2013 Pacific Mini Games

IX Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Mata-Utu
Country	/ Wallis and Futuna
Motto	Pasifika Lena, Pasifika Pe'ia (French: Le Pacifique Autrement, Le Pacifique Simplement) (English: The Pacific Otherwise, Simply ... the Pacific)
Nations participating	22
Events	99 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony	September 2, 2013
Closing ceremony	September 12, 2013
Officially opened by	François Hollande
Main venue	Kafika Stadium
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The 2013 Pacific Mini Games was the ninth edition of these Games. They were held in Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna, Territory of France, from 2 to 12 September 2013.

Participating countries and territories

• List of countries and territories that attended at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Guam
•  Kiribati
•  Marshall Islands
•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  New Caledonia
•  Nauru
•  Niue
•  Norfolk Island
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Palau
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tokelau
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna

* Note: The Marshall Islands team returned to compete at these Games after not participating in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.

Sports

Eight sports were contested for these Games.^[1] Number of events for each sport is in brackets.

Athletics (47) () Beach volleyball (2) () Rugby sevens (1) () Sailing (6) ()

Taekwondo (15) () Outrigger canoe (Va'a) (12) () Volleyball (2) () Weightlifting (14) ()

Venues

• Stade de Mata-Utu (also named as Stade de Kafika) – opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and rugby sevens
• Kolopelu Place (Futuna Island) - beach volleyball
• Kafika Hall – taekwondo, volleyball, and weightlifting
• Bay of Gahi (beside the village of Gahi on Wallis Island) - va'a (outrigger canoe)
• Tekaviki Island (northeast from Mata-Utu on Wallis Island) – sailing

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

MC

Medal ceremony

CC

Closing ceremony

September 2013	2nd Mon	3rd Tue	4th Wed	5th Thu	6th Fri	7th Sat	8th Sun	9th Mon	10th Tue	11th Wed	12th Thu	Gold medals
Ceremonies	OC										CC
Athletics		3	13	11	20							47
Beach volleyball					●	●		●	2			2
Rugby sevens									●	1		1
Sailing		●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	MC	6
Taekwondo								6	9			15
Va'a (Outrigger canoe)		4	4	2	2							12
Volleyball		●	●	●	●	●		●	●	2		2
Weightlifting		4	5	5								14
Total gold medals		11	22	18	22			6	11	3	6	99
September 2013	2nd Mon	3rd Tue	4th Wed	5th Thu	6th Fri	7th Sat	8th Sun	9th Mon	10th Tue	11th Wed	12th Thu	Gold medals

Medal table

Key:

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

NOTE: This ranking does not include the six events in sailing, due to final results not present at the official website.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tahiti	26	6	4	36
2	Papua New Guinea	21	23	23	67
3	New Caledonia	18	10	6	34
4	Fiji	9	11	18	38
5	Samoa	5	2	6	13
6	Wallis and Futuna	2	17	14	33
7	Solomon Islands	2	6	5	13
8	Tonga	2	3	10	15
9	Kiribati	2	1	1	4
10	Vanuatu	2	0	6	8
11	Cook Islands	1	3	0	4
12	Marshall Islands	1	1	0	2
13	Nauru	1	0	2	3
14	Federated States of Micronesia	1	0	0	1
15	Palau	0	3	1	4
16	Tuvalu	1	1	1	2
17	Niue	0	1	0	1
18	Guam	0	0	2	2
19	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	1
Total		93	88	100	281

References

1. List of Sports for 2013 Pacific Mini Games

External links

• Official 2013 PMG Website
• 2013 Pacific Mini Games description