Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games
men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
DatesJuly 8–16
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Guam (4th title)
2015
2023

The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Apia, Samoa from 8–16 July.[1] In the final, Guam won gold with a nine-point victory over Tahiti. Fiji ended up with the bronze.[2]

Format[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

Eight countries have qualified and are expected to compete in the men's basketball tournament:[1]

Entrants[edit]

Qualified From

 Papua New Guinea
 New Caledonia
 Fiji
 Guam
 Tahiti
 Samoa
 Tonga
 Solomon Islands

2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (1st)
2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (2nd)
2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (3rd)
2018 FIBA Micronesia Basketball Cup (1st)
2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (1st)
2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (2nd) & Host
2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (3rd)
Wild card

Group stage[edit]

All times are local (UTC+13)

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Guam 3 3 0 295 207 +88 6 Advance to the semi-final round
2  New Caledonia 3 2 1 219 223 −4 5 Advance to the quarter-final round
3  Samoa (H) 3 1 2 242 271 −29 4
4  Tonga 3 0 3 226 281 −55 3 Advance to the classification round
Source: FIBA Oceania
Rules for classification: a. points; b. win–loss record; c. goal average; d. head-to-head records; e. quotient system
(H) Hosts
9 July 2019
14:15
Tonga  71–82  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 22–14, 20–19, 18–24
Pts: Alipate 44
Rebs: Foketi 9
Asts: Paea 3
Pts: Adjouhgniope 21
Rebs: Mathelon, Tetainanuari 7
Asts: Adjouhgniope 4
9 July 2019
18:45
Samoa  81–105  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 22–20, 22–36, 24–20
Pts: Leusogi Ape 32
Rebs: Leusogi Ape, Levy 6
Asts: Atoa, Hunt 2
Pts: Hechanova 22
Rebs: R. Wesley 10
Asts: Stinnett 2

11 July 2019
14:15
Tonga  65–101  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 8–21, 14–28, 25–33
Pts: Alipate 26
Rebs: Foketi 9
Asts: Alipate 3
Pts: Simon 30
Rebs: Galloway 13
Asts: Calvo, T. Wesley 3
11 July 2019
18:45
New Caledonia  76–63  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–19, 31–15, 13–15
Pts: Adjouhgniope 15
Rebs: Adjouhgniope 10
Asts: Delaunay-Belleville, Ha Ho 2
Pts: McFarland 20
Rebs: McFarland 15
Asts: Sio, McFarland, Atoa 2

13 July 2019
14:15
[Report]
Guam  89–61  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
13 July 2019
18:45
[Report]
Samoa  98–90  Tonga
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 3 0 232 168 +64 6 Advance to the semi-final round
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 237 177 +60 5 Advance to the quarter-final round
3  Tahiti 3 1 2 206 205 +1 4
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 3 124 249 −125 3 Advance to the classification round
Source: FIBA Oceania
Rules for classification: a. points; b. win–loss record; c. goal average; d. head-to-head records; e. quotient system
8 July 2019
14:15
Papua New Guinea  86–48  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 21–9, 18–10, 23–14
Pts: Leahy 14
Rebs: Li. Wright 8
Asts: Apiko 3
Pts: Boardman 12
Rebs: Tingiia, Masaea 6
Asts: Basia 3
8 July 2019
16:30
Fiji  80–66  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 16–24, 21–21, 25–15
Pts: M. Whippy 19
Rebs: M. Whippy 16
Asts: J. Fox 3
Pts: Meuel 21
Rebs: Meuel, Apeang, Tinirauarii 3
Asts: Lextreyt, Liu 3

10 July 2019
14:15
Tahiti  51–93  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 8–21, 11–32, 17–13
Pts: Meuel 10
Rebs: Apeang 4
Asts: Meuel, Mui 2
Pts: Wright 21
Rebs: Wright 12
Asts: Hewe, Muri, Farmer 2
10 July 2019
16:30
Solomon Islands  44–74  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 6–24, 17–17, 11–10

12 July 2019
14:15
Solomon Islands  32–89  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 4–19, 6–21, 15–24
12 July 2019
16:30
Fiji  78–58  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 18–13, 25–13, 19–15

Final round[edit]

 
PlayoffsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
16 July
 
 
 Guam122
 
15 July
 
 Papua New Guinea67
 
 Papua New Guinea75
 
17 July
 
 Samoa63
 
 Guam83
 
 
 Tahiti74
 
 
16 July
 
 
 Fiji72
 
15 July
 
 Tahiti75 Bronze medal match
 
 New Caledonia55
 
17 July
 
 Tahiti65
 
 Fiji72
 
 
 Papua New Guinea49
 

Classification 7th-8th[edit]

15 July 2019
11:00
Tonga  100–55  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 26–17, 24–13, 31–13

Playoffs[edit]

15 July 2019
13:00
New Caledonia  55–65  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 19–11, 11–21, 10–20

15 July 2019
19:00
Papua New Guinea  75–63  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–15, 15–14, 20–15

Classification 5th-6th[edit]

16 July 2019
11:00
New Caledonia  84–82  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 21–16, 27–25, 20–21

Semifinals[edit]

16 July 2019
15:00
Fiji  72–75  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–15, 10–14, 23–24

16 July 2019
19:00
Guam  122–67  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 31–8, 33–22, 25–18

Bronze medal match[edit]

17 July 2019
13:00
Fiji  72–49  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 15–7, 9–17, 22–16

Final[edit]

17 July 2019
18:00
Tahiti  74–83  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 17–14, 20–24, 22–20

Final standing[edit]

Rank Team Record Qualified to
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Guam 5–0 Pre-Qualifiers Asia Cup 2025 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tahiti 3–3 Pre-Qualifier Asia Cup 2025 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 4–1
4  Papua New Guinea 3–3
5  New Caledonia 3–2
6  Samoa 1–4
7  Tonga 1–3
8  Solomon Islands 0–4

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2019 Pacific Games schedule and format finalized". FIBA Oceania. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "GUAM RETAINS CROWN AND COMPLETES PACIFIC GAMES BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SWEEP". 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.