Beach volleyball at the Pacific Games

Beach volleyball at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1999 when the sport was included at the Eleventh South Pacific Games held in Guam. Since that time, Beach volleyball has been one of the core sports of the Pacific Games, required to be included for both men and women in every games. It has also been included in some of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the seventh edition held in Palau in 2005.

Pacific Games

Men's tournament

Games		Host city	Final			Third play-off			Ref
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	4th place
XI	1999 ()	Santa Rita	Lomitusi Pritchard Kennaway Maisa	1–0	Soane Maugateau P. Tufale	Waisale Suka Apenisa Saukuru	1–0	Bert Mercado Brian Goolsby	[1] [2] [3] [4]
XII	2003 ()	Suva	Steeve Tuihani Axel Vaki	2–0	Tio Fonohema Soane Vaipulu	Waisale Suka Rupeni Nainima	2–1	?	[5] [6] [7]
XIII	2007 ()	Apia	Maheanuu Hapiatahaa Dino Tauraa	2–1	Waisale Suka [8] Eroni Suasua	Kama Manulevu Tio Fonohema	2–0	Jon Taoupoulou Anselmen Wea	[9] [10] [11]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	Aisake Raratabu Waisale Suka	2–1	Frantz Gouzenes Yvannick Iwa	Dino Tauraa Vatea Tauraa	2–1	Sigalu Selefuti Aitui Sam Samasoni Sam	[12] [13]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	Richard Kilarupa Moha Mea	2–0	Aisake Raratabu Waisale Suka	Miles Muagututia Sigalu Aitui	2–0	Metuisela Vainikolo Salesi Tuakoi	[14] [15]
XVI	2019 ()	Apia	Tim Dickson Marcus Ferguson	2–1	Terau Ena Jeremie Paraue	Semisi Funaki Tio Fonohema	2–1	Sigalu Aitui Tauvela Fagaima

Women's tournament

Games		Host city	Final			Third play-off			Ref
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	4th place
XI	1999 ()	Santa Rita	Mereula Meya Sanimelia Francis	round robin	Suzie Leong Gabriella Diau	Dorothy Kivung Alice Ito	round robin	Regina Ferguson Lisa Bordallo	[16] [3] [4]
XII	2003 ()	Suva	Mereula Meya [17]  Finau Waqa [18]	2–0	Raurea Temarii Lokelani Vero [19]	?	2–0	Suzie Leong [20] Gabriella Diau [21]	[6] [22]
XIII	2007 ()	Apia	Lokelani Vero Taiana Tere	2–1	Mereula Meya Finau Waqa	Henriette Iatika Miller Elwin[23]	2–1	Armonie Konhu Aurelie Konhu	[24] [25] [26]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	Linline Matauatu Miller Elwin	2–0	Sulita Malivao Sylvie Mero	Kahaialanie Tauraa Ramata Temarii	2–0	Raka Tai Dianne Moia	[27] [28] [29]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	Rachelle Suaava Litara Sisitina	2–1	Loti Joe Leeslyn Ler	Vaimiti Lee Tham Heiani Vaki	2–1	Alice Ito  Diane Moia [30]	[14] [31]
XVI	2019 ()	Apia	Miller Pata (née Elwin) Shersyn Toko	2–0	Vaihere Fareura Emere Maau	Litara Keil Deveney Pula	2–0	Rose Gwali Hannah Donga

Medal table

These are the all time medal standings in Pacific Games beach volleyball for both men and women since 1999, updated to include 2019.

All-time medal table – Pacific Games Beach Volleyball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tahiti (TAH)	3	3	3	9
2	Fiji (FIJ)	3	3	2	8
3	Vanuatu (VAN)	2	1	1	4
4	American Samoa (ASM)	1	0	2	3
5	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	0	1	2
6	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	0	1
8	New Caledonia	0	2	1	3
9	Tonga (TGA)	0	1	2	3
10	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	0	1
	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 nations)		12	12	12	36

Pacific Mini Games

Men's

Games		Host city	Final			Third play-off			Ref
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	4th place
VII	2005 ()	Koror	Tio Fonohema Samuela Fotu	2–0	Petelo Manuopuava Jon Taoupoulou	David Rillera Brian Matanane	2–1	Soane Tuitoga Vitali Petelo Tupou	[32] [33] [34] [35]
IX	2013 ()	Mata-Utu	Terau Ena Steve Tauraa	2–0	?	Richard Batari  Harry Omoa [36]	2–0	Samuela Fotu Tio Fonohema	[37] [38]
X	2017 ()	Port Vila	Moha Mea Richard Kilarupa	2–1	Eneliko Tui Ioane Lesoa	Nacanieli Elliott Inia Korowale	2–0	Salesi Tuakoi Semisi Funaki	[39] [40]
XI	2021 ()	Saipan		–			–

Women's

Games		Host city	Final			Third play-off			Ref
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	4th place
VII	2005 ()	Koror	Mereula Meya Agnes Tuilevuka [41]	2–0	Hajen Atrea Armonie Konhu [42]	Lisette Bordallo Aubrey Posadas [43]	2–1	Rose Gwali Susie Leong [44]	[45] [46] [34] [35]
IX	2013 ()	Mata-Utu	Joyce Joshua Linline Matauatu	2–0	Leontine Ono [47]  Hazel Ruga [48]	?	2–1	Hila Asanuma Holly Yamada [49]	[38] [37]
X	2017 ()	Port Vila	Loti Joe Linline Matautu	2–0	Rose Gwali Hanah Donga	Laite Nima Iliseva Ratudina	2–0	Emily Bae Michelle Walo	[39] [50]
XI	2021 ()	Saipan		–			–

Medal tally

These are the all time medal standings in Pacific Mini Games beach volleyball for both men and women since 2005, updated to include 2017.

All-time medal table – Pacific Mini Games Beach Volleyball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vanuatu (VAN)	2	0	0	2
2	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	1	1	3
3	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	2	3
4	Tahiti (TAH)	1	0	0	1
	Tonga (TGA)	1	0	0	1
6	New Caledonia	0	2	0	2
	Samoa (SAM)	0	2	0	2
8	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	1	2
9	Guam (GUM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 nations)		6	6	6	18

See also

• Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
• Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics

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