Pacific Mini Games
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Abbreviation | PAG |
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First event | 1983 |
Occur every | 4 years |
Headquarters | Suva, Fiji |
President | Vidhya Lakhan |
Website | Official website |
The Pacific Mini Games (formerly known as the South Pacific Mini Games) is a multi-sport event contested by countries and territories located in the pacific region. It is called the 'Mini' games because it is a scaled-down version of the main Pacific Games and is similarly rotated on a four-year basis in the intervening years between the main games.
The mini games have been held every four years since the inaugural games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1981.
Concept
Following the success of the main Pacific Games, the Pacific Games council decided to create a smaller version of the games (which is the Pacific Mini Games). This was to enable smaller nations and territories to host events and compete against each other.
Pacific Games Council
The governing body for the mini games is the Pacific Games Council. Much like the main games, the Games council flag is presented to the host nation of the next mini games at the end of every games. As of 2017,[1] the council has 22 member nations.
Two other nations, Australia and New Zealand, are not members of the council but are invited as observers to the council's general assembly.[1] These nations participated at the 2017 mini games and they made their main games debut in 2015.[1]
Pacific Mini Games editions
The following cities and nations have hosted (or will host) the Pacific Mini Games:
Year | Games | Host city | Host nation | Dates | Athletes | Nations | Sports | Top nation |
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1981 | I | Honiara | 7–19 July | 600 | 15 | 5 | ||
1985 | II | Rarotonga | 31 July – 9 August | 700 | 15 | 6 | ||
1989 | III | Nukuʻalofa | 22 August – 1 September | 832 | 16 | 6 | ||
1993 | IV | Port Vila | 9–16 December | 15 | 6 | |||
1997 | V | Pago Pago | 11–22 August | 1798 | 19 | 11 | ||
2001 | VI | Kingston | 3–14 December | 18 | 10 | |||
2005 | VII | Koror | 25 July – 4 August | 20 | 12 | |||
2009 | VIII | Rarotonga | 21 September – 2 October | 21 | 15 | |||
2013 | IX | Mata-Utu | 2–12 September | 22 | 8 | |||
2017 | X | Port Vila | 4–15 December | TBD | 23 | 14 | ||
2021 | XI | Saipan | TBD | TBD | 24 | 12 |
As with the main games, the cost of providing the necessary facilities and infrastructure is a concern to the region's smaller nations. In preparation for the 2009 Games in Rarotonga, despite having hosted the games previously, the local government considered diverting funds from a highway project, and secured a loan for US$10 million from the Chinese government to finance the building of a stadium.[2][3]
Sports
There are 37 sports approved by the Pacific Games Council as of December, 2017.
- – See: Pacific Games § Sports
Unlike the main games, the Pacific Mini Games does not have a compulsory sports list. However, 50 percent of the sports selected for a games must be from the compulsory sports list of the Pacific Games Council.
After the 2017 games, 30 of the 37 sports have been included at the mini games since the inaugural edition in 1981.
Listed are sports already contested at the Pacific Mini Games.
Sport | Contested | Years |
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Archery | 2 times | 2001,2017 |
Athletics | All | 1981-present |
Badminton | Future | 2021 |
Baseball | Once | 2005 |
Basketball | 3 times | 1997,2005,2017 |
Bodybuilding | Once | 2001 |
Boxing | 6 times | 1981,1989-97,2009,2017 |
Football | 3 times | 1981,1993,2017 |
Golf | 7 times | 1985-2001,2009-present |
Judo | Once | 2017 |
Karate | Once | 2017 |
Lawn bowls | 3 times | 1985,2001,2009 |
Netball | 8 times | 1981-2001,2009,2017 |
Outrigger canoeing | 3 times | 2005-2013 |
Powerlifting | Once | 1997 |
Rugby 7s | 4 times | 1997,2009-2017 |
Touch rugby | Once | 2009 |
Sailing | 3 times | 1997,2009-13 |
Shooting | Once | 2001 |
Softball | Once | 2005 |
Squash | 2 times | 2001,2009 |
Swimming | Once | 2005 |
Table tennis | 3 times | 2005-09,2017 |
Taekwondo | Once | 2013 |
Tennis | 9 times | 1981-2009,2017-present |
Triathlon | 3 times | 2001-2009 |
Volleyball and | 2 times (indoor) and
3 times (beach) |
1997,2013 (indoor) and
2005,2013–present (beach) |
Weightlifting | 6 times | 1989,1997,2005-present |
Wrestling | Once | 2005 |
Former sports
Both disciplines have been replaced by other versions of the sports. Rugby 15s (replace by Rugby 7s), and Rugby league 7s (replaced by Rugby league 9s).
Sport | Contested | Years |
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Rugby 15s | Once | 1985 |
Rugby league 7s | Once | 2009 |
All-time medal table
The all-time medal tally shows the total medals won by a Pacific Games Association from 1981 to 2017.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 237 | 167 | 129 | 533 | |
2 | 180 | 161 | 161 | 502 | |
3 | 149 | 159 | 144 | 452 | |
4 | 129 | 94 | 84 | 307 | |
5 | 125 | 75 | 80 | 280 | |
6 | 66 | 23 | 30 | 119 | |
7 | 40 | 52 | 57 | 149 | |
8 | 38 | 48 | 48 | 134 | |
9 | 29 | 42 | 72 | 143 | |
10 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 81 | |
11 | 23 | 56 | 57 | 136 | |
12 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 46 | |
13 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 59 | |
14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 46 | |
15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 27 | |
16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
17 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 36 | |
18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |
19 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 25 | |
20 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 23 | |
21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
23 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |
24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (25 nations) | 1121 | 1037 | 1002 | 3160 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Vanuatu committed to 2017 Pacific Mini Games". Cook Islands News. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ Stadium and China loan on hold Cook Islands News Online, 12 September 2007
- ↑ "Stadium for Mini Games in Cooks gets go-ahead". Radio New Zealand. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008.
Sources
- Charter – Constitution adopted Apia, Samoa 14 May 2006 – Protocols and Regulations adopted by Executive Board on 17th January 2007 and 20th March 2007 (PDF) (Report). Pacific Games Council. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2015.