2025 Pacific Mini Games

XII Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Koror
Country	Palau
Motto	Empowering Unity
Nations	24 (expected)
Athletes	TBC
Events	12 sports
Opening	June 29, 2025 (2025-06-29)
Closing	July 9, 2025 (2025-07-09)
Opened by	TBA
Torch lighter	TBA
Main venue	National Stadium
Website	www.palau2025pmg.com

The 2025 Pacific Mini Games, officially known as the XII Pacific Mini Games and also known as Palau 2025, is a scaled-down multi-sport event of the Pacific Games as well as the twelfth edition of the Pacific Mini Games scheduled to be held from 29 June to 9 July 2025, in Koror, Palau. The country had previously hosted the 2005 edition making these Games the second to be held in Palau.

Host selection

Palau was awarded hosting rights for the Games following a delayed bid process by the Pacific Games Council (PGC). Initially, American Samoa and Niue submitted bids but failed to meet the necessary requirements, notably lacking the mandatory government guarantees needed to financially underwrite the Games. In a subsequent bidding round, only American Samoa and Palau participated, with Palau’s bid being endorsed by the PGC and American Samoa’s bid again ruled non-compliant.

2025 Pacific Mini Games bidding results
City	PGA	Votes
Pago Pago	American Samoa	5
Koror	Palau	16

Venues and infrastructure

The Games venues are spread across four settlements (two cities, two towns) located in four of the sixteen states of Palau.

Competition venues
City/town	Venue	Events
Koror	National Stadium	Athletics
	Nippon Stadium	Baseball
	Spiders Gym (Palau High School)	Basketball 3x3
	Ngermalk Park	Beach volleyball
	Long Island Park
	Ngarachamayong Cultural Center	Table tennis
		Wrestling
	National Gymnasium	Volleyball
Meyuns	Meyuns Multi-purpose Gymnasium	Judo
		Weightlifting
	Meyuns Ramp	Outrigger canoeing
	Meyuns Softball Field	Softball
	National Swimming Pool	Swimming
Airai	Japan-Palau Friendship Bridge Airai Side	Beach wrestling
Melekeok	Melekeok Baseball Field	Archery
—	Imekang to Ngiwal State	Triathlon

Sports

The following sports are expected to be contested at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games:

•  Archery (14) ()
•  Athletics (55) ()
• Baseball
  •  Baseball (1) ()
  •  Softball (1) ()
•  Basketball 3x3 (2) ()
•  Judo (16) ()
•  Outrigger canoeing (20) ()
•  Swimming (44) ()
•  Table tennis (11) ()
•  Triathlon (5) ()
•  Volleyball ()
  • Volleyball (2)
  • Beach volleyball (2)
•  Weightlifting (48) ()
•  Wrestling (18) ()

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events in each sport.

Participating countries

The following countries are expected to compete at the Games:

• American Samoa
• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji (136)
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand (9)
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau (Host)
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes.

Calendar

Daily medal events for all sports are yet to be confirmed. Event numbers listed below are subject to change depending on entries.

All dates are in Palauan Time (GMT+9)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

June/July 2025		June		July									Events
		29 Sun	30 Mon	1 Tue	2 Wed	3 Thu	4 Fri	5 Sat	6 Sun	7 Mon	8 Tue	9 Wed
Ceremonies		OC										CC
Archery
Athletics							11	12		16	14	2	55
Baseball	Baseball
	Softball
Basketball 3x3
Judo
Outrigger canoeing
Swimming
Table tennis
Triathlon										2	1	2	5
Volleyball	Indoor volleyball
	Beach volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling			10	20	8								38
Total events
Cumulative total
June/July		29 Sun	30 Mon	1 Tue	2 Wed	3 Thu	4 Fri	5 Sat	6 Sun	7 Mon	8 Tue	9 Wed	Events

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Palau)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0