Vanuatu to host the 2017 Pacific Mini Games
Vanuatu has won the right to host the 10th Pacific Mini Games in 2017 following a close victory against Northern Mariana Islands and Nauru at the Pacific Games Council's General Assembly on 4 September 2011.
In the first round of voting the 22 Pacific Games Asscoations (PGAs) voted as follows: Vanuatu 8, Northern Mariana Islands 8, Nauru 6. With Nauru thereby eliminated, a second ballot was held in which Vanuatu prevailed over Northern Mariana Islands by 13 votes to 9.