2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup

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2017 FIBA Melanesian Cup
1st FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Dates27–30 September
Teams 4
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Flag of FLNKS.svg Sillant (10.7)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (55.3)
Rebounds Flag of Fiji.svg Whippy (5.7)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (30.0)
Assists Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Li. Wright (2.3)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (9.3)
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The 2017 FIBA Melanesian 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]

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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. [2]

The hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the entire tournament winning all of their games, including the championship game against New Caledonia to win the maiden championship. Both finalists and third placer Fiji qualified and represented the Melanesia Region for the basketball tournament of the 2019 Pacific Games. [3]

Teams

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

Preliminary round

Papua New Guinea dominated the preliminary round with an unbeaten record.

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 330249166+836Final
2Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 321240209+315
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 312189207184Third place game
4Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 303140236963
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2017
17:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg7073Flag of FLNKS.svg  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  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg7937Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  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  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg5170Flag of Fiji.svg  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  Flag of FLNKS.svg8087Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  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  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg5287Flag of FLNKS.svg  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  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg8349Flag of Fiji.svg  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  Flag of Fiji.svg6343Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  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  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg8163Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 21–9, 26–19, 17–17
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

Final standings

The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.

Legend
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 2–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2–2
4Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0–4

Awards

 2017 FIBA Melanesian Champions 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
Papua New Guinea
1st title

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