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2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup
2017 edition of the FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2017 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Melanesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by Papua New Guinea from 27 to 30 September 2017. Matches were played at the Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre. It was officially launched on 19 May 2017.[1]
The tournament served as qualifiers for the basketball event of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa with three berths for Melanesia allocated for the top three teams.[2]
The hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the entire tournament winning all of their games, including the championship game against New Caledonia to win the maiden championship. Both finalists and third placer Fiji qualified and represented the Melanesia Region for the basketball tournament of the 2019 Pacific Games.[3]
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Teams
The following national teams participated according to FIBA.[2][1]
Fiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea (Hosts)
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Preliminary round
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Papua New Guinea dominated the preliminary round with an unbeaten record.
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2017 17:00 |
Fiji  |
70–73 |  New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–22, 10–11, 16–22 | ||
| Pts: Whippy 27 Rebs: Whippy 17 Asts: Whippy 2 |
Pts: Sillant 18 Rebs: Sillant 6 Asts: Delaunay-Belleville 1 | |
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
27 September 2017 19:00 |
Papua New Guinea  |
79–37 |  Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 22–5, 23–13, 20–7 | ||
| Pts: Kala 15 Rebs: Wright 8 Asts: Wright 6 |
Pts: Gwali 9 Rebs: Masaea 8 Asts: Basia, Masaea 2 | |
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
28 September 2017 17:00 |
| Solomon Islands |
51–70 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 10–26, 17–6, 10–17 | ||
| Pts: Gwali 9 Rebs: Masaea 8 Asts: Masaea 2 |
Pts: Whippy 27 Rebs: Whippy 17 Asts: Whippy 2 | |
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
28 September 2017 19:00 |
| New Caledonia |
80–87 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 19–20, 14–25, 29–24 | ||
| Pts: Chevrin 17 Rebs: Weber 5 Asts: Weber 1 |
Pts: Farmer 20 Rebs: Apiko 10 Asts: A. Muri 3 | |
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
29 September 2017 17:00 |
| Solomon Islands |
52–87 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–36, 15–19, 21–12, 8–20 | ||
| Pts: Masaea 11 Rebs: Masaea Asts: Masaea |
Pts: Sillant 23 Rebs: Chevrin Asts: Chevrin | |
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
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Final round
Bronze medal match
30 September 2017 15:00 |
| Fiji |
63–43 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 17–10, 14–11, 15–10 | ||
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
Gold medal match
30 September 2017 19:00 |
| Papua New Guinea |
81–63 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 21–9, 26–19, 17–17 | ||
Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby |
Final standings
The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Awards
| 2017 FIBA Melanesian champions |
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 Papua New Guinea 1st title |
- All-Star Team:[4]
- Joan Delaunay-Belleville
- Apia Muri
- Marques Whippy
- Matineng-Iakah Leahy
- Alex Chester
See also
References
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