Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's |  Tahiti |  New Caledonia |  Guam |
| Women's | Tahiti |  Papua New Guinea |  Fiji |
The 1966 South Pacific Games was the second time that basketball was played at the South Pacific Games. Nine teams competed in the men's competition while for the first time a women's competition took place with five teams competing in the women's tournaments.
French Polynesia took out both gold medals with the national team defeating New Caledonia in the men's final while they defeated Papua New Guinea in the women's. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | Tahiti | New Caledonia | Guam |
| Women's | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | Fiji |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahiti | 4 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 113 | +127 | 8 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 237 | 181 | +56 | 7 |
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 199 | +14 | 6 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 208 | +14 | 5 |
 New Hebrides | 4 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 277 | –211 | 4 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 119 | +59 | 6 |
| Guam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | 120 | +39 | 5 |
 American Samoa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 178 | –51 | 4 |
 Nauru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 188 | –49 | 3 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Tahiti | 58 | |||||
| Guam | 42 | |||||
| Tahiti | 42 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 23 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 47 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Guam | 63 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | |||||
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Tahiti | 53 | |||||
| Fiji | 47 | |||||
| Tahiti | 35 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 19 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Fiji | 42 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 30 | |||||
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