2013 Pacific Mini Games

The 2013 Pacific Mini Games was the ninth edition of these Mini Games. They were held in Mata Utu in Wallis and Futuna from 2 to 12 September 2013. It was the first time the games had been held in Wallis and Futuna.^[1]

Participating countries and territories

There were 22 nations at the 2013 games:^[2]

•  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 ^[3]
• 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.^[4] Number of events for each sport is in brackets.

•  Athletics (47) (details)
• Beach volleyball (2) (details)
• Rugby sevens (1) (details)
•  Sailing (6) (details)
•  Taekwondo (15) (details)
• Outrigger canoe (Va'a) (12) (details)
• Volleyball (2) (details)
• Weightlifting (14) (details)

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

Medal table

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

  *   Host nation (Wallis and Futuna)

References

1. "Sport: Pacific Mini Games open in Wallis and Futuna". RNZ. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
2. "List of countries and territories that attended at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games". WF2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.
3. 2013 team Vanuatu to Wallis & Futuna PMG Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. VASANOC, 20 September 2013.
4. "List of Sports for 2013 Pacific Mini Games". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

External links

• 2013 Pacific Mini Games official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 October 2013)
• 2013 Pacific Mini Games description
• Official Program (in French)