2022 Pacific Mini Games

XI Pacific Mini Games

Country| Northern Marianas
Motto| Rising up to the challenge
Nations| 20
Athletes| 1,034[1]
Events| 144 in 9 sports
Opening| 17 June
Closing| 25 June
Opened by| Ralph Torres
Northern Mariana Islands Governor
Torch lighter| Kurt Barnes
Main venue| Oleai Sports Complex

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Saipan was selected as the host of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games

The 2022 Pacific Mini Games was held in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.[2][3] It was the eleventh edition of the Pacific Mini Games and the first to be hosted by the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.[4] This event was originally going to be held in 2021, but was postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Host selection

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The Northern Mariana Islands were awarded the rights to host the games on July 4, 2014 during the Pacific Games Councils General Assembly meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[5] The decision was unanimous after the CNMI were the only bidder after the deadline.[6]

## Venues and infrastructure

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Competition venues [7]

Venue  | Events
Oleai Sports Complex \- Track and Field  |  Athletics
Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium |  Badminton
Francisco “Tan Ko” M. Baseball Field  |  Baseball
Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan  |  Beach volleyball
Jones Beach, Tinian
Coral Ocean Golf Resort  |  Golf
13th Fishermen Memorial Monument  |  Outrigger canoeing
American Memorial Park |  Tennis
Pacific Islands Club Saipan
Rota \- West Marine Harbor  |  Triathlon
Marianas High School Gym  |  Weightlifting

## Sports

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An initial twelve sports were scheduled for the games but this was reduced to six in 2019, following the impact of Typhoon Yutu.[8] The program was later increased to nine sports with the inclusion of va'a (outrigger canoeing), tennis and weightlifting in 2021.[9]

* Athletics (49) (details)
* Badminton  (6) (details)
* Baseball  (1) (details)
* Beach volleyball  (2) (details)
* Golf  (4) (details)
* Outrigger canoeing (12) (details)
* Tennis  (7) (details)
* Triathlon  (5) (details)
* Weightlifting (60) (details)

Notes Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that will be contested in each sport, where known.

## Participating nations

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As of 1 June 2022, twenty countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the games.[1]

Pacific Games Associations

* American Samoa (3)
* Australia (19)
* Cook Islands (10)
* Federated States of Micronesia (7)
* Fiji (125)
* Guam (101)
* Kiribati (23)
* Nauru (38)
* New Caledonia (109)
* Norfolk Island (3)
* Northern Mariana Islands (135) (Host)
* Palau (47)
* Papua New Guinea (91)
* Samoa (31)
* Solomon Islands (117)
* Tahiti (90)
* Tonga (12)
* Tuvalu (15)
* Vanuatu (28)
* Wallis and Futuna (42)

## Medal table

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The final medal tally of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games.

* Host nation (Northern Mariana Islands)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Papua New Guinea| 33| 28| 19| 80
2|  French Polynesia| 22| 15| 21| 58
3|  Northern Mariana Islands*| 16| 13| 9| 38
4|  Australia| 16| 3| 3| 22
5|  New Caledonia| 11| 26| 17| 54
6|  Guam| 10| 5| 11| 26
7|  Fiji| 9| 17| 17| 43
8|  Samoa| 8| 5| 8| 21
9|  Solomon Islands| 5| 18| 6| 29
10|  Tonga| 4| 0| 3| 7
11|  Kiribati| 3| 0| 1| 4
Palau| 3| 0| 1| 4
13|  Vanuatu| 2| 5| 1| 8
14|  Tuvalu| 2| 0| 1| 3
15|  Cook Islands| 0| 1| 3| 4
16|  Wallis and Futuna| 0| 0| 6| 6
17|  Norfolk Island| 0| 0| 2| 2
18|  American Samoa| 0| 0| 0| 0
Micronesia| 0| 0| 0| 0
Nauru| 0| 0| 0| 0
Totals (20 entries)| 144| 136| 129| 409

## Calendar

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The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule.[10]

OC | Opening ceremony  | ● | Event competitions  | 1 | Event finals  | CC | Closing ceremony

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June 2022  | 15th
Wed  | 16th
Thu  | 17th
Fri  | 18th
Sat  | 19th
Sun  | 20th
Mon  | 21st
Tue  | 22nd
Wed  | 23rd
Thu  | 24th
Fri  | 25th
Sat  | 26th
Sun  | 27th
Mon  | Gold
medals

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Ceremonies |  |  | OC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | CC |  |  |
Athletics |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  | 47
Badminton |  |  | ●  | 1 |  | ●  | ●  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Baseball |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  | 1
Beach volleyball  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 |  |  |  | 2
Golf  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  |  | 4
Tennis  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 3 | 2 |  |  | 7
Triathlon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 4
Weightlifting |  |  |  |  |  | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |  |  |  |  | 60
Va'a |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  |  |  |  | 12

## References

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1. ^ a b "More than 1000 athletes to compete in Pacific Mini Games". www.rnz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. May 16, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
2. ^ "Pacific Mini Games planned to be held in May or June in 2021". The Fiji Times. April 23, 2020. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020.
3. ^ "CNMI to host Mini Games". www.insidethegames.com. 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
4. ^ "June 2022 dates confirmed for Pacific Mini Games". www.insidethegames.biz. October 18, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
5. ^ "CNMI wins". www.sportstg.com/Pacific-Games-Council. 2017. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
6. ^ "Northern Marianas bid". www.pireport.org. 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
7. ^ Rabago, Mark (July 8, 2021). "Nearly 1,900 confirmed for Mini Games". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021.
8. ^ "2021 Pacific Mini Games to be a scaled-down games". Insidethegames.biz. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
9. ^ "Va'a, tennis and weightlifting officially added to 2022 Pacific Mini Games". www.insidethegames.biz. May 17, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
10. ^ "Schedule". northernmarianas2022.com. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

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