2017 Pacific Mini Games
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| Host city | Port Vila | ||
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| Country | Vanuatu | ||
| Motto | One Ocean, One People | ||
| Events | 14 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | December 2017 | ||
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The 2017 Pacific Mini Games are scheduled to be held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in December 2017. It will be the tenth edition of the Pacific Mini Games, and the second to be hosted in Vanuatu (after the 1993 games).
Vanuatu was awarded the right to host the games at a September 2011 meeting of the Pacific Games Council's General Assembly. Nauru and the Northern Mariana Islands were the other countries to bid.[1] The event was originally planned for September 2017, but preparations were delayed by Cyclone Pam.[2][3]
Sports
Fourteen sports will be hosted:[4]
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Archery -
Athletics -
Boxing -
Cricket (1) -
Football (2) -
Golf (4) -
Judo -
Karate -
Netball (1) -
Rugby sevens (1) -
Table tennis -
Tennis (7) -
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Volleyball a
- Volleyball (2)
- Beach volleyball (2)
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Weightlifting
Note: A number in parentheses indicates the number of medal events to be contested in each sport, where known.
Nations
Australia
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Guam
New Zealand
Tonga
Samoa
Norfolk Island
Fiji
Northern Mariana Islands
Tahiti
Micronesia
Nauru
Notes
^a Volleyball and beach volleyball have been considered as disciplines of one sport by the Pacific Games Council for purposes of bids and programming since at least the end of 2012.[5]
References
- ↑ "2017 Pacific Mini Games: Vanuatu Wins!", Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sport: Officials confident 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu remain on track". Radio New Zealand. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Start date for 2017 Mini Games in Vanuatu pushed back", Radio New Zealand, 21 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ Vanuatu Bid, pp. 10–11.
- ↑ PGC 2012, pp. 15–16.
Sources
- Charter - Constitution, Code of Conduct, Protocols, and Regulations adopted Apia, Samoa 14 May 2006 - As amended most recently in Wallis Island, 19 October 2012 (PDF 0.3 MB) (Report). Pacific Games Council. 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- Bid to host the Pacific Mini Games 2017 (PDF 6.0 MB) (Report). Government of the Republic of Vanuatu. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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