The 2017 Pacific Mini Games were held in

Port Vila Port Vila ( ; ), or simply Vila (), is the capital of Vanuatu and its largest city. It is on the island of Efate, in Shefa Province. The population was 49,034 as of the 2020 census. In 2020, the population of Port Vila formed 16.3% of the ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

, in December 2017. It was the tenth edition of the

Pacific Mini Games The Pacific Mini Games are a continental multi-sport event contested by countries and territories located in Oceania. The event has been held every four years since the inaugural games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1981. It was known as the Sou ...

, and the second to be hosted in Vanuatu (after the 1993 games).

Host selection

Vanuatu was awarded the right to host the games at a September 2011 meeting of the Pacific Games Council's General Assembly.

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and the

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were the other countries to bid. The event was originally planned for September 2017 but preparations were delayed by

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. Both rounds of voting took place on the 4 September 2011 with Nauru eliminated after the first round. In the final round, Vanuatu edged Northern Mariana Islands by 4 votes to earn hosting rights.

Venues

Soul Harvest Choir at the opening of the South Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila

* Korman Sports Complex **Archery field - Archery **Stadium - Athletics, Football, Rugby sevens, Opening and closing ceremonies **Indoor Hall 1 - Boxing, Table tennis **Indoor Hall 2 - Basketball 3×3, Judo, Karate, Netball **Beach Volleyball Courts - Beach Volleyball **Tennis courts - Tennis *Mele Golf Course - Golf *

Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port Vila Municipal Stadium is a sports stadium located in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It is the main stadium for the Port Vila Football Association's TVL League. See also *List of rugby league stadiums by capacity References

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- Football * Epauto Adventist High School -Weightlifting

Participating nations

There were 24 national teams that competed at the games:

Medal table

The final medal tally for the 2017 Pacific Mini Games.

Sports

Fourteen sports were hosted:

Note: A number in parentheses indicates the number of medal events that were contested in each sport, where known.

Archery

Boxing

Golf

Judo

Karate

Kata

Kumite

Rugby sevens

Calendar

The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule.

Notes

No official Tahiti team took part in the 2017 Mini Games following the French Polynesian government's decision to boycott the event. A number of Tahitian athletes competed under the banner of the Pacific Games Council. Athletics included four parasport events: men's 100m – ambulatory; men's javelin – ambulatory; men's shot put – seated; and women's shot put – ambulatory. Table tennis to include four parasport events: men's/women's singles – seated; and men's/women's singles – ambulatory.

References

Sources

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External links

Official website

Result system
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International sports competitions hosted by Vanuatu