2025 Pacific Mini Games

The 2025 Pacific Mini Games, officially known as the XII Pacific Mini Games and also known as Palau 2025, was a scaled-down multi-sport event of the Pacific Games as well as the twelfth edition of the Pacific Mini Games which were 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.

For the first time, Tahiti topped the medal table by both total golds (72) and total medals (142). Fiji and Samoa finished second and third respectively with 27 gold medals each. Australia followed up in fourth, setting a record for the most gold medals and total medals ever won by their delegation at a Pacific Mini Games with 24 golds and 55 medals in total. Papua New Guinea rounded off the top five list with 22 gold medals and third in the overall medal count with 77. Host nation Palau won 29 medals including 5 golds, their best result in terms of total medals won at any Pacific Mini Games, finishing in ninth place.

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.

Venues and infrastructure

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

Sports

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

• Archery (9) (details)
• Athletics (52) (details)
• Baseball Baseball (1) (details) Softball (1) (details)
• Basketball 3x3 (2) (details)
• Judo (16) (details)
• Outrigger canoeing (12) (details)
• Swimming (47) (details)
• Table tennis (11) (details)
• Triathlon (5) (details)
• Volleyball (details) Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2)
• Weightlifting (48) (details)
• Wrestling (26) (details)

Participating countries

21 out of the 22 Pacific Games Associations were represented at the 2025 Mini Games with only Niue absent. Australia and New Zealand were invited to compete for the third time.

• American Samoa
• Australia
• Cook Islands (18)
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji (136)
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand (9)
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau (Host)
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna

Calendar

In the following calendar for the 2025 Mini Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.

All dates are in Palauan Time (GMT+9)

Medal table

* Host nation (Palau)

Updated after final day of competition (9 July 2025).

Basketball

Para table tennis

Table tennis

Volleyball