Basketball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been played since 1963.^[1][2][3] It has also been contested at the Pacific Mini Games and, from the games at Port Vila in 2017, under the 3x3 format.

Men's tournament[edit]

5x5[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1963 (details)	Suva	Tahiti	No playoff	American Samoa	Papua New Guinea	61–54	Nauru	[4] [2] [3] [5]
1966 (details)	Nouméa	Tahiti	42–23	New Caledonia	Guam	63–47	Papua New Guinea	[6] [7]
1969 (details)	Port Moresby	Tahiti	56–39	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	72–64	Guam	[8] [9]
1971	Papeete	Tahiti	84–73	American Samoa	Papua New Guinea	70–60	Guam	[10] [11]
1975	Tumon	Guam	97–73	American Samoa	New Caledonia	77–74	Tahiti	[12] [13] [14]
1979	Suva	Guam	113–106	Tahiti	American Samoa	103–101	Papua New Guinea	[15] [16]
1983	Apia	American Samoa	86–77	Guam	Western Samoa	109–79	Fiji	[17]
1987	Nouméa	American Samoa	91–63	Fiji	Guam	101–87	New Caledonia	[18] [19]
1991 (details)	Port Moresby	American Samoa	No playoff	Guam	Tahiti	No playoff	Fiji	[20]
1995	Papeete	Tahiti	95–68	New Caledonia	Fiji	89–86	Guam	[21] [22]
1999	Santa Rita	Western Samoa	66–63	Guam	New Caledonia	80–72	Fiji	[23]
2003	Suva	New Caledonia	71–63	Guam	Western Samoa	76–73	Fiji	[24] [25]
2007	Apia	Fiji	95–58	Guam	Samoa	85–76	New Caledonia	[26] [27] [28] [29]
2011 (details)	Nouméa	New Caledonia	50–43	Guam	Tahiti	57–49	Fiji	[30]
2015 (details)	Port Moresby	Guam	78–61	Fiji	Tahiti	83–73	Papua New Guinea	[31]
2019 (details)	Apia	Guam	83–74	Tahiti	Fiji	72–49	Papua New Guinea	[32]
2023 (details)	Honiara	Fiji	51–47	Guam	New Caledonia	97–61	Samoa

3x3[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
2019 (details)	Apia	Guam	20–18	Fiji	Samoa	19–18	Marshall Islands	[33]
2023 (details)	Honiara	TBD	–	TBD	TBD	–	TBD

Women's tournament[edit]

5x5[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1966	Nouméa	Tahiti	35–31	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	42–30	New Caledonia	[6]
1969 (details)	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	35–33	Tahiti	Fiji	50–28	New Caledonia	[8]
1971	Papeete	Papua New Guinea	58–41	Tahiti	New Caledonia	No playoff	Fiji	[10]
1975	Tumon	Tahiti	37–33	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	78–55	Guam	[12]
1979	Suva	Papua New Guinea	75–68	Fiji	Tahiti	80–47	New Caledonia	[15]
1983	Apia	Fiji	58–48	Papua New Guinea	American Samoa	94–70	Tahiti	[17]
1987	Nouméa	Fiji	59–46	Tahiti	Papua New Guinea	95–37	Guam	[18]
1991 (details)	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	Round- robin	Tahiti	Fiji	Round- robin	New Caledonia	[20]
1995	Papeete	Tahiti	64–44	Fiji	New Caledonia	63–55	Guam	[21]
1999	Santa Rita	Tahiti	58–42	Fiji	Guam	70–55	American Samoa	[23]
2003	Suva	Western Samoa	47–44	Fiji	New Caledonia	68–52	Tahiti	[34]
2007	Apia	Fiji	70–62	American Samoa	Papua New Guinea	70–59	Tahiti	[35] [27]
2011 (details)	Nouméa	Tahiti	59–47	New Caledonia	Fiji	64–51	Samoa	[30]
2015 (details)	Port Moresby	Fiji	75–61	American Samoa	Tahiti	62–51	Papua New Guinea	[36]
2019 (details)	Apia	American Samoa	74–53	Fiji	Samoa	87–85	Guam	[32]
2023 (details)	Honiara	Tahiti	53–46	Cook Islands	Fiji	63–55	Samoa

3x3[edit]

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Refs
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
2019 (details)	Apia	Fiji	20–9	Cook Islands	Tahiti	18–8	New Caledonia	[33]
2023 (details)	Honiara	TBD	–	TBD	TBD	–	TBD

Medal table[edit]

These are the all time medal standings in Pacific Games basketball for both men and women in all formats of the game since 1963. Men's basketball has been contested since the inaugural games in 1963, while the women's tournament made its debut in the second games in 1966. The 3x3 format was added for both men and women in 2019.

All-time medal table – Pacific Games Basketball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tahiti (TAH)	11	6	6	23
2	Fiji (FIJ)	7	8	7	22
3	Guam (GUM)	5	7	3	15
4	American Samoa (ASA)	4	5	2	11
5	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	4	4	4	12
6	New Caledonia (NCL)	2	3	8	13
7	Samoa (SAM)	2	0	5	7
8	Cook Islands (COK)	0	2	0	2
Totals (8 entries)		35	35	35	105

Pacific Mini Games[edit]

Men[edit]

Games	Year	Host city	Medals			Refs
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball
V	1997	Pago Pago	American Samoa	Guam	Tahiti	[37]
VII	2005	Koror	New Caledonia	Guam	Fiji	[38]
Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13
Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball
X	2017 (details)	Port Vila	Samoa	Solomon Islands	Papua New Guinea	[39] [40]

Women[edit]

Games	Year	Host city	Medals			Refs
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball
V	1997	Pago Pago	Tahiti	American Samoa	Fiji	[37]
VII	2005	Koror	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	[41]
Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13
Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball
X	2017 (details)	Port Vila	Cook Islands	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu	[42] [43]

Medals[edit]

Basketball was first played at the Pacific Mini Games in 1997. The 3x3 version was introduced for 2017.

All-time medal table – Pacific Mini Games Basketball

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	American Samoa (ASA)	1	1	0	2
2	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	2	3
3	New Caledonia (NCL)	1	0	1	2
	Tahiti (TAH)	1	0	1	2
5	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	0	1
	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	0	1
7	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	2	1	3
8	Guam (GUM)	0	2	0	2
9	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	0	1
10	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		6	6	6	18

See also[edit]

• FIBA Oceania Championship

References[edit]

Sources[edit]