New Caledonia at the 2023 Pacific Games

New Caledonia competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 19 November to 2 December 2023. New Caledonian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Pacific Games since the inaugural games in 1963.

New Caledonia at the 2023 Pacific Games
Flag of New Caledonia
IOC code	NCL
National federation	Comité Territorial Olympique et Sportif de Nouvelle-Calédonie
in Honiara, Solomon Islands 19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) – 2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)
Competitors	285 (167 men and 118 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Armonie Konhu
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 82 Silver 57 Bronze 58 Total 197
Pacific Games appearances
1963 1966 1969 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
← 2019 2027 →

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1][2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	5	4	9
Athletics	23	16	38
Basketball	16	4	20
Bodybuilding	2	2	4
Boxing	6	2	8
Football	21	21	42
Golf	4	4	8
Judo	12	5	17
Karate	13	7	20
Powerlifting	3	1	4
Sailing	4	2	6
Swimming	8	8	16
Table tennis	6	5	11
Taekwondo	3	1	4
Tennis	3	2	5
Triathlon	3	3	6
Va'a	15	13	28
Volleyball	16	14	30
Weightlifting	4	4	8
Total	167	118	285

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2023 Pacific Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Pacific Games

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games

5×5 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Qualifying finals	Semifinals	Final / GM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Caledonia men's	Men's tournament	Tonga L 80–82	Tahiti 50–53 W	Fiji L 66–68	3rd	Papua New Guinea 78–87 W	Fiji L 71–60

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

New Caledonia national basketball team qualified for the Pacific Games by securing one of two berths after winning gold at the 2022 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup in Suva.^[3]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 12 players

3×3 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinals	Final / GM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Caledonia men's	Men's tournament	Solomon Islands –	Marshall Islands –	Papua New Guinea –	American Samoa –	Samoa –
New Caledonia women's	Women's tournament	Tonga –	Guam –	Papua New Guinea –	French Polynesia –	—

Bodybuilding

Main article: Bodybuilding at the 2023 Pacific Games

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Football

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pacific Games

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Caledonia men's	Men's	Tonga	Cook Islands	—
New Caledonia women's	Women's	Cook Islands	American Samoa	Papua New Guinea

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Johann Sidaner

Sidaner named his 21-man squad on 15 November 2023^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rocky Nyikeine	(1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 31)	23	0	Hienghène Sport
2	2DF	Gabriel Vakoume	(1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 34)	3	0	Kunié
3	2DF	William Rokaud	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22)	3	1	Magenta
4	2DF	Vincent Vakié	(1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 33)	4	0	Kunié
5	3MF	Fonzy Ranchain	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 29)	2	0	Hienghène Sport
6	2DF	Martin Makam	(2001-09-15)15 September 2001 (aged 22)	2	0	Magenta
7	3MF	Morgan Mathelon	(1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 32)	7	0	Tiga Sport
8	3MF	Pierre Bako	(2001-08-09)9 August 2001 (aged 22)	6	1	Gaïtcha
9	4FW	Lues Waya	(2001-08-01)1 August 2001 (aged 22)	1	0	USSA Vertou
10	3MF	William Read	(2003-01-11)11 January 2003 (aged 20)	3	1	Lössi
11	3MF	César Zeoula	(1989-08-29)29 August 1989 (aged 34)	35	10	US Chauvigny
12	3MF	Shene Wélépane	(1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 25)	13	4	Tiga Sport
13	2DF	Josué Welepane	(2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 23)	1	0	Tiga Sport
14	4FW	Titouan Richard	(2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 22)	1	0	Olympique Salaise Rhodia
15	3MF	Gérard Waia	(2004-12-22)22 December 2004 (aged 18)	1	1	Tiga Sport
16	1GK	Mickaël Ulile	(1997-07-16)16 July 1997 (aged 26)	11	0	Magenta
17	3MF	Jean-Jacques Katrawa	(1999-08-02)2 August 1999 (aged 24)	3	0	Gaïtcha
18	3MF	Ritchi Iwa	(1999-08-31)31 August 1999 (aged 24)	3	0	Païta
20	3MF	Makalu Xowi	(1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (aged 24)	4	3	Central Sport
21	3MF	Robert Neoere	(1996-04-18)18 April 1996 (aged 27)	3	0	Kunié
23	2DF	Gianni Manmieu		2	0	Kunié

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Women's team event – One team of 21 players

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2023 Pacific Games

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pacific Games

New Caledonia will enter a team of 16 judokas (12 men and 4 women).^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / GM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matteo Lepauvre	-60 kg
Antoine Deprez
Maxime Taramarcaz	-66 kg
Pierrick Idmont
Cedric Jaszczyszyn	-73 kg
Antoine Marcuzzo
Jason Apavou	-81 kg
Paulo Taukafauli
Vincent Neris	-90 kg
Maasi Falevalu
Ponove Falevalu	-100 kg
Teva Gouriou	+100 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / GM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joy Quemener	-52 kg
Deborah Bocahut	-57 kg
Anais Gopea	-70 kg
Ashley Suta Dit Saponia

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2023 Pacific Games

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2023 Pacific Games

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 Pacific Games

Men's Swimming

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Nathan Hudan	200 meter Freestyle
Gold	John-William Dabin	200 meter Backstroke
Gold	Alexandre Gane	100 meter Breaststroke
Gold	Ethan Dumesnil	50 meter Butterfly
Gold	Ethan Dumesnil	100 meter Butterfly
Gold	John-William Dabin	200 meter Individual Medley
Gold		100 meter Freestyle Relay
Gold		200 meter Freestyle Relay
Gold		100 meter Medley Relay
Silver	John-William Dabin	200 meter Freestyle
Silver	Baptiste Savignac	1500 meter Freestyle
Silver	Ethan Dumesnil	50 meter Backstroke
Silver	Ethan Dumesnil	100 meter Backstroke
Silver	Chrissander Cersa	200 meter Backstroke
Silver	Alexandre Gane	200 meter Breaststroke
Silver	Thibaut Mary	100 meter Butterfly
Silver	Alexandre Gane	200 meter Individual Medley
Silver	John-William Dabin	5km Open Water
Bronze	John-William Dabin	400 meter Freestyle
Bronze	Chrissander Cersa	100 meter Backstroke
Bronze	Alexandre Gane	50 meter Breaststroke
Bronze	Thibaut Mary	50 meter Butterfly
Bronze	Baptiste Savignac	200 meter Butterfly
Bronze	Baptiste Savignac	400 meter Individual Medley

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2023 Pacific Games

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pacific Games

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2023 Pacific Games

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2023 Pacific Games

Va'a

Main article: Outrigger canoeing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2023 Pacific Games

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pacific Games

CTOS selected ten weightlifters (5 men, 5 women) for the 2023 Games.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Rank	Clean & jerk	Rank	Total	Rank
Mathieu Lao Yan	55 kg
Mattéo Perraud	73 kg
Sylvain Duclos	81 kg
Jérémy Lancette	89 kg
Kyle Michel	+109 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Rank	Clean & jerk	Rank	Total	Rank
Prescillia Piotrowsky	55 kg
Diane Dam Wan	59 kg
Julia Paul
Jessica Idjan	64 kg
Demy Dabin	71 kg