2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup

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2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup
3rd FIBA Women's Melanesian
Basketball Cup
2025 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countrySolomon Islands
City Honiara
Dates13−18 October
Teams5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Third placeFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
← 2022

The 2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup was the third edition of the FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup, an international women's basketball tournament contested by national teams of Melanesian sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. It was played in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 13 to 18 October 2025. [1] This tournament also served as the sub-regional qualification for the women's basketball event of the 2027 Pacific Games in Tahiti. Fiji successfully defended their title from the previous championship, after defeating Papua New Guinea in the final, 57–44.

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Participating teams

Format

In the group phase, the all five participating teams played round-robin in one group. The top two teams from this group advanced to the final; the third and fourth teams advanced to the third place match.

All times are local (Solomon Islands Time; UTC+11).

Group phase

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 440276166+1108 Final
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 431260177+837
3Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 422245209+366 Third place match
4Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands (H)413147225−785
5Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 404158309−1514
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
13 October 2025
11:00
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg82–36Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 17–9, 26–9, 26–7
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
13 October 2025
16:00
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg30–63Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 3–22, 9–18, 10–14, 8–9
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
14 October 2025
13:30
New Caledonia  Flag of FLNKS.svg70–76 (OT)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 14–21, 11–17, 20–15,  Overtime: 5–11
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
14 October 2025
18:30
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg60–34Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 4–13, 23–13, 18–3
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
15 October 2025
16:00
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg43–64Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 9–12, 6–18, 21–14
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
15 October 2025
18:30
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg53–37Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 13–10, 7–11, 18–7
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
16 October 2025
13:30
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg103–42Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 25–14, 20–12, 32–12
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
16 October 2025
16:00
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg23–65Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 11–13, 4–16, 0–15
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
17 October 2025
11:00
New Caledonia  Flag of FLNKS.svg48–60Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 9–11, 8–15, 16–17
The Friendship Hall, Honiara
17 October 2025
18:30
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg37–60Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 12–20, 9–15, 8–12
The Friendship Hall, Honiara

Third place match

18 October 2025
New Caledonia  Flag of FLNKS.svg0–20
(Forfeit)		Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands

Note: The New Caledonia Basketball Federation has withdrawn from the bronze medal matches against the Solomon Islands in both the men’s and women’s divisions. The decision comes as a result of travel arrangements and flight changes beyond their control. As a result, both bronze medal matches have been forfeited in favour of the Solomon Islands.

Final

18 October 2025
15:30
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg44–57Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 1–14, 6–20, 21–15
The Friendship Hall, Honiara

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2–3
4Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 2–3
5Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0–4
Qualified for the 2027 Pacific Games

References

  1. ↑ "Solomon Islands to Host FIBA Melanesian Cup and FIBA Women's Melanesian Cup". www.fiba.basketball.


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