Tuvalu at the 2015 Pacific Games

Tuvalu competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 4 to 18 July 2015. Nakibae Kitisane was the Chef de Mission. Tuvalu listed 101 competitors as of 4 July 2015. Four competitors qualified for two sports.

Tuvalu was ranked 19th at the Games, with 4 medals (1 gold - 0 silver - 3 bronze). Telupe Iosefa received the first ever gold medal won by Tuvalu at the Pacific Games in the powerlifting 120 kg male division.

Tuvalu qualified 7 athletes in track and field:

Tuvalu qualified 4 athletes in beach volleyball. The women played in Pool A of the competition and lost all the games in the preliminary rounds. The men played in Pool A of the competition and lost all the games in the preliminary rounds.

Tuvalu qualified 5 athletes in boxing:

the Tuvalu Powerlifting Federation qualified 15 athletes in powerlifting:

Tuvalu qualified 11 athletes in table tennis. The women played in the team event but did not progress beyond the round-robin matches. The men played in the team event but did not progress beyond the round-robin matches.

Tuvalu qualified 2 athletes in taekwondo:

Tuvalu qualified 4 athletes in tennis. They played in the team event but did not progress beyond the round-robin matches.

Tuvalu qualified a men's team in touch rugby (16 players). The Tuvalu team won against Tonga 6-5 (touchdowns) in the first game; they were defeated by Cook Islands 11-3 in the second game; they won against Kiribati 11-2 in the third game; and in the final game of the round robin competition, Tuvalu was defeated by Solomon Islands 10-4. The team did not proceed to the semi-finals and ended up in 6th place in the competition.:

Tuvalu qualified men's and women's teams in volleyball (28 players). The women played in Pool A of the competition and lost all the games in the preliminary rounds. The men played in Pool B of the competition and won the game against Nauru (3-2) but lost against Fiji, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Wallis and Futuna.

The Tuvalu Weightlifting Federation qualified 13 athletes in weightlifting. The Senior, Youth & Junior Oceania Weightlifting Championships 2015 were held same time as the Pacific Games weightlifting competition:

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