The 2022 Pacific Mini Games was held in

Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

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. It was the eleventh edition of the

Pacific Mini Games The Pacific Mini Games is a continental multi-sport event contested by countries and territories located in Oceania. The event has been held every four years since the inaugural games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1981. It was known as the Sou ...

and the first to be hosted by the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. This event was originally going to be held in 2021, but was postponed to 2022 due to

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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

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. The decision was unanimous after the CNMI were the only bidder after the deadline.

Venues and infrastructure

Sports

An initial twelve sports were scheduled for the games but this was reduced to six in 2019, following the impact of

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. The program was later increased to nine sports with the inclusion of

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(outrigger canoeing), tennis and weightlifting in 2021.

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.

Medal table

The final medal tally of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games.

Calendar

The following table provides a summary of the competition schedule.

References

External links

* {{Pacific Games Sports competition in Saipan Pacific Games by year Pacific Games Pacific Games

2022 in Northern Mariana Islands sports International sports competitions hosted by the Northern Mariana Islands Sports events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic