3x3 basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games

The men's and women's tournaments for 3x3 basketball were played at the 2019 Pacific Games on 18–20 July 2019 at the Faleata Sports Complex in Apia, Samoa.[1] The 3x3 format of the game had been introduced to the Pacific Mini Games in 2017, but this was the first time it had been contested at the main Pacific Games.

Main article: Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games

3x3 basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games

Tournament details
Host country	Samoa
City	Apia
Dates	18–20 July
Teams	12 (men) 13 (women)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	1	1	0	2
2	Guam	1	0	0	1
3	Cook Islands	0	1	0	1
4	Samoa*	0	0	1	1
	Tahiti	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		2	2	2	6

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Guam Ben Borja AJ Carlos Michael Sakazaki Seve Susuico	Fiji Henry Tabuduka Filimone Waqabaca Joshua Motufaga Marques Whippy	Samoa Ezra Tufuga Dru-Leo Ape Ryan Paia Theodore McFarland
Women's tournament	Fiji Mickaelar Mendez Bulou Koyamainavure Letava Whippy Vilisi Tavui	Cook Islands Adoniah Lewis Janet Main Keziah Lewis Terai Sadler	Tahiti Alizee Lefranc Mahine Tepu Mahinetea Tavanae Oceane Lefranc

Men's tournament

Twelve men's 3x3 teams were placed into two pools based on overall National Federation rankings from FIBA as of 1 June 2019.[2] Ten national federations had an existing Oceania zone ranking although two of them, Northern Marianas ranked third and Tonga ranked seventh,[3] did not participate in this Pacific Games tournament.

For the participating teams, the first and fourth best by rank were seeded in Pool A. The second and third best were seeded in Pool B. The remaining positions in each pool were drawn from the lower ranked and unranked teams. The pools and teams (with FIBA zone ranking shown in brackets) are listed below:

Pool A

•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Fiji (5)
•  American Samoa (9)
•  Guam (10)
•  Nauru (n/a)
•  Solomon Islands (n/a)

Pool B

•  New Caledonia (2)
•  Samoa (4)
•  Cook Islands (6)
•  Papua New Guinea (8)
•  Marshall Islands (n/a)
•  Tahiti (n/a)

Men's 3x3 players

Players on each team, sorted alphabetically by surname, are listed in the table below.

Men's 3x3 at the 2019 Pacific Games
Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
American Samoa	Clayton Lam Yuen	Alrome Lutu	Lynel Siu	Jeremiah Tuimaseve
Cook Islands	Teokotai Akania	Brendan Heath	Charlie Hosking	Benjamin Vakatini
Fiji	Joshua Motufaga	Henry Tabuduka	Filimone Waqabaca	Marques Whippy
Guam	Ben Borja	AJ Carlos	Michael Sakazaki	Seve Susuico
Marshall Islands	Lani Ackley	Robert Case	Frederick Kurn	Halber Pinho
New Caledonia	Loïc Ayam	Jocelyn Lissarrague	Stéphane Saminadin	Gwenaël Tari
Nauru	Morrison Depaune	Gaverick Mwareow	Fallon Natano	Rotui Star
Papua New Guinea	Augustine Kaupa	Dia Muri	Obert Muri	Jordan Sere
Samoa	Dru-Leo Ape	Theodore McFarland	Ryan Paia	Ezra Tufuga
Solomon Islands	Augustine Basia	Alex Masaea	Waige Turueke	Allan Wanefai Jnr
Tahiti	Glenn Garbutt	Raimoana Liu	Raimoana Tinirauarii	Reihiti Sommers
Vanuatu	Riki David	Manoah Moli	Jared Ova	Rickie Tambeqwaru

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to knockout round		—
2	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0								—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to knockout round		—
2	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Tahiti	0	0	0	0	0	0								—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	QF 1: 19 July 2019 – 16:40
	Pool A 1st
					SF 1: 20 July 2019 – 10:50
	Pool B 4th
					Fiji	18
	QF 2: 19 July 2019 – 17:05
					Samoa	16
	Pool B 2nd
									20 July 2019 – 13:15
	Pool A 3rd
									Fiji	18
	QF 3: 19 July 2019 – 17:30
									Guam	20
	Pool A 2nd
					SF 2: 20 July 2019 – 11:15
	Pool B 3rd
					Guam	14
	QF 4: 19 July 2019 – 17:55
					Marshall Islands	11			Third place
	Pool B 1st
									20 July 2019 – 12:25
	Pool A 4th
									Samoa	19
									Marshall Islands	18

Women's tournament

Thirteen women's 3x3 teams were seeded into two pools based on overall National Federation rankings from FIBA as of 1 June 2019.[2] Ten national federations had an existing Oceania zone ranking although two of them, Northern Marianas ranked third and Tonga ranked seventh,[3] did not participate in this Pacific Games tournament.

For the participating teams, the first and fourth best by rank were seeded in Pool A. The second and third best were seeded in Pool B. The remaining positions in each pool were drawn from the lower ranked and unranked teams. The pools and teams (with FIBA zone ranking shown in brackets) are listed below:

Pool A

•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Fiji (5)
•  Cook Islands (6)
•  American Samoa (9)
•  Kiribati (n/a)
•  Marshall Islands (n/a)
•  Solomon Islands (n/a)

Pool B

•  New Caledonia (2)
•  Samoa (4)
•  Papua New Guinea (8)
•  Guam (10)
•  Nauru (n/a)
•  Tahiti (n/a)

Women's 3x3 players

Players on each team, sorted alphabetically by surname, are listed in the table below.

Women's 3x3 at the 2019 Pacific Games
Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
American Samoa	Matalena Hunt	Iatoeafualetaeao Leasiolagi	Tauaitala Leasiolagi	Cecilia Taufa'asau
Cook Islands	Adoniah Lewis	Janet Main	Keziah Lewis	Terai Sadler
Fiji	Bulou Koyamainavure	Mickaelar Mendez	Vilisi Tavui	Letava Whippy
Guam	Kali Benavente	Destiny Castro	Joylyn Pangilinan	Mia San Nicolas
Kiribati	Lailai Ng Tak Fai	Kaitia Tooma	Mweao Uereti	Tekenna Raiwan
Marshall Islands	Naupaka Ackley	Joy Ratidara	Neikormo Lanki-Nimoto	Tamara Andrike
New Caledonia	Zorena Adjouhgniope	Nicky Francois	Elia Massette	Adeline Souque
Nauru	Febony Detenamo	Micheala Detenamo	Janet Hubert	Hanna Olsson
Papua New Guinea	Serah Amos	Christine Oscar	Louisa Wallace	Elina Yala
Samoa	Zhanay Hettig	Cherish Manumaleuga	Sommer Motufoua	Aufui Sa'u
Solomon Islands	Elsie Daiwo	Esther Lii	Nisha Meneses	Nicola Pongi
Tahiti	Alizée Lefranc	Océane Lefranc	Mahinetea Tavanae	Mahine Tepu
Vanuatu	Pauline Malanga	Jessie Malverus	Nancy Patterson	Amilia Kasten

Preliminary stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to knockout round		—
2	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0								—
7	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0									—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to knockout round		—
2	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0						—
5	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0							—
6	Tahiti	0	0	0	0	0	0								—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-Head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	QF 1: 19 July 2019 – 18:20
	Pool A 1st
					SF 1: 20 July 2019 – 10:00
	Pool B 4th
					Fiji	19
	QF 2: 19 July 2019 – 18:45
					New Caledonia	10
	Pool B 2nd
									20 July 2019 – 12:50
	Pool A 3rd
									Fiji	20
	QF 3: 19 July 2019 – 19:10
									Cook Islands	9
	Pool A 2nd
					SF 2: 20 July 2019 – 10:25
	Pool B 3rd
					Cook Islands	14
	QF 4: 19 July 2019 – 19:35
					Tahiti	11			Third place
	Pool B 1st
									20 July 2019 – 12:00
	Pool A 4th
									Tahiti	18
									New Caledonia	8

See also

• Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games
• Basketball at the Pacific Games

References

1. "Pacific Games 2019". fiba3x3.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
2. "3x3 Basketball will make its debut in the 2019 Pacific Games". FIBA.basketball News. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019.
3. "Federation ranking". FIBA. Retrieved 1 July 2019.