2013 Pacific Mini Games

{{Infobox games

| name = IX Pacific Mini Games

| logo = 2013 Pacific Mini Games Logo.png

| size = 240px

| caption =

| host_city = Mata Utu

| country = {{flagicon|FRA}} / {{flagicon|Wallis and Futuna|local}} 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

| athletes =

| events = 99 in 8 sports

| opening = {{Start date|2013|09|02}}

| closing = {{End date|2013|09|12}}

| opened_by = François Hollande

| athlete_oath =

| judge_oath =

| torch_lighter =

| stadium = Kafika Stadium

| previous = 2009 Ratotonga

| next = 2017 Port Vila

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/220791/sport-pacific-mini-games-open-in-wallis-and-futuna |title=Sport: Pacific Mini Games open in Wallis and Futuna |publisher=RNZ |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=28 June 2023}}

Participating countries and territories

There were 22 nations at the 2013 games:{{cite web |title=List of countries and territories that attended at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games |url=http://www.wf2013.wf/index.php/en/pacific-games/enrolled-countries |website=WF2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810050329/http://www.wf2013.wf/index.php/en/pacific-games/enrolled-countries |archivedate=10 August 2013}}

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  • {{flag|American Samoa}}
  • {{flag|Cook Islands}}
  • {{flag|Fiji}}
  • {{flag|Guam}}
  • {{flag|Kiribati}}
  • {{flag|Marshall Islands}}
  • {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
  • {{flagicon|NCL|merged}} New Caledonia
  • {{flag|Nauru}}
  • {{flag|Niue}}
  • {{flag|Norfolk Island}}
  • {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
  • {{flag|Palau}}
  • {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
  • {{flag|Samoa}}
  • {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
  • {{flag|Tahiti}}
  • {{flag|Tokelau}}
  • {{flag|Tonga}}
  • {{flag|Tuvalu}}
  • {{flag|Vanuatu}} [http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3858-0-0-0&sID=39762&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=25649317 2013 team Vanuatu to Wallis & Futuna PMG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213446/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3858-0-0-0&sID=39762&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=25649317 |date=2017-09-07 }}. VASANOC, 20 September 2013.
  • {{flagicon|Wallis and Futuna|local}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wf2013.wf/index.php/en/mini-games-wf2013/sports |title=List of Sports for 2013 Pacific Mini Games |access-date=2013-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811071059/http://www.wf2013.wf/index.php/en/mini-games-wf2013/sports |archive-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=dead }} Number of events for each sport is in brackets.

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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

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Closing ceremony

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Medal table

Key:

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

{{Medals table

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| host = WLF

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| event =

| team =

| gold_TAH = 26 | silver_TAH = 6 | bronze_TAH = 4

| gold_PNG = 21 | silver_PNG = 23 | bronze_PNG = 23

| gold_NCL = 18 | silver_NCL = 10 | bronze_NCL = 6 | name_NCL = {{flagteam|NCL|local}}

| gold_FIJ = 9 | silver_FIJ = 11 | bronze_FIJ = 18

| gold_SAM = 5 | silver_SAM = 2 | bronze_SAM = 6

| gold_WLF = 2 | silver_WLF = 17 | bronze_WLF = 14 | host_WLF = yes | name_WLF = {{flagteam|WLF|local}}

| gold_SOL = 2 | silver_SOL = 6 | bronze_SOL = 5

| gold_TON = 2 | silver_TON = 3 | bronze_TON = 10

| gold_KIR = 2 | silver_KIR = 1 | bronze_KIR = 1

| gold_VAN = 2 | silver_VAN = 0 | bronze_VAN = 6

| gold_COK = 1 | silver_COK = 3 | bronze_COK = 0

| gold_MHL = 1 | silver_MHL = 1 | bronze_MHL = 0

| gold_NRU = 1 | silver_NRU = 0 | bronze_NRU = 2

| gold_FSM = 1 | silver_FSM = 0 | bronze_FSM = 0

| gold_PLW = 0 | silver_PLW = 3 | bronze_PLW = 1

| gold_TUV = 1 | silver_TUV = 1 | bronze_TUV = 1

| gold_NIU = 0 | silver_NIU = 1 | bronze_NIU = 0

| gold_GUM = 0 | silver_GUM = 0 | bronze_GUM = 2

| gold_NFK = 0 | silver_NFK = 0 | bronze_NFK = 1

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References

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