Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games
| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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.
Competition format
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.
Qualification
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]
Men's tournament
Qualified teams
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 |  Samoa
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| 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 |  Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Fiji
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| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 |  Guam
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| 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Tahiti Tonga
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| Wildcard | 19 February 2019 | 1 |  Solomon Islands
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| Total | 8 |
Women's tournament
Qualified teams
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 | Samoa
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| 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 | Papua New Guinea Fiji New Caledonia
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| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 | Guam
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| 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Cook Islands Tahiti
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| Wildcard | 15 March 2019 | 1 |  American Samoa
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| Total | 8 |
Men's 3x3 tournament
Women's 3x3 tournament
Participating nations
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)
Medal summary
Medal table
* 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 | |
Results
References
- ^ FIBA Oceania announces sub-zone qualification tournaments, FIBA Oceania, retrieved March 29, 2016
- ^ New qualification process for basketball, The National, retrieved February 24, 2017
- ^ "2019 Pacific Games schedule and format finalized". FIBA Oceania. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.