Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games

Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games was played at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in August 1969. Men's and women's tournaments were held with eight and six teams, respectively, competing.

After a round robin stage the teams in the top two positions played off for the gold and silver medals, and the teams in the third and fourth positions played off for the bronze medal.

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's  Tahiti  Papua New Guinea  New Caledonia
Women's  Papua New Guinea  Tahiti  Fiji

Men's tournament

Standings

Qualified for the Finals
Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:[1]

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Tahiti77053326928514
 Papua New Guinea752416248-510
 Guam75254442116810
 New Caledonia752499376-4510
 Nauru725390544-254
 American Samoa725374415-1314
 Fiji725463505-2284
 Solomon Islands7072506912500

Group matches

August 1969
Tahiti  43–40  Papua New Guinea

August 1969
Tahiti  79–38  Guam

August 1969
Tahiti  67–47  New Caledonia

August 1969
Tahiti  101–29  Nauru

August 1969
Tahiti  63–47  American Samoa

August 1969
Tahiti  73–45  Fiji

August 1969
Tahiti  107–23  Solomon Islands

August 1969
Papua New Guinea  54–44  Guam

August 1969
Papua New Guinea  66–28  Nauru


August 1969
Papua New Guinea  71–42  Fiji


August 1969
Guam  75–64  New Caledonia

August 1969
Guam  108–63  Nauru

August 1969
Guam  85–60  American Samoa

August 1969
Guam  85–59  Fiji

August 1969
Guam  109–42  Solomon Islands


August 1969
New Caledonia  100–49  Nauru


August 1969
New Caledonia  88–80  Fiji


August 1969
Nauru  81–72  Fiji

August 1969
Nauru  86–41  Solomon Islands

August 1969
American Samoa  56–54  Nauru


August 1969
Fiji  54–53  American Samoa

August 1969
Fiji  111–54  Solomon Islands

Bronze medal game

August 1969
Guam  64–72  New Caledonia

Men's final

August 1969
Tahiti  56–39  Papua New Guinea

Women's tournament

Standings

Qualified for the Finals
Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:[1]

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Papua New Guinea431227110+1176
 Tahiti431203120+836
 Fiji222241151+904
 New Caledonia42218218204
 Guam40481371−29010

Group matches

August 1969
Papua New Guinea  23–17  Tahiti

August 1969
New Caledonia  43–34  Fiji

August 1969
New Caledonia  64–42  Guam

August 1969
Fiji  117–14  Guam


August 1969
Tahiti  82–16  Guam

August 1969
Tahiti  55–49  New Caledonia

August 1969
Papua New Guinea  108–9  Guam

August 1969
Tahiti  49–32  Fiji

August 1969
Fiji  58–45  Papua New Guinea

Bronze medal playoff

August 1969
Fiji  50–28  New Caledonia

Women's final

August 1969
Papua New Guinea  35–33  Tahiti

See also

References