2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup

The 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Melanesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The inaugural edition of the tournament were hosted by Papua New Guinea from 27 to 30 September 2017. Matches were played at the Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre. It was officially launched on 19 May 2017.[1]

2017 FIBA Melanesia Cup
1st FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Papua New Guinea
Dates27–30 September
Teams4
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Papua New Guinea
(1st title)
Official website

The tournament served as qualifiers for the basketball event of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa with three berths for Melanesia allocated for the top three teams in this tournament. Additionally the top two teams also qualified for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup pre-qualification tournament in 2023.[2] Hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the tournament winning all of their games, including the final.

Teams

The following national teams participated according to FIBA.[2][1]

Preliminary round

Papua New Guinea dominated the preliminary rounds going through undefeated.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 249 166 +83 6 Final
2  New Caledonia 3 2 1 240 209 +31 5
3  Fiji 3 1 2 189 207 −18 4 Third place match
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 3 140 236 −96 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2017
17:00
Fiji  70–73  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–22, 10–11, 16–22
Pts: Whippy 27
Rebs: Whippy 17
Asts: Whippy 2		 Pts: Sillant 18
Rebs: Sillant 6
Asts: Delaunay-Belleville 1
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
27 September 2017
19:00
Papua New Guinea  79–37  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 22–5, 23–13, 20–7
Pts: Kala 15
Rebs: Wright 8
Asts: Wright 6		 Pts: Gwali 9
Rebs: Masaea 8
Asts: Basia, Masaea 2
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
28 September 2017
17:00
Solomon Islands  51–70  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 10–26, 17–6, 10–17
Pts: Gwali 9
Rebs: Masaea 8
Asts: Masaea 2		 Pts: Whippy 27
Rebs: Whippy 17
Asts: Whippy 2
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
28 September 2017
19:00
New Caledonia  80–87  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 19–20, 14–25, 29–24
Pts: Chevrin 17
Rebs: Weber 5
Asts: Weber 1		 Pts: Farmer 20
Rebs: Apiko 10
Asts: A. Muri 3
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
29 September 2017
17:00
Solomon Islands  52–87  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 8–36, 15–19, 21–12, 8–20
Pts: Masaea 11
Rebs: Masaea
Asts: Masaea		 Pts: Sillant 23
Rebs: Chevrin
Asts: Chevrin
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
29 September 2017
19:00
Papua New Guinea  83–49  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 23–13, 26–13, 20–12
Pts: Wright 15
Rebs: Banduru
Asts: Banduru		 Pts: Whippy 16
Rebs: Whippy
Asts: Whippy
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

Final round
Bronze medal match
30 September 2017
15:00
Fiji  63–43  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 17–10, 14–11, 15–10
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
Gold medal match
30 September 2017
19:00
Papua New Guinea  81–63  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 21–9, 26–19, 17–17
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
 2017 Melanesian
Basketball Championship Winners 

Papua New Guinea
1st title

Final rankings

The top two teams will qualify for the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup pre-qualification tournament and the top three teams will qualify for the 2019 Pacific Games.

Legend
Qualified for:
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Rank Team Record
 Papua New Guinea 4–0
 New Caledonia 2–2
 Fiji 2–2
4  Solomon Islands 0–4

See also

References
  1. "Countdown to the FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup begins". FIBA. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. "FIBA officially announces host and dates for the FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup". FIBA. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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