2019 Pacific Games

XVI Pacific Games
	Official logo of the Games
Host city	Apia
Country	Samoa
Motto	One in Spirit
Nations	24
Athletes	~ 3,500
Events	26 sports
Opening	7 July 2019
Closing	20 July 2019
Opened by	Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
Main venue	Apia Park Stadium
Website	samoa2019.ws
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The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

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