Editing Apia (section)

==Sport==

===Pacific Games===
Apia hosted the [[Pacific Games]] in 1983 for the first time in the country's history. The Games returned to Apia for the [[2007 Pacific Games]], in which [[Samoa]] finished third. A crowd of 20,000 attended the 2007 Games closing ceremony at [[Apia Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/172530/unprecedented-fireworks-display-closes-13th-south-pacific-games |title=Unprecedented fireworks display closes 13th South Pacific Games |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=10 September 2007 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>

===Association football===
Apia hosted the [[Oceania]] region's qualification matches for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]. As such, Apia was the location of the first goal scored in the 2010 qualifiers, by [[Pierre Wajoka]] of [[New Caledonia national football team|New Caledonia]] against [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=1135945.html |title=Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifying review |publisher=M.fifa.com |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325222607/http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=1135945.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The qualification matches commenced on 27 August 2007 and finished on 7 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futbolplanet.de/oceania/south_pacific_games/south_pacific_games_2007.htm |title=futbolplanet.de |publisher=futbolplanet.de |access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> All matches were played at the [[Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex]], which is named after [[FIFA]] president [[Sepp Blatter]].

The complex, based in Apia, is also the venue of the [[Samoa national football team]]'s home matches and has a capacity of 3,500.

===Judo===
The capital also hosted from 2009 to 2012 the [[International Judo Federation|IJF]] Judo World Cup, which was downgraded in 2013 to become a regional tournament called the 'Oceania Open'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/5497 |title=IJF World Cup Apia, Event, JudoInside |publisher=Judoinside.com |access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>

===Cricket===
Apia hosted the [[2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight]] tournament at the Faleata Oval's, which consists of four [[cricket]] grounds. The national teams of [[Samoa national cricket team|Samoa]], [[Belgium national cricket team|Belgium]], [[Japan national cricket team|Japan]], [[Suriname national cricket team|Suriname]], [[Ghana national cricket team|Ghana]], [[Bhutan national cricket team|Bhutan]], [[Norway national cricket team|Norway]] and [[Vanuatu national cricket team|Vanuatu]] took part. It was the first time a tournament officially sanctioned by the [[International Cricket Council]] had been held in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2012/TOURNAMENTS/WCL8/index.shtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221144640/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2012/TOURNAMENTS/WCL8/index.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2013 |title=World Cricket League Division 8, Apia (Samoa), September 2012 |publisher=cricketeurope4.net |access-date=17 September 2012 }}</ref>

===Basketball===
Apia hosted the [[2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup]] where [[Samoa's national basketball team]] finished runner-up.