Competition schedule
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| Volleyball at the 2023 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | Friendship Hall (indoor) SIFF Academy (beach) |
| Location | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
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The volleyball tournaments at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara are scheduled to run from 17 November to 2 December 2023. 18 volleyball teams and 29 beach volleyball teams will participate in the tournament. Indoor volleyball competitions will occur at Friendship Hall with the beach volleyball tournament staged at the SIFF Academy. [1] [2] [3]
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* Host nation (Solomon Islands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Tahiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  New Caledonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Solomon Islands* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tuvalu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
The teams were distributed according to their position at the 2019 Pacific Games.
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The teams were distributed according to their position at the 2019 Pacific Games.
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