Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

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]

Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySolomon Islands
CityHoniara
Dates17 – 25 November 2023
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Friendship Hall

Format

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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

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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

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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

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Group A

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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
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
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

18 November 2023
13:30
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
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

19 November 2023
11:15
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

20 November 2023
09:00
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
20 November 2023
20:15
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

Group B

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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
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
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
17 November 2023
14:30
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

20 November 2023
13:30
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
20 November 2023
15:45
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

21 November 2023
11:15
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
21 November 2023
18:00
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

Final round

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PlayoffsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
24 November
 
 
  Samoa55
 
22 November
 
  Tahiti56
 
  Guam56
 
25 November
 
  Tahiti64
 
  Tahiti53
 
 
  Cook Islands46
 
 
24 November
 
 
  Cook Islands51
 
22 November
 
  Fiji50 Bronze medal match
 
  Fiji75
 
25 November
 
  Tonga46
 
  Samoa55
 
 
  Fiji63
 

Finals

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Final standing

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

References

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  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.