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]

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 →

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

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: 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)

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	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

References

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

External links

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