Basketball was one of the 26 sports included in the 2019 Pacific Games which were held in Apia, Samoa.
Competition format The 8 teams were split into two pools of four where round-robin matches were played, with the top two from each pool advancing to the semi-finals or the medal play-offs.
Qualification For the first time, teams had to qualify for the event to participate in the basketball competition for both men and women through sub-zone qualification tournaments in Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Men's tournament
Qualified teams EventDateVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1 September 20171 Samoa2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup27−30 September 20173 Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Fiji2018 Micronesian Games15−23 July 20181 Guam2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup19−24 November 20182 Tahiti TongaWildcard 19 February 20191 Solomon Islands Total 8
Women's tournament
Qualified teams EventDateVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1 September 20171 Samoa2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup27−30 September 20173 Papua New Guinea Fiji New Caledonia2018 Micronesian Games15−23 July 20181 Guam2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup19−24 November 20182 Cook Islands TahitiWildcard 15 March 20191 American Samoa 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: (12) (12) (24) (24) (24) (24) (24) (Host) (12) (24) (12)
Medal summary Medal table
Results MenTomas CalvoEarvin JoseWillie Stinnett IIIBilly Belger IIIJP CruzMekeli WesleyDaren HechanovaBen Borja IIRussell WesleyTakumi SimonTai WesleyJonathan GallowayHeimoana TeamotuaitauAriirimarau MeuelTeva LextreytLandry LiuHaunui ApeangTevae TeihotuJacky Leau Kang MuiDerrick ScottMichel AudouinVairupe PerezRaimoana TinirauariiReihiti SommersMarques WhippyFilimone WaqabacaIsireli VuetibauOrisi NaivaluruaConrad FoxLeonard WhippyJoshua FoxHenry TabudukaJoshua MotufagaMataika KoyamainavureMarika BinatagiIliesa SalaucaWomenMahina Hannemann-GagoMalia NawahineSarah ToeainaNatallia CravensMeghan PeneuetaMakenna PeneuetaLeah SalonoaJoeseta FatuesiKatherine PeneuetaLahni SalanoaValerie Nawahine TanuvasaJazmine DavisLetava WhippyKayla MendezTiyana KainamoliValerie NainimaLini KatiaMili KoyamainavureNowa NaivaluruaEstelle KainamoliKalesi TawakeVilisi TavuiMoana LiebregtsFialauia HuntOriana-Rose SiamoaJuanita-Anne WrightKalista NiuCherish ManumaleugaSommer MotufouaMalama LeaupepeSweetie HicksZhanay HettigUtu VaimaugaTheresa VaolikoAufui Sau
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