2015 Pacific Games
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As of September 2007 there are five South Pacific island nations bidding for the 2015 Pacific Games:
On 27 September 2009, the Pacific Games Council, at its meeting coinciding with the 2009 Pacific Mini Games
, elected Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
as the host of the 2015 Games. The final vote was 25-22 in favor of Port Moresby over Tonga to host.
- American SamoaAmerican SamoaAmerican Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
, - Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
, - Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, - TongaTongaTonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
and - VanuatuVanuatuVanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
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On 27 September 2009, the Pacific Games Council, at its meeting coinciding with the 2009 Pacific Mini Games
2009 Pacific Mini Games
The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was the 8th edition of the Games. They were held in the Cook Islands from September 21-October 2.-Participating countries:21 countries are schedule to participate at the 2009 Games: -Sports:...
, elected Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...
as the host of the 2015 Games. The final vote was 25-22 in favor of Port Moresby over Tonga to host.