2022 Pacific Mini Games

The 2022 Pacific Mini Games was held in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.^[2][3] It was the eleventh edition of the Pacific Mini Games and the first to be hosted by the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.^[4] This event was originally going to be held in 2021, but was postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

XI Pacific Mini Games

Country	Northern Marianas
Motto	Rising up to the challenge
Nations	20
Athletes	1,034[1]
Events	144 in 9 sports
Opening	17 June
Closing	25 June
Opened by	Ralph Torres Northern Mariana Islands Governor
Torch lighter	Kurt Barnes
Main venue	Oleai Sports Complex
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Saipan was selected as the host of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games

Host selection

The Northern Mariana Islands were awarded the rights to host the games on July 4, 2014 during the Pacific Games Councils General Assembly meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.^[5] The decision was unanimous after the CNMI were the only bidder after the deadline.^[6]

Venues and infrastructure

Competition venues [7]
Venue	Events
Oleai Sports Complex - Track and Field	Athletics
Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium	Badminton
Francisco “Tan Ko” M. Baseball Field	Baseball
Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan	Beach volleyball
Jones Beach, Tinian
Coral Ocean Golf Resort	Golf
13th Fishermen Memorial Monument	Outrigger canoeing
American Memorial Park	Tennis
Pacific Islands Club Saipan
Rota - West Marine Harbor	Triathlon
Marianas High School Gym	Weightlifting

Sports

An initial twelve sports were scheduled for the games but this was reduced to six in 2019, following the impact of Typhoon Yutu.^[8] The program was later increased to nine sports with the inclusion of va'a (outrigger canoeing), tennis and weightlifting in 2021.^[9]

•  Athletics (49) (details)
•  Badminton (6) (details)
•  Baseball (1) (details)
•  Beach volleyball (2) (details)
•  Golf (4) (details)
•  Outrigger canoeing (12) (details)
•  Tennis (7) (details)
•  Triathlon (5) (details)
•  Weightlifting (60) (details)

Notes Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that will be contested in each sport, where known.

Participating nations

As of 1 June 2022, twenty countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the games.^[1]

Pacific Games Associations
American Samoa (3)  Australia (19)  Cook Islands (10)  Federated States of Micronesia (7)  Fiji (125)  Guam (101)  Kiribati (23)  Nauru (38) New Caledonia (109)  Norfolk Island (3)  Northern Mariana Islands (135) (Host)  Palau (47)  Papua New Guinea (91)  Samoa (31)  Solomon Islands (117)  Tahiti (90)  Tonga (12)  Tuvalu (15)  Vanuatu (28)  Wallis and Futuna (42)

Medal table

The final medal tally of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games.

  *   Host nation (Northern Mariana Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea	33	28	19	80
2	French Polynesia	22	15	21	58
3	Northern Mariana Islands*	16	13	9	38
4	Australia	16	3	3	22
5	New Caledonia	11	26	17	54
6	Guam	10	5	11	26
7	Fiji	9	17	17	43
8	Samoa	8	5	8	21
9	Solomon Islands	5	18	6	29
10	Tonga	4	0	3	7
11	Kiribati	3	0	1	4
	Palau	3	0	1	4
13	Vanuatu	2	5	1	8
14	Tuvalu	2	0	1	3
15	Cook Islands	0	1	3	4
16	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	6	6
17	Norfolk Island	0	0	2	2
18	American Samoa	0	0	0	0
	Micronesia	0	0	0	0
	Nauru	0	0	0	0
Totals (20 entries)		144	136	129	409

Calendar

The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule.^[10]

June 2022	15th Wed	16th Thu	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	Gold medals
Ceremonies			OC								CC
Athletics						●	●	●	●	●	●			47
Badminton			●	1		●	●	5						6
Baseball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			1
Beach volleyball						●	●	●	●	2				2
Golf								●	●	●	4			4
Tennis		●	●	●	2	●	●	●	●	3	2			7
Triathlon									2	2				4
Weightlifting						15	15	15	15					60
Va'a						●	●		●	●				12

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony