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 edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's | Tahiti | New Caledonia | Guam |
Women's | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | Fiji |
Men's tournament edit
Group stage edit
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tahiti | 4 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 113 | +127 | 8 |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 237 | 181 | +56 | 7 |
Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 199 | +14 | 6 |
Fiji | 4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 208 | +14 | 5 |
New Hebrides | 4 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 277 | –211 | 4 |
Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Caledonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 119 | +59 | 6 |
Guam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | 120 | +39 | 5 |
American Samoa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 178 | –51 | 4 |
Nauru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 188 | –49 | 3 |
Knockout stage edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Tahiti | 58 | |||||
Guam | 42 | |||||
Tahiti | 42 | |||||
New Caledonia | 23 | |||||
New Caledonia | 47 | |||||
Papua New Guinea | 36 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Guam | 63 | |||||
Papua New Guinea | 47 |
Semi-finals edit
Bronze-medal match edit
Gold-medal match edit
Women's tournament edit
Round robin edit
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Knockout stage edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Tahiti | 53 | |||||
Fiji | 47 | |||||
Tahiti | 35 | |||||
Papua New Guinea | 31 | |||||
Papua New Guinea | 40 | |||||
New Caledonia | 19 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Fiji | 42 | |||||
New Caledonia | 30 |
Semi-finals edit
Bronze-medal match edit
Gold-medal match edit
References edit
- ^ "Men Basketball II South Pacific Games 1966 - 12 Noumea (NCL) - Winner French Polinesia". Todor66. 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 26 August 2020.