The event was last held a decade ago but is but is being revived in an attempt to address the country's poor performance at the Olympics, Commonwealth and Pacific Games.
CEO of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee, Fa'amausili Taiva Ah Young, said research showed there was not enough competition locally to prepare elite athletes.
"That was how we decided to have a competition. In actual fact we now have three competitions: one is in April, one is in June and the main one is the Samoa Games."
