Basketball at the Pacific Games explained

Basketball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been played since 1963. It has also been contested at the Pacific Mini Games and, from the games at Port Vila in 2017, under the 3x3 format.

Men's tournament

5x5

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
Gold	width=9%	Score	Silver	Bronze	width=9%	Score	Fourth Place
1963	Suva		No playoff			61–54		^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
1966	Nouméa		42–23			63–47		^[5] ^[6]
1969	Port Moresby		56–39			72–64		^[7] ^[8]
	Papeete		84–73			70–60		^[9] ^[10]
	Tumon		97–73			77–74		^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
	Suva		113–106			103–101		^[14] ^[15]
	Apia		86–77			109–79		^[16]
	Nouméa		91–63			101–87		^[17] ^[18]
1991	Port Moresby		No playoff			No playoff		^[19]
	Papeete		95–68			89–86		^[20] ^[21]
	Santa Rita		66–63			80–72		^[22]
	Suva		71–63			76–73		^[23] ^[24]
	Apia		95–58			85–76		^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]
2011	Nouméa		50–43			57–49
2015	Port Moresby		78–61			83–73		^[29]
2019	Apia		83–74			72–49		^[30]
2023	Honiara		51–47			97–61

3x3

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
Gold	width=9%	Score	Silver	Bronze	width=9%	Score	Fourth Place
2019	Apia		20–18			19–18		^[31]
2023	Honiara	TBD	–	TBD	TBD	–	TBD

Women's tournament

5x5

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
Gold	width=9%	Score	Silver	Bronze	width=9%	Score	Fourth Place
	Nouméa		35–31			42–30
1969	Port Moresby		35–33			50–28
	Papeete		58–41			No playoff
	Tumon		37–33			78–55
	Suva		75–68			80–47
	Apia		58–48			94–70
	Nouméa		59–46			95–37
1991	Port Moresby		Round- robin			Round- robin
	Papeete		64–44			63–55
	Santa Rita		58–42			70–55
	Suva		47–44			68–52		^[32]
	Apia		70–62			70–59		^[33]
2011	Nouméa		59–47			64–51
2015	Port Moresby		75–61			62–51		^[34]
2019	Apia		74–53			87–85		^[35]
2023	Honiara		53–46			63–55

3x3

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
Gold	width=9%	Score	Silver	Bronze	width=9%	Score	Fourth Place
2019	Apia		20–9			18–8
2023	Honiara	TBD	–	TBD	TBD	–	TBD

Medal table

These are the all time medal standings in Pacific Games basketball for both men and women in all formats of the game since 1963. Men's basketball has been contested since the inaugural games in 1963, while the women's tournament made its debut in the second games in 1966. The 3x3 format was added for both men and women in 2019.

Pacific Mini Games

Men

Games	Year	Host city	Medals			Refs
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball
	1997	Pago Pago
	2005	Koror				^[36]
Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13
Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball
	2017	Port Vila				^[37] ^[38] <	-- comment out 2021
	2021	Majuro				^[39] -->

Women

Games	Year	Host city	Medals			Refs
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball
	1997	Pago Pago
	2005	Koror				^[40]
Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13
Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball
	2017	Port Vila				^[41] ^[42] <	-- comment out 2019
	2021	Majuro				align=center	-->

Medals

Basketball was first played at the Pacific Mini Games in 1997. The 3x3 version was introduced for 2017.

See also

• FIBA Oceania Championship

Sources

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Notes and References

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2. Web site: 25 September 1963. Athlete from Nauru. The Canberra Times . 15 May 2015.
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6. Web site: 2010 . Men Basketball II South Pacific Games 1966 - 12 Noumea (NCL) - Winner French Polinesia . Todor66 . 18 May 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518042127/http://todor66.com/basketball/Oceania/Men_Pacific_1966.html . 18 May 2015.
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