2013 Pacific Mini Games

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MottoPasifika Lena, Pasifika Pe'ia
(French: Le Pacifique Autrement, Le Pacifique Simplement)
(English: The Pacific Otherwise, Simply ... the Pacific)

Nations22

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	22
Events	99 in 8 sports
Opening	September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
Closing	September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
Opened by	François Hollande
Main venue	Kafika Stadium
← 2009 Ratotonga 2017 Port Vila →

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]

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

* 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.

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	French Polynesia (TAH)	26	6	4	36
2	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	21	23	23	67
3	New Caledonia (NCL)	18	10	6	34
4	Fiji (FIJ)	9	11	18	38
5	Samoa (SAM)	5	2	6	13
6	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)*	2	17	14	33
7	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	6	5	13
8	Tonga (TON)	2	3	10	15
9	Kiribati (KIR)	2	1	1	4
10	Vanuatu (VAN)	2	0	6	8
11	Cook Islands (COK)	1	3	0	4
12	Tuvalu (TUV)	1	1	1	3
13	Marshall Islands (MHL)	1	1	0	2
14	Nauru (NRU)	1	0	2	3
15	Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	1	0	0	1
16	Palau (PLW)	0	3	1	4
17	Niue (NIU)	0	1	0	1
18	Guam (GUM)	0	0	2	2
19	Norfolk Island (NFK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		94	88	100	282

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Known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2009
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Mini Games	1981 Honiara 1985 Rarotonga 1989 Nuku'alofa 1993 Port Vila 1997 Pago Pago 2001 Kingston 2005 Koror 2009 Rarotonga 2013 Mata Utu 2017 Port Vila 2022 Saipan 2025 Koror 2029 Rarotonga
Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Cricket Field hockey Football Golf Judo Netball Lawn bowls Rugby union (7s & 15s) Rugby league (9s) Sailing Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Touch rugby Triathlon Va'a Volleyball Weightlifting

2013 Pacific Mini Games

Sports

Venues

Calendar

Medal table

References

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