Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
City	Honiara
Dates	17 – 25 November 2023
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Friendship Hall
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The women's basketball tournament at the 2023 Pacific Games was the 16th edition of the event for women at the Pacific Games. It was held from 17 to 25 November 2023. All games were played at the Friendship Hall in Honiara, Solomon Islands.^[1]^[2]

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The first-placed teams of each group advanced straight into the semifinals with the second- and third-placed teams playing a two match qualifying finals before advancing. After the preliminary round, the teams were matched according to their results with the playoffs featuring only six teams (top three of each group). From there on a knockout system was used.

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament is as follows.^[3]

G	Group stage	Q	Qualifying finals	C	Classification	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	F	Finals

Event↓/Date →	17th Fri	18th Sat	19th Sun	20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23rd Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat
Women	G	G	G	G	G	Q	C	½	F

Qualified teams

Qualification method	Date	Berths	Qualified team
Host Nation	—	—	Solomon Islands
2022 FIBA Women's Micronesia Basketball Cup	8−11 June 2022	1	Guam
2022 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup	26−29 October 2022	2	Fiji Papua New Guinea
2022 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup	1−5 November 2022	2	Cook Islands Samoa
Wildcard	16 December 2022	2	~~New Caledonia~~^[4] Tahiti Tonga^[5]
Total		8

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Samoa	3	3	0	227	164	+63	6	Advance to the semi-final round
2	Fiji	3	2	1	211	158	+53	5	Advance to the quarter-final round
3	Guam	3	1	2	140	168	−28	4	Advance to the quarter-final round
4	Solomon Islands (H)	3	0	3	133	221	−88	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

17 November 2023
19:30

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Samoa	83–46	Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 25–9, 25–5, 17–11
Pts: Paraha, Filemu 19 Rebs: Oloapu, Tutani 7 Asts: Tutani 3		Pts: Kio 17 Rebs: Animamu 9 Asts: Animamu 3

Friendship Hall, Honiara

18 November 2023
13:30

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Solomon Islands	43–82	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 11–29, 3–12, 15–20
Pts: Basia 12 Rebs: Animamu 7 Asts: three players 1		Pts: Koyamainavure 22 Rebs: Vocea 10 Asts: Mendez 4

Friendship Hall, Honiara
Attendance: 224

18 November 2023
15:45

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Guam	44–69	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 6–19, 14–16, 8–15
Pts: Pangilinan 13 Rebs: Benito 12 Asts: Pardilla 2		Pts: Paraha 17 Rebs: Fualau 8 Asts: three players 2

Friendship Hall, Honiara

19 November 2023
11:15

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Fiji	55–40	Guam
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 9–9, 18–19, 14–2
Pts: Kenny 19 Rebs: Kenny 14 Asts: Koyamainavure 4		Pts: Castro 18 Rebs: Benito, Bailey 9 Asts: Pangilinan 2

Friendship Hall, Honiara

20 November 2023
09:00

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Samoa	75–74	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 21–23, 23–13, 18–22
Pts: Filemu 21 Rebs: Oloapu 11 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Koyamainavure, Vocea 17 Rebs: Vocea 9 Asts: Koyamainavure 3

Friendship Hall, Honiara

20 November 2023
20:15

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Solomon Islands	44–56	Guam
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 4–16, 13–12, 9–5
Pts: Basia 12 Rebs: Basia 14 Asts: three players 1		Pts: Castro 32 Rebs: Benito 10 Asts: Pangilinan 2

Friendship Hall, Honiara

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cook Islands	3	3	0	190	135	+55	6	Advance to the semi-final round
2	Tahiti	3	2	1	200	137	+63	5	Advance to the quarter-final round
3	Tonga	3	1	2	155	184	−29	4	Advance to the quarter-final round
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	121	210	−89	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

17 November 2023
12:00

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Tonga	44–76	Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 10–23, 10–23, 9–15
Pts: Puloka 14 Rebs: Enari 10 Asts: Puloka 2		Pts: Sopoaga 17 Rebs: Sopoaga 10 Asts: Tuaiti 6

Friendship Hall, Honiara

17 November 2023
14:30

Report

Tahiti	84–38	Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 26–11, 21–5, 12–14
Pts: Tavanae 15 Rebs: Tavanae, Lefranc 9 Asts: Teissier 3		Pts: Asiba 9 Rebs: Hane 12 Asts: Kairi, Warabe 2

Friendship Hall, Honiara

20 November 2023
13:30

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Papua New Guinea	37–59	Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 11–9, 5–17, 10–16, 11–17
Pts: Hane 11 Rebs: Hane 10 Asts: Hane, Dobunaba 1		Pts: Tuaiti 21 Rebs: Tuaiti 10 Asts: Tuaiti 3

Friendship Hall, Honiara

20 November 2023
15:45

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Tahiti	62–44	Tonga
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 18–11, 16–15, 19–4
Pts: Teissier 20 Rebs: Tavanae 10 Asts: Tavanae 4		Pts: Manupule 20 Rebs: Puloka 10 Asts: Puloka 2

Friendship Hall, Honiara

21 November 2023
11:15

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Tonga	67–46	Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 11–12, 20–8, 17–12
Pts: Puloka 23 Rebs: Uaine 13 Asts: Uaine 2		Pts: Hane 17 Rebs: Hane 18 Asts: Muri 3

Friendship Hall, Honiara

21 November 2023
18:00

Report

Cook Islands	55–54	Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 8–14, 15–14, 16–10, 16–16
Pts: Pilitati 12 Rebs: Lewis 13 Asts: Tuaiti 4		Pts: Lefranc 10 Rebs: Tavanae 10 Asts: Ching-Bellais 3

Friendship Hall, Honiara

Final round

Playoffs		Semi-finals		Final




		24 November

		Samoa	55
22 November
		Tahiti	56
Guam	56
				25 November
Tahiti	64
				Tahiti	53

				Cook Islands	46

		24 November

		Cook Islands	51
22 November
		Fiji	50	Bronze medal match
Fiji	75
				25 November
Tonga	46
				Samoa	55

				Fiji	63

Finals

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Tahiti
	Cook Islands
	Fiji
4	Samoa
5	Guam
6	Tonga
7	Papua New Guinea
8	Solomon Islands

References

^ "Sports - Basketball 5×5". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "GOC release Sol2023 Sports Schedule". Sol2023. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Pacific Games Basketball schedule drops with 150 days to go". FIBA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ The Territorial Olympic and Sports Committee of New Caledonia withdrew their women's 5×5 team citing the team's lack of competitiveness.
^ Tongan women's 5×5 team became the eighth team following New Caledonia's withdrawal.

[1] "Sports - Basketball 5×5". 2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[2] "GOC release Sol2023 Sports Schedule". Sol2023. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[3] "Pacific Games Basketball schedule drops with 150 days to go". FIBA. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[4] The Territorial Olympic and Sports Committee of New Caledonia withdrew their women's 5×5 team citing the team's lack of competitiveness.

[5] Tongan women's 5×5 team became the eighth team following New Caledonia's withdrawal.

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