3x3 basketball at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games

3-on-3 basketball at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 11–14 December 2017.^[1] This was the first time the three-on-three variant was contested at a Pacific Mini Games, although regular basketball tournaments have been played previously.

Pacific Mini Games Basketball Tournament
Port Vila 2017
Tournament details
Games	2017 Pacific Mini Games
Host nation	Vanuatu
City	Port Vila
Duration	11–14 December
Men's tournament
Teams	9
Medals Gold medalists  Samoa Silver medalists  Solomon Islands Bronze medalists  Papua New Guinea
Women's tournament
Teams	7
Medals Gold medalists  Cook Islands Silver medalists  Papua New Guinea Bronze medalists  Vanuatu
Official website
www.van2017.com

Participating nations

Nine men's teams and seven women's teams participated:

Men's tournament

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Nauru
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Vanuatu

Women's tournament

•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Nauru
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Vanuatu

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	0	1
	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	0	1
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	1	2
4	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	0	1
5	Vanuatu (VAN)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament[2]	Samoa Theodore McFarland Ezra Tufuga Ryan Paia Denzel Joseph	Solomon Islands Allen Wanefai Alex Masaea Augustine Basia Waige Turueke	Papua New Guinea Apia Muri Moses Apiko Liam Wright
Women's tournament[2]	Cook Islands Keziah Lewis Adoniah Lewis Terai Sadler Janet Main	Papua New Guinea Betty Angula Normalisa Dobunaba Rosa Kairi Marca Muri	Vanuatu Nancy Patterson Izono Frances Pauline Malanga Izono Lola

See also

• Basketball at the Pacific Games