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Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games

Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games was played at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in August 1969. Men's and women's tournaments were held with eight and six teams, respectively, competing.

After a round robin stage the teams in the top two positions played off for the gold and silver medals, and the teams in the third and fourth positions played off for the bronze medal.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's   Tahiti   Papua New Guinea   New Caledonia
Women's   Papua New Guinea   Tahiti   Fiji

Men's tournament

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Standings

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Qualified for the Finals
Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:[1]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Tahiti 7 7 0 533 269 285 14
  Papua New Guinea 7 5 2 416 248 -5 10
  Guam 7 5 2 544 421 168 10
  New Caledonia 7 5 2 499 376 -45 10
  Nauru 7 2 5 390 544 -25 4
  American Samoa 7 2 5 374 415 -131 4
  Fiji 7 2 5 463 505 -228 4
  Solomon Islands 7 0 7 250 691 250 0

Group matches

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August 1969
Tahiti   43–40   Papua New Guinea
August 1969
Tahiti   79–38   Guam
August 1969
Tahiti   67–47   New Caledonia
August 1969
Tahiti   101–29   Nauru
August 1969
Tahiti   63–47   American Samoa
August 1969
Tahiti   73–45   Fiji
August 1969
Tahiti   107–23   Solomon Islands
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   54–44   Guam
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   66–28   Nauru
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   67–32   American Samoa
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   71–42   Fiji
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   83–15   Solomon Islands
August 1969
Guam   75–64   New Caledonia
August 1969
Guam   108–63   Nauru
August 1969
Guam   85–60   American Samoa
August 1969
Guam   85–59   Fiji
August 1969
Guam   109–42   Solomon Islands
August 1969
New Caledonia   44–35   Papua New Guinea
August 1969
New Caledonia   100–49   Nauru
August 1969
New Caledonia   51–36   American Samoa
August 1969
New Caledonia   88–80   Fiji
August 1969
New Caledonia   105–34   Solomon Islands
August 1969
Nauru   81–72   Fiji
August 1969
Nauru   86–41   Solomon Islands
August 1969
American Samoa   56–54   Nauru
August 1969
American Samoa   90–41   Solomon Islands
August 1969
Fiji   54–53   American Samoa
August 1969
Fiji   111–54   Solomon Islands

Bronze medal game

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August 1969
Guam   64–72   New Caledonia

Men's final

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August 1969
Tahiti   56–39   Papua New Guinea

Women's tournament

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Standings

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Qualified for the Finals
Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:[1]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Papua New Guinea 4 3 1 227 110 +117 6
  Tahiti 4 3 1 203 120 +83 6
  Fiji 2 2 2 241 151 +90 4
  New Caledonia 4 2 2 182 182 0 4
  Guam 4 0 4 81 371 −290 10

Group matches

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August 1969
Papua New Guinea   23–17   Tahiti
August 1969
New Caledonia   43–34   Fiji
August 1969
New Caledonia   64–42   Guam
August 1969
Fiji   117–14   Guam
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   51–26   New Caledonia
August 1969
Tahiti   82–16   Guam
August 1969
Tahiti   55–49   New Caledonia
August 1969
Papua New Guinea   108–9   Guam
August 1969
Tahiti   49–32   Fiji
August 1969
Fiji   58–45   Papua New Guinea

Bronze medal playoff

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August 1969
Fiji   50–28   New Caledonia

Women's final

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August 1969
Papua New Guinea   35–33   Tahiti

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Men Basketball III South Pacific Games 1969 - 08 Port Moresby (PNG) - Winner French Polinesia". Todor66. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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