2013 Pacific Mini Games

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 participating	22
Events	99 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony	September 2, 2013
Closing ceremony	September 12, 2013
Officially opened by	François Hollande
Main venue	Kafika Stadium

The 2013 Pacific Mini Games was the ninth edition of these Games. They were held in Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna, Territory of France, from 2 to 12 September 2013.

Participating countries and territories

* Note: The Marshall Islands team returned to compete at these Games after not participating in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.

Eight sports were contested for these Games.^[2] Number of events for each sport is in brackets.

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

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

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


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	F.S. 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 nations)		94	88	100	282

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