Basketball at the 1966 South Pacific Games explained

The 1966 South Pacific Games was the second time that basketball was played at the South Pacific Games. Nine teams competed in the men's competition while for the first time a women's competition took place with five teams competing in the women's tournaments.

French Polynesia took out both gold medals with the national team defeating New Caledonia in the men's final while they defeated Papua New Guinea in the women's.[1]

Medal summary

Men's
Women's

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Pts
440240113+1278
431237181+567
422213199+146
413222208+145
40466277–2114

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Group B

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330180119+596
321159120+395
312127178–514
Nauru303139188–493

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Knockout stage

Gold-medal match

Women's tournament

Round robin

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Knockout stage

Gold-medal match

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016. Men Basketball II South Pacific Games 1966 - 12 Noumea (NCL) - Winner French Polinesia. Todor66. 26 August 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518042127/http://todor66.com/basketball/Oceania/Men_Pacific_1966.html . 2015-05-18 .