Niue at the 2023 Pacific Games

Niue at the
2023 Pacific Games
Flag of Niue
National federationNiue Island Sports Commonwealth Games Association
19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) – 2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)
Competitors47 (19 men and 28 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearerRamsi Edwards
OfficialsSidney Lui (chef de mission)[1]
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Pacific Games appearances

Niue competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara from 19 November to 2 December 2023.[1][2] This was Niue's tenth appearance at the Pacific Games, since first competing in 1979.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Boxing 3 0 3
Netball — 12 12
Powerlifting 1 1 2
Touch rugby 14 14 28
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Total 19 28 47

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Niue announced three boxers for the event.[1][3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Duken Tutakitoa-Williams Men's 86 kg Bye  Dominique Tunoa (TAH)
W 5–0 		 Francis Junior Niusaru (SOL)
W 5–0 		 Gabriel Dauphin (TAH)
W 5–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
De Niro Pao Men's 67 kg  Josaia Veiqarav (FIJ)
W 4–1 		 Raphael Dauphin (TAH)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Keanu Naden Men's 86 kg  Kua Gunua Mua (PNG)
L 0–5 		Did not advance


Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2023 Pacific Games
Summary
Team roster

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2023 Pacific Games
Men
Women

Touch rugby

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2023 Pacific Games
Summary
Team Event Round-robin Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Niue men's Men's Norfolk Island Norfolk Island
– 		Kiribati Kiribati
– 		Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
– 		Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
– 		Cook Islands Cook Islands
– 		Fiji Fiji
– 		Samoa Samoa
–
Niue women's Women's Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
– 		Kiribati Kiribati
– 		Samoa Samoa
– 		Cook Islands Cook Islands
– 		Fiji Fiji
– 		Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
– 		—
Niue mixed Mixed Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
– 		Kiribati Kiribati
– 		Samoa Samoa
– 		Cook Islands Cook Islands
– 		Fiji Fiji
– 		Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
– 		—

Men's tournament

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2023 Pacific Games – Men's tournament
Men's roster

Women's tournament

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
Women's roster

Mixed tournament

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2023 Pacific Games – Mixed tournament
Mixed team roster
  • Mixed team event – one team of 14 players from men's and women's squads

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pacific Games
Athlete Event Snatch Rank Clean & jerk Rank Total Rank
Callum Makatoa Men's -109 kg
Ramsi Edwards Women's +87 kg

References

  1. ^ a b c d "***ANNOUNCEMENT***TEAM NIUE PACIFIC GAMES 2023***". Facebook. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ Magaoa, Sariah. "Niue team heading to Pacific Games officially named". TV Niue. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ Tora, Iliesa. "Heavyweight boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams to lead Niue's Pacific Games medal bid". RNZ. Retrieved 31 October 2023.