Netball at the Pacific Games

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Netball at the Pacific Games
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Founded 1963
Administrator World Netball
Oceania Netball Federation
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champion(s)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (1st Title)
Most titlesFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (7 titles)

Netball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been an optional Pacific Games sport since 1963. Fiji have been the tournament's most successful team, winning seven gold medals. Cook Islands have won four gold medals. To date, only the Cook Islands and Fiji have won netball gold at the Pacific Games.

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Netball was originally scheduled as a medal sport for the 1969 South Pacific Games in Port Moresby, however, due to the sport having only two entries, a prize instead was awarded to the winner. Netball was not included in 1971, 1975, 1987 and 2011.[ citation needed ]

Results summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1963 [upper-alpha 1] [1] Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Papua New Guinea
1966 [2] [3] [upper-alpha 1] Flag of New Zealand.svg Cook Islands Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg  Papua New Guinea
1969 [upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 2] PNG given a prize instead of the gold medal as only two teams had entered.
1979 [8] [upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 3] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
1983 [8] [upper-alpha 1] [14] Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
1991 [15] Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
1995 [16] [17] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
1999 [16] [18] [upper-alpha 4] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
2003 [21] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
2007 [22] Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
2015 Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
2019 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
2023 Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa

All-time medal table

RankTeamGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 73010
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 4116
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1135
4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 05510
5Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0225
6Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0011

Pacific Mini Games

EdnYearHost cityFinal placingsRefs
GoldScoreSilverBronze
I 1981 Honiara Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands [8] [23] [upper-alpha 1]
II 1985 Rarotonga Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga [upper-alpha 1] [24] [25]
III 1989 Nuku'alofa Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea ?. [upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 5]
IV 1993 Port Vila Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [16] [27]
V 1997 Pago Pago Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea [28] [16] [29]
VI 2001 Kingston Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands [30] [31] [25]
VII Netball not contested
VIII 2009 Rarotonga Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands [32]
IX Netball not contested
X 2017 Port Vila Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands [33]
XI Netball not contested

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Summary of the netball competitions in the SPG and SPMG from 1963 to 1989, as reported in Islands Business: [upper-alpha 6]
    • 1963: Fiji
    • 1966: Cook Islands
    • 1969: no netball
    • 1971: no netball
    • 1975: no netball
    • 1979: Fiji
    • 1981: Cook Islands (mini games)
    • 1983: Cook Islands
    • 1985: Cook Islands (mini games)
    • 1987: no netball
    • 1989: Cook Islands (mini games).
  2. The September 1969 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM) stated that "women's netball attracted only a few onlookers at the Boroko Reserve"; and that, "The Fijian team withdrew at the last minute and two outsiders—Manly from Sydney and a 'Combined' team—fielded teams to give the Solomon Islanders and New Guineans a variety of six matches each. No medals were awarded". [4] While the Pacific Games Council results as of October 2015 list PNG and Solomons as gold and silver winners, [5] secondary sources published at the time, such as the South Pacific Bulletin, recorded that PNG was awarded a prize instead because only two teams had entered; [6] similarly, the 1969 results for netball published by PIM in September 1971. [7]
  3. The November 1979 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM) quoted a visiting umpire as saying "Fiji and Cooks were clearly the best teams followed some way behind by PNG – but there were 'no others'", and stated that "Papua New Guinea took the bronze" in the netball competition. [9] A few pages later in the PIM results section, Tonga is listed as finishing in third place for netball. [10] However, there are sources which suggest that the PIM published results might have some inaccuracies and could be incomplete:
    1. The same PIM issue, reports that Fiji won table tennis gold medals for both the women's team event and the women's doubles. [11] However, only the women's doubles event is recorded in the list of results, and no women's (or men's) team event is included. [10]
    2. The men's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay was not listed in the PIM results, [12] However, a publication from Guam's Political Status Education Coordinating Commission states that the Guam swimmer Hollis Kimbrough, "won a record seven medals in the '79 SPG alone". [13] As the PIM results show only four medals for Kimbrough plus two men's relay medals won by the Guam team, [12] it may be the case that the men's 4 × 200 m event was missed in the results.
  4. Vanuatu won a bronze medal for netball at the 1999 South Pacific Games. [19] [20]
  5. 1989: Cook Islands won the netball competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament. [26]

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