Where were the 2019 Pacific Games held?

The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa.

The event was initially awarded to Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, but the Tongan government officially withdrew from hosting it in May 2017, amid concerns the country could face economic difficulties if it proceeded.

These games included an additional discipline for basketball, which is the 3x3 format, as well as the return of archery and badminton which were not on the 2015 Pacific Games program.

Twenty-four nations competed at the 2019 games.

Twenty-two Pacific Games Association members sent teams (the full complement of countries and territories), plus Australia and New Zealand.

The competing nations were as follows - American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (Host), Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

The final medal tally saw New Caledonia claim first place with 76 gold medals, 55 silver medals and 51 bronze medals - a total of 182 medals and fully 52 medals ahead of Papua New Guinea who came in second place.