Tennis at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games in Koror was held on July 26, August 3, 2005. [1] [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Samoa (SAM) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Solomon Islands (SOL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Palau (PLW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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