Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games was played at Suva in Fiji with 6 teams competing in the men's tournament.
| Men's Basketball | align=center | align=center | align=center | Papua New Guinea |
Final standings after the round robin tournament:
| width=200 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | 6 | 6 | 0 | 465 | 240 | +225 | 12 | ||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 5 | 1 | 323 | 272 | +51 | 10 | ||||||||
| align=left | Nauru | 6 | 3 | 3 | 301 | 318 | -17 | 6 | |||||||
| align=left | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 282 | 332 | -50 | 6 | |||||||
| align=left | 6 | 2 | 4 | 274 | 301 | -27 | 4 | ||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 2 | 4 | 259 | 314 | -55 | 4 | ||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 0 | 6 | 230 | 357 | -127 | 0 |
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--------Papua New Guinea defeated Nauru, to win the bronze medal in extra time.