2013 Pacific Mini Games

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IX Pacific Mini Games
File:2013 Pacific Mini Games Logo.png
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

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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

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Eight sports were contested for these games.[4] Number of events for each sport is in brackets.

Venues

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  • 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

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 OC  Opening ceremony  ●   Event competitions   Event finals  MC  Medal ceremony  CC  Closing ceremony
September 2013 2nd
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Ceremonies OC CC
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 3 13 11 20 47
File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball 2 2
File:Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby sevens 1 1
File:Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing MC 6
File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 6 9 15
File:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Va'a (Outrigger canoe) 4 4 2 2 12
File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball 2 2
File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 4 5 5 14
Total gold medals 11 22 18 22 6 11 3 6 99
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Medal table

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

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  3. ^ 2013 team Vanuatu to Wallis & Futuna PMG Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. VASANOC, 20 September 2013.
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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