2024 Micronesian Games

X Micronesian Games

Host city	Majuro
Country	Marshall Islands
Nations	10
Events	14 sports
Opening	June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15)
Closing	June 24, 2024 (2024-06-24)
Website	Official website Results website
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The 10th Micronesian Games were held in Majuro, Marshall Islands. After initially being scheduled for July 25 to August 5, 2022, the competition was originally delayed a year because of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including finishing construction of the new Marshall Islands stadium. ^{[1] [2]} The games were held June 15-24, 2024. ^[3]

History

The Marshall Islands were announced as tournament hosts in July 2018. This marked the first time that the Marshall Islands hosted the Micronesian Games. The Marshall Islands received unanimous support after the Northern Mariana Islands withdrew their bid to host. ^[4]

The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation had indicated that the nation may field its first-ever national soccer team at the games. ^[5] However, in March 2023 MISF President Shev Livai stated that football would not be part of the tournament. The federation investigated the possibility of adding football to the schedule but hotels on the islands were already fully booked. ^[6]

In March 2023 it was announced that the tournament would again be delayed for an indefinite amount of time. The delay was necessary because of the construction progress of the stadium and sports arena. Progress was slowed by supply chain and worker shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Asia Pacific Airlines, the sole cargo carrier for the Marshall Islands, being grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration since 1 February 2023. ^[7] A Radio New Zealand contributor indicated that the tournament may now be held in April 2024. ^[8] In May 2023 it was announced that the tournament dates had been officially set for 15-24 June 2024. ^[9]

Sports

Athletes competed in 14 different sports at the games:

1. athletics
2. basketball
3. 3x3 basketball
4. beach volleyball
5. fast-pitch softball
6. lawn tennis
7. the "Micronesian all-around"
8. spearfishing
9. swimming/open-water swimming
10. table tennis
11. va'a
12. indoor volleyball
13. weightlifting
14. wrestling

Source: ^[10]

Results

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) topped the medal tally with 70 golds, followed by Nauru on 68. Host nation the Marshall Islands won gold in the women's volleyball and finished with the highest number of overall medals, with 47 golds and 134 medals overall. ^{[11] [12]}

Medallists

Indoor Volleyball

Men's

Volleyball – Men's Games Reports

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chuuk	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	132	1.879	Semifinals
2	Kiribati	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	234	167	1.401
3	Nauru	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	196	154	1.273
4	Yap	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	0	225	0.000

Source: Volleyball – Men – Groups

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	19:00	MIHS	Nauru	0–3	Chuuk	17–25	15–25	20–25			52–75
18 Jun	17:00	MIHS	Kiribati	3–0	Nauru	25–22	29–27	25–20			79–69
20 Jun	11:00	MIHS	Chuuk	3–1	Kiribati	25–15	23–25	25–20	25–20		98–80
20 Jun	13:00	MIHS	Yap	0–3	Nauru	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75
21 Jun	17:00	MIHS	Kiribati	3–0	Yap	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0
22 Jun	09:00	MIHS	Chuuk	3–0	Yap	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Palau	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	280	202	1.386	Semifinals
2	Pohnpei	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	258	240	1.075
3	Marshall Islands	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	199	231	0.861
4	Kosrae	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	187	251	0.745

Source: Volleyball – Men – Groups

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	17:00	MIHS	Pohnpei	3–0	Kosrae	25–13	25–18	25–17			75–48
18 Jun	19:00	MIHS	Kosrae	0–3	Marshall Islands	20–25	25–27	15–25			60–77
19 Jun	13:00	MIHS	Marshall Islands	1–3	Pohnpei	24–26	22–25	25–20	15–25		86–96
19 Jun	15:00	MIHS	Kosrae	1–3	Palau	25–22	25–27	13–25	16–25		79–99
20 Jun	15:00	MIHS	Palau	3–2	Pohnpei	26–28	25–18	15–25	25–8	15–8	106–87
21 Jun	17:00	MIHS	Marshall Islands	0–3	Palau	13–25	14–25	9–25			36–75

Final Round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	22 June
	Chuuk	2
					23 June
	Pohnpei	3
					Pohnpei	3
	22 June
					Palau	2
	Palau	3
	Kiribati	0
					Bronze medal match
					23 June
					Chuuk	2
					Kiribati	3

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	17:00	MIHS	Chuuk	2–3	Pohnpei	25–21	25–20	17–25	22–25	8–15	97–106
22 Jun	19:00	MIHS	Palau	3–0	Kiribati	25–20	25–14	25–11			75–45

Bronze medal match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	09:00	MIHS	Chuuk	2–3	Kiribati	25–22	20–25	23–25	25–21	12–15	105–108

Gold medal match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	13:00	MIHS	Pohnpei	3–2	Palau	25–22	12–25	22–25	27–25	15–12	101–109

Spearfishing

See also: Spearfishing at the Micronesian Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual [13]	Michael Genereux   Guam	Palau	Nauru
Team [13]	Guam Michael Genereux Ray Flores Barnaby Acfalle Tony Borja	Nauru	Palau

Medals

  *   Host nation (Marshall Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Northern Mariana Islands	70	23	29	122
2	Nauru	68	38	9	115
3	Marshall Islands*	47	42	46	135
4	Palau	18	60	85	163
5	Pohnpei	17	27	4	48
6	Guam	14	10	8	32
7	Kiribati	3	6	10	19
8	Chuuk	2	12	12	26
9	Yap	0	4	2	6
10	Kosrae	0	2	14	16
Totals (10 entries)		239	224	219	682

References

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2. Rabago, Mark (9 February 2022). "NMITA: Happy for Micro Games postponement". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
3. "Micronesian Games now set for June 2024". Island Times. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. "Sport: Marshall Islands to host 2022 Micronesian Games". Radio New Zealand. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
5. Ewart, Richard (27 February 2020). "Small beginnings as Marshall Islands sets out to join the world soccer family". ABC. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
6. Hamilton, Tom (27 March 2023). "The Marshall Islands are trying to build a soccer team, but their dreams extend far beyond sport". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
7. "Micro Games put off to 2024". The Marshall Islands Journal. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
8. "Micronesian Games delayed due to issues with facilities". Islands Business. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
9. "Micronesian Games now set for June 2024". Island Times Palau. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
10. "Facilities Update" (PDF). Majol 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
11. "Marshall Islands wins gold in women's volleyball final at the Micronesian Games". abc.net.au. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
12. "Micronesian Games: Historic CNMI stint in Majuro". RNZ . 25 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
13. • "4-Peat For Guam's Fishermen at Micro Games – GSPN – Guam Sports Network". June 20, 2024. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
    • "Microgames 2024 Spearfishing". June 19, 2024. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024– via NTA Media on YouTube.