2017 Pacific Mini Games

X Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Port Vila, Vanuatu
Motto	One Ocean, One People
Nations	24
Athletes	2000
Events	172 in 14 sports
Opening	4 December
Closing	15 December
Opened by	Tallis Obed Moses
Main venue	Korman Stadium
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The 2017 Pacific Mini Games were held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in December 2017. It was the tenth edition of the Pacific Mini Games, 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. Nauru and the Northern Mariana Islands were the other countries to bid. The event was originally planned for September 2017 but preparations were delayed by Cyclone Pam. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3]

2017 Pacific Mini Games bidding results
City	Country	Round 1	Round 2
Port Vila	Vanuatu	8	13
Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands	8	9
Yaren	Nauru	6	—

Venues

Choir at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila.

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• 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 - Football
• Epauto Adventist High School -Weightlifting

Participating nations

There were 24 national teams that competed at the games:

• American Samoa
• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Nauru
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna
• Independent PGC athletes   ^*

Medal table

The final medal tally for the 2017 Pacific Mini Games.

  *   Host nation (Vanuatu)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	46	16	20	82
2	Papua New Guinea	32	32	21	85
3	Fiji	23	31	24	78
4	Vanuatu*	22	26	27	75
5	Samoa	20	16	10	46
6	Solomon Islands	8	11	18	37
7	Tonga	4	4	12	20
8	Cook Islands	4	4	5	13
9	Kiribati	3	5	4	12
10	Marshall Islands	3	0	0	3
11	New Zealand	2	7	0	9
12	Wallis and Futuna	2	3	3	8
13	Independent PGC athletes *	2	1	0	3
14	Nauru	1	9	15	25
15	Guam	0	1	1	2
	Tuvalu	0	1	1	2
17	Australia	0	0	2	2
18	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	1	1
	Tokelau	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		172	167	166	505

Sports

Fourteen sports were hosted: ^[6]

•   3-on-3 basketball (2) ( details )
•   Archery (6) ( details )
•   Athletics (47) ( details ) ^a
•   Beach volleyball (2) ( details )
•   Boxing (10) ( details )
•   Football (2) ( details )
•   Golf (4) ( details )
•   Judo (15) ( details )
•   Karate (16) ( details )
•   Netball (1) ( details )
•   Rugby sevens (1) ( details )
•   Table tennis (11) ( details ) ^b
•   Tennis (7) ( details )
•   Weightlifting (48) ( details )

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

Archery

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual recurve	Rob Elder   Fiji	Danick Aisik   Vanuatu	Arne Jansen   Tonga [7]
Women's individual recurve	Isabelle Vermande   New Caledonia	Jil Grete Walter   Samoa	Isabelle Soero   New Caledonia [8]
Mixed team recurve	New Caledonia Denis Moedjijo Isabelle Soero	Samoa Joseph Walter Jil Grete Walter	Tonga Arne Jansen Karoline Tatafu
Men's individual compound	Henry Shiu   New Caledonia	Frederick Leota   Fiji	Xavier Mangoen   New Caledonia
Women's individual compound	Cecile Picot   New Caledonia	Lisa Leota   Fiji	[9]
Mixed team compound	New Caledonia Henry Shiu Cecile Picot	Fiji Lisa Leota Frederick Leota	[10]

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight 49 kg	Namry Berry   Vanuatu	Tetekana Clinton   Solomon Islands	[11]
Flyweight 52 kg	Kalai Gill   Vanuatu	Keama Charkes Feama   Papua New Guinea	Mika Alex   Solomon Islands [12]
Bantamweight 56 kg	Warawara Boe   Vanuatu	Cook Yachen   Nauru	Noki Beupu   Papua New Guinea
			Iiaha Denis Moses   Solomon Islands
Lightweight 60 kg	Nu'uuli Mose   Samoa	Silas Johnny   Vanuatu	Oaike Allan Aukoae   Papua New Guinea
			Kia Henry   Solomon Islands
Light welterweight 64 kg	Sere Roy   Vanuatu	Ume John   Papua New Guinea	Babanisi Gerrard   Solomon Islands
			Davule Jone   Fiji
Welterweight 69 kg	Moleni John Barry Slade   Tonga	Aisaga Andrew Kape   Papua New Guinea	Hill Winston   Fiji
			Fandaux Than Guy   New Caledonia
Middleweight 75 kg	Sivas Lui   Vanuatu	Sua Ropati   Samoa	Kometa Andrew   Kiribati
			Drayton Sabastien   New Caledonia
Light heavyweight 81 kg	Henry Tyrell   Samoa	Jubiely Torea Independent PGC athletes	Waritam Robert Zorro   Vanuatu
			Tameifuna Mercy Sione   Tonga
Heavyweight 91 kg	Heimata Neuffer Independent PGC athletes	Peneueta John   Samoa	Missak Tuk   Vanuatu
			Kami Talamoni Clayton   Tonga
Super heavyweight +91 kg	Atiu Amoroa Independent PGC athletes	Robin Peter   Vanuatu	Aukoso Faamanu   Samoa
			Tusamoa Jean   New Caledonia

Golf

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual [13]	Guillaume Castagne   New Caledonia	Abid Hussain   Fiji	Morgan Annato   Papua New Guinea
Women's individual [14]	Emillie Ricaud   New Caledonia	Rotana Howard   Cook Islands	Mathilde Guepy   New Caledonia
Men's team [15]	New Caledonia Guillaume Castagne Morgan Dufour Anthony Cuer Norman Bonnet	Papua New Guinea Morgan Annato Vagi James Philip Mek Justin Brunskill	Fiji Abid Hussain Olaf Allen Won Hwang Ryan Kumar
Women's team	New Caledonia Emillie Ricaud Mathilde Guepy Maiwen Delamarie-le Blevic Ines Lavelua	Papua New Guinea Kristine Seko Wari Winchcombe Natalie Mok Danae Clamp	Fiji Merelita McCarthy Jee Dawi Raina Kumar Ufemia Naisara

Judo

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 60 kg	Tony Lomo   Solomon Islands	Charles Cure   New Caledonia	Loic Michel Nasse   Vanuatu
Men's 66 kg	Kaieura Kip   Nauru	Joe Mahit   Vanuatu	Claude Kalo   Vanuatu
			Ugo Langois   New Caledonia
Men's 73 kg	Vincent Neris   New Caledonia	Tom Willie   Vanuatu	Ilai Ualesi Elekana Manu   Tokelau
Men's 81 kg	William Fayard   New Caledonia	Vincent Burani   New Caledonia	Pandabela Lesley   Solomon Islands
Men's 90 kg	Teva Gouriou   New Caledonia	Ovini Uera   Nauru	Nicolas Monvoisin   Vanuatu
			Feao Fakaosi   Tonga
Men's 100 kg	David Put   New Caledonia	not awarded	not awarded
Men's +100 kg	Finetuui Moala   Tonga	Sailosi Fua Ealelei   Tonga	Nazario Martin Fiakaifonu   Vanuatu
Men's open lightweight	Vincent Neris   New Caledonia	Ugo Langois   New Caledonia	Kaierua Kip   Nauru
			Charles Cure   New Caledonia
Men's open heavyweight	Teva Gouriou   New Caledonia	Sailosi Fua Ealelei   Tonga	William Fayard   New Caledonia
			Finetuui Moala   Tonga
Women's 52 kg	Chloe Omo-Perraut   New Caledonia	not awarded	not awarded
Women's 57 kg	Jaycee Brival   New Caledonia	not awarded	not awarded
Women's 63 kg	Camille Geniau   New Caledonia	Nathalyn Takayawa   Fiji	Emeline Kaddour   New Caledonia
Women's 70 kg	Shanice Takayawa   Fiji	not awarded	not awarded
Women's open lightweight	Jaycee Brival   New Caledonia	Chloe Omo-Perraut   New Caledonia	not awarded
Women's open heavyweight	Shanice Takayawa   Fiji	Emeline Kaddour   New Caledonia	Aykesa Atuvaha   New Caledonia
			Esther Dumons   New Caledonia

Karate

Kata

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual [19]	Vu Duc Minh Dack   New Caledonia	Tumu Lango   Vanuatu	not awarded
Women's individual [20]	Laura Rothery   New Caledonia	Vamule Vassy Mata Lango   Vanuatu	Crystal Elizabeth Raka Mari   Papua New Guinea
Men's team [21]	New Caledonia Vu Duc Minh Dack Jean Emmanuel Faure Kevyn Pognon	Vanuatu Tumu Lango Trevor Naieu Freddy Wilson	not awarded
Women's team	New Caledonia Angelique Mondoloni Laura Rothery Juliette Schmidt	Vanuatu Vamule Vassy Mata Lango Winona Lango Augustine Yalou	not awarded

Kumite

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 60 kg	Jaremy Di Matteo   New Caledonia	Joshua Iauko   Vanuatu	Everest Foetaa Ega   Solomon Islands
			Nigel Bana   Papua New Guinea
Men's 67 kg	Jean-Emmanuel Faure   New Caledonia	Paul Henry Iauko   Vanuatu	Frengy Bisoka   Solomon Islands
Men's 75 kg	Philippe Annonier   New Caledonia	Jasper Samo   Solomon Islands	Tumu Lango   Vanuatu
Men's 84 kg	Stephane Breton   Vanuatu	Vincent Quentin Bougen   Papua New Guinea	Dylan Agamalu   New Caledonia
			Siosi Tafoa Junior   Solomon Islands
Men's +84 kg	Jonathan Dedieu   New Caledonia	Petelo Perkon Peato   Vanuatu	not awarded
Men's open	Iwe Rene Hmana   New Caledonia	Nigel Bana   Papua New Guinea	Siosi Tagoa Junior   Solomon Islands
			Trevor Naieu   Vanuatu
Men's team	New Caledonia Dylan Agamalu Mathieu Annonier Philippe Annonier Jonathan Dedieu Jean-Emmanuel Faure Lucien Haiu Iwe Rene Hmana Kevyn Pognon	Vanuatu Petelo Perkon Peato Tumu Lango Cliford Bule Reynold Noukout Stephane Breton Christopher Olule Gely Robert Pakoa	Papua New Guinea Cosmas Walihl Sallawali Nigel Bana Vincent Quentin Bougen
			Solomon Islands Siosi Tafoa Junior Kenihiria Rex Jasper Samo Frengy Bisoka Everest Foetaa Ega
Women's 61 kg	Vamule Vassy Mata Lango   Vanuatu	Crystal Elizabeth Raka Mari   Papua New Guinea	not awarded
Women's 68 kg	Aurore Vaysset   New Caledonia	Augustine Yalou   Vanuatu	Janet Lydia Gwai   Solomon Islands
Women's +68 kg	Romina Rambans   New Caledonia	Lynn Tari   Vanuatu	not awarded
Women's open	Morane Vacher   New Caledonia	Crystal Elizabeth Raka Mari   Papua New Guinea	Winona Lango   Vanuatu
Women's team	New Caledonia Romina Rambans Morane Vacher Aurore Vaysset	Vanuatu Vamule Vassy Mata Lango Winona Lango Lynn Tari Augustine Yalou	not awarded

Rugby sevens

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Samoa  (SAM)	Fiji  (FIJ)	Tonga  (TGA)

Calendar

The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule. ^[25]

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

●

Commonwealth Games qualifying

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

December 2017	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	Gold medals
Ceremonies			OC											CC
3-on-3 basketball										●	●	●	2		2
Archery											●	2	4		6
Athletics										9	11	11	16		47
Beach volleyball					●	●	●			●	●	●	●	2	2
Boxing										●	●	●	●	10	10
Football	●		●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	1	1	2
Golf					●	●	●	4							4
Judo				●	7	8									15
Karate							10	6							16
Netball												●	●	1	1
Rugby sevens							●	1							1
Table tennis			●	●	2	●	1	8							11
Tennis			●	●	●	2	●	●		●	●	3	2	●	7
Weightlifting				18	15	15									48
Total gold medals	0	0	0	18	24	25	11	19	0	9	11	16	25	14	172
Cumulative total	0	0	0	18	42	67	77	97	97	106	117	133	158	172

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. ^[26]

^a Athletics included four parasport events: men's 100m – ambulatory; men's javelin – ambulatory; men's shot put – seated; and women's shot put – ambulatory.

^b Table tennis to include four parasport events: men's/women's singles – seated; and men's/women's singles – ambulatory. ^[27]

References

1. "Sport: Officials confident 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu remain on track". Radio New Zealand . 23 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
2. "Start date for 2017 Mini Games in Vanuatu pushed back", Radio New Zealand, 21 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
3. "2017 Pacific Mini Games: Vanuatu Wins!", Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
4. "Spectator Guide" (PDF).
5. Schedule
6. Vanuatu Bid, pp. 10–11.
7. Silver in archery warmly received
8. Father and daughter shooting for the stars
9. Archers Impress Team Fiji Boss
10. Archery
11. Boxing
12. "Medalists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
13. "Men result Golf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
14. "Women result Golf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
15. "Golf".
16. Judo Results
17. "Judo 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
18. Judo 2
19. Karate
20. Women's kata
21. "Male team kata" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
22. Rugby 7 results
23. Rugby Gold
24. Rugby bronze
25. "Sports Schedule". Van2017.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
26. "Tahiti athletes to compete under neutral banner". The Vanuatu Independent. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
27. "ONOC Chef de Mission Presentation". Sports TG. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Result system