IX Pacific Mini Games
Host cityMata Utu
CountryFrance / Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna
MottoPasifika Lena, Pasifika Pe'ia
(French: Le Pacifique Autrement, Le Pacifique Simplement)
(English: The Pacific Otherwise, Simply ... the Pacific)
Nations22
Events99 in 8 sports
OpeningSeptember 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
ClosingSeptember 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)
Opened byFrançois Hollande
Main venueKafika Stadium

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]


* 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
CeremoniesOCCC
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 medals112218226113699
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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 French Polynesia (TAH)266436
2 Papua New Guinea (PNG)21232367
3 New Caledonia (NCL)1810634
4 Fiji (FIJ)9111838
5 Samoa (SAM)52613
6 Wallis and Futuna (WLF)*2171433
7 Solomon Islands (SOL)26513
8 Tonga (TON)231015
9 Kiribati (KIR)2114
10 Vanuatu (VAN)2068
11 Cook Islands (COK)1304
12 Tuvalu (TUV)1113
13 Marshall Islands (MHL)1102
14 Nauru (NRU)1023
15 Micronesia (FSM)1001
16 Palau (PLW)0314
17 Niue (NIU)0101
18 Guam (GUM)0022
19 Norfolk Island (NFK)0011
Totals (19 entries)9488100282

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.
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