SASNOC were only awarded hosting rights in August after the Tongan government belatedly pulled the pin on their host agreement.
President of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee, Patrick Fepuleai, admitted time is not on their side but they've done it before and could do it again.
"I know it's exciting but it's an awful lot of hard work and the difference being normally you get a lot of time to prepare," he said.
"We've got a year and half left until the Games happen, so we really have to double up on our efforts to get things sorted out."
