2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup

The 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by nations of the newly formed Melanesia FIBA Oceania sub-zone. The inaugural edition of the women's tournament were held together alongside the Men's tournament in Port Moresby, 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 Women's Melanesia Cup
1st FIBA Women's 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 women's basketball event of the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa with three berths for Melanesia allocated for the top three teams in this tournament. Hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the women's 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 round going through undefeated.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 229 155 +74 6 Final
2  Fiji 3 2 1 183 166 +17 5
3  Solomon Islands 3 1 2 166 234 −68 4 Third place match
4  New Caledonia 3 0 3 149 175 −26 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2017
13:00 (GMT+10)
Solomon Islands  59–53  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 20–12, 13–17, 12–19
Pts: Sade 13
Rebs: Daiwo 8
Asts: Maea-Lee 6		 Pts: Moutry 12
Rebs: Puleoto 7
Asts: Pei 2
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
27 September 2017
15:00 (GMT+10)
Papua New Guinea  63–54  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 16–6, 17–16, 14–19
Pts: Koivi 11
Rebs: Angula 10
Asts: Angula 6		 Pts: Whippy 18
Rebs: Whippy 13
Asts: Whippy 2
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
28 September 2017
13:00 (GMT+10)
Fiji  76–54  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 20–9, 22–14, 17–11
Pts: Whippy 24
Rebs: Whippy 9
Asts: Ravai 3		 Pts: J.Basia 18
Rebs: Daiwo 4
Asts: Maea-Lee 3
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
28 September 2017
15:00 (GMT+10)
New Caledonia  48–61  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 12–15, 13–24, 14–6
Pts: Pei 15
Rebs: Luepak 14
Asts: Moutry 2		 Pts: Kairi 12
Rebs: Elavo 9
Asts: Angula 5
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
29 September 2017
13:00 (GMT+10)
Fiji  55–49  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 10–8, 14–9, 18–25
Pts: Whippy 21
Rebs: Whippy 11
Asts: Sautu 3		 Pts: Pei 12
Rebs: Luepak 10
Asts: Moutry 1
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
29 September 2017
15:00 (GMT+10)
Papua New Guinea  105–53  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 38–18, 25–11, 34–8
Pts: Angula 26
Rebs: Kairi
Asts: Kairi		 Pts: Sade 12
Rebs: Sade
Asts: Sade
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

Final round
Bronze medal match
30 September 2017
13:00 (GMT+10)
Solomon Islands  49–60  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
Gold medal match
30 September 2017
17:00 (GMT+10)
Papua New Guinea  77–58  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–10, 25–19, 13–13
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
 2017 Women's Melanesian
Basketball Championship Winners 

Papua New Guinea
1st title

Final rankings

The top three teams will qualify for the 2019 Pacific Games.

Legend
Qualified for:
Rank Team Record
 Papua New Guinea 4–0
 Fiji 2–2
 New Caledonia 1–3
4  Solomon Islands 1–3

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.

2. http://www.fiba.com/news/countdown-to-the-fiba-melanesia-cup-begins FIBA. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017

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