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| Pacific Games Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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| Apia 2019 | |||||||||
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| Games | 2019 Pacific Games | ||||||||
| Host nation | Samoa | ||||||||
| City | Apia | ||||||||
| Duration | 8–16 July | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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Basketball is one of the 26 sports scheduled for the 2019 Pacific Games which will be held in Apia, Samoa.
The 8 teams will be split into two pools of four where round-robin matches will be played with the top two from each pool advancing to the semi-finals or the medal play-offs.
For the first time ever, teams would have to qualify for the event in order to participate in the basketball competition either for men or women through sub-zone qualification tournaments in Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. [1] [2]
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 |  Samoa |
| 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 |  Papua New Guinea  New Caledonia  Fiji |
| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 |  Guam |
| 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Tahiti  Tonga |
| Wildcard | 19 February 2019 | 1 |  Solomon Islands |
| Total | 8 |
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 | Samoa |
| 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 | Papua New Guinea Fiji New Caledonia |
| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 | Guam |
| 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Cook Islands Tahiti |
| Wildcard | 15 March 2019 | 1 |  American Samoa |
| Total | 8 |
Ten countries are expected to compete in basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games: [3]
American Samoa (12) Cook Islands (12) Fiji (24) Guam (24) New Caledonia (24) Papua New Guinea (24) Samoa (24) (Host) Solomon Islands (12) French Polynesia (24) Tonga (12)* Host nation (Samoa)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | American Samoa (ASA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guam (GUM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Fiji (FIJ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Samoa (SAM)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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