2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup

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2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup
1st FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Dates19−24 November
Teams 4
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
(1st title)
MVP Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Keziah-Brittany Lewis
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The 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Polynesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by Samoa from 19 to 24 November 2018. Matches were played at the NUS Gymnasium. [1]

Contents

The tournament serves as qualifiers for the basketball events of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa with three berths for Polynesia allocated for the top three teams, excluding Samoa, in this tournament. [2]

The Cook Islands romped its way to the Gold Medal with a perfect 4-0 record punctuated by a dominating 91-58 win over Tahiti in the final. [3] The finalists, along with the hosts Samoa, who prevailed over American Samoa in the Bronze Medal Match, will represent Polynesia in the women's basketball tournament of the 2019 Pacific Games, which will be also held in Samoa.

Teams

Tonga withdrew from competition.

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 330225109+1166Semi-finals
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 321217138+795
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (H)31218919124
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 303942871933
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
19 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg10632Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter:26–12, 26–2, 29–6, 25–12
Pts: Lefranc 33
Rebs: Lefranc, Salem 6
Asts: Lefranc 6
Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 11
Rebs: E. Taufa'asau, Rae. Toleafoa 7
Asts: Rh. Toleafoa, Rae. Toleafoa, Masoli 1
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
19 November 2018
19:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg4780Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 4–24, 14–21, 19–17
Pts: Manumaleuga 16
Rebs: Ropati 8
Asts: Kelsall 2
Pts: K. Lewis 19
Rebs: A. Lewis, Pilitati 7
Asts: Kiriau 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

20 November 2018
13:00
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg3553Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 6–17, 15–11, 5–13
Pts: Lefranc 12
Rebs: Lefranc 10
Asts: M. Tepu, Lextreyt 2
Pts: K. Lewis 15
Rebs: Sadler 12
Asts: Main 5
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
20 November 2018
17:00
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg3589Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 11–19, 3–26, 10–23
Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 8
Rebs: Vaiomounga, Rae. Toleafoa 6
Asts: Masoli, Rae. Toleafoa 3
Pts: Manumaleuga 21
Rebs: Sau 13
Asts: Manumaleuga 6
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

21 November 2018
13:00
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg9227Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter:24–7, 17–6, 22–12, 29–2
Pts: K. Lewis 19
Rebs: Katu 10
Asts: Kiriau 6
Pts: Rae. Toleafoa 7
Rebs: Vaiomounga 6
Asts: Masoli, Rh. Toleafoa 2
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
21 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg7653Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Scoring by quarter:14–9, 16–14, 21–22, 25–8
Pts: Lefranc 19
Rebs: Lefranc 16
Asts: Lextreyt 6
Pts: Sau 15
Rebs: Sau 8
Asts: Muaulu 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final round

Semi-finals

23 November 2018
13:00
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg9244Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter:19–11, 29–1, 22–18, 22–14
Pts: K. Lewis 22
Rebs: Sadler, Katu 7
Asts: Sadler 5
Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 20
Rebs: Rac. Toleafoa 10
Asts: Masoli 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
23 November 2018
19:00
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg9175Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 25–4, 23–18, 27–27
Pts: Lefranc 25
Rebs: Lefranc 19
Asts: A. Tepu 8
Pts: Manumaleuga 34
Rebs: Ropati 18
Asts: Le'Au'Anae 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Third place game

24 November 2018
13:00
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg5370Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 14–18, 14–19, 12–17
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final

24 November 2018
17:00
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg9158Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–7, 25–19, 24–15
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games as the hosts.
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 5–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2–3
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 0–5

Awards

 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian champions 
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
Cook Islands
1st title

See also

Notes

  1. Tonga originally qualified for this tournament but withdrew prior to the start of the tournament, with as of this posting, no official statement yet has been released. [4]

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