
The first half comes to an end
The second half kicks off
50′ YELLOW CARD: Donavan Bourebare is cautioned for Tahiti
51′ Avinesh Swamy hits the free kick into the Tahiti wall
57′ The ball breaks to Tahiti substitute Billy Mataitai on the edge of the box but he miscues his effort and it goes wide
61′ SUBSTITUTION: Jone Vesikula is replaced by Esava Naqaleca for Fiji
61′ Fiji centre back Alvin Singh finds himself in unfamiliar territory in the Tahiti box and shows good footwork to create room for a shot but his effort goes narrowly over the bar
66′ Tahiti will have to start creating some chances soon if they are to take something from this game
67′ Malakai Tiwa breaks forward for Fiji but sees his left-foot shot well saved by Xavier Samin
68′ SUBSTITUTION: Steevy Chong Hue is replaced by Taufa Neuffer for Tahiti
69′ SUBSTITUTION: Hiroana Poroiea is replaced by Efrain Araneda for Tahiti
77′ Despite plenty of endeavour, Tahiti are showing no further signs they are capable of scoring as we approach the final ten minutes
78′ YELLOW CARD: Malakai Tiwa is cautioned for Fiji
81′ YELLOW CARD: Teheivarii Ludivion is cautioned for Tahiti
82′ YELLOW CARD: Taniela Waqa is cautioned for Fiji
83′ Maciu Dunadamu has two chances to score in quick succession but Samin saves the first and he puts the second narrowly wide
84′ Dunadamu may well have had a hat-trick in the space of a couple of minutes when he has a third chance and Samin again denies him from close range
85′ SUBSTITUTION: Dunadamu appears to be carrying an injury and is replaced by Pene Erenio
86′ GOAL!!! Fiji 3 – Tahiti 0: Fiji make sure of the victory when Seveci Rokotakala rolls the ball across Samin and into the far corner
90′ SUBSTITUTION: Goalscorer Taniela Waqa is replaced by Lorima Dau for Fiji
90′ Two minutes of injury time will be played
90′ + 2′ Substitute Dau has the chance to make the most of his time on the park but somehow strikes the post from only a couple of yards out
The final whistle is blown