2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup

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2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Cup
1st FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Samoa
Dates19−24 November
Teams4
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions 
(1st title)
MVPCook Islands
Official website

The 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Polynesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by Samoa from 19 to 24 November 2018. Matches were played at the NUS Gymnasium.[1]

The tournament serves as qualifiers for the basketball events of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa with three berths for Polynesia allocated for the top three teams, excluding , in this tournament.[2]

The romped its way to the Gold Medal with a perfect 4-0 record punctuated by a dominating 91-58 win over Tahiti in the final.[3] The finalists, along with the hosts , who prevailed over American Samoa in the Bronze Medal Match, will represent Polynesia in the women's basketball tournament of the 2019 Pacific Games, which will be also held in Samoa.

Participating Teams[]

withdrew from competition.[note 1]

Preliminary round[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   3 3 0 225 109 +116 6 Semifinal
2  Tahiti 3 2 1 217 138 +79 5
3   (H) 3 1 2 189 191 −2 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 3 94 287 −193 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
19 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  106–32  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 26–2, 29–6, 25–12
Pts: 33
Rebs: , 6
Asts: 6		 Pts: 11
Rebs: , 7
Asts: , , 1
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
19 November 2018
19:00
  47–80  
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 4–24, 14–21, 19–17
Pts: 16
Rebs: 8
Asts: 2		 Pts: 19
Rebs: A. Lewis, 7
Asts: 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
20 November 2018
13:00
Tahiti  35–53  
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 6–17, 15–11, 5–13
Pts: 12
Rebs: 10
Asts: , 2		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 12
Asts: Main 5
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
20 November 2018
17:00
American Samoa  35–89  
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 11–19, 3–26, 10–23
Pts: 8
Rebs: , 6
Asts: , 3		 Pts: 21
Rebs: 13
Asts: 6
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
21 November 2018
13:00
  92–27  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 17–6, 22–12, 29–2
Pts: 19
Rebs: 10
Asts: 6		 Pts: 7
Rebs: 6
Asts: , 2
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
21 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  76–53  
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 16–14, 21–22, 25–8
Pts: 19
Rebs: 16
Asts: 6		 Pts: 15
Rebs: 8
Asts: 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final round[]

Semifinal[]

23 November 2018
13:00
  92–44  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 29–1, 22–18, 22–14
Pts: 22
Rebs: , 7
Asts: 5		 Pts: 20
Rebs: 10
Asts: 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
23 November 2018
19:00
Tahiti  91–75  
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 25–4, 23–18, 27–27
Pts: 25
Rebs: 19
Asts: 8		 Pts: 34
Rebs: 18
Asts: 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

3rd place Game[]

24 November 2018
13:00
[Boxscore]
American Samoa  vs.  
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final[]

24 November 2018
17:00
  91–58  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final standings[]

Legend
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games as hosts.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)   4–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tahiti 2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   2–2
4  American Samoa 0–4

Awards[]

 2018 Women's Polynesian Champions 


1st title
  • Most Valuable Player: Cook Islands [5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Tonga originally qualified for this tournament but withdrew prior to the start of the tournament, with as of this posting, no official statement yet has been released.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Polynesian Basketball Cup schedule unveiled, Samoa ready to host". FIBA Oceania. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "FIBA Oceania to host sub-zone qualification starting in 2017". FIBA Oceania. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Cook Islands bags Women's Polynesian Cup Gold Medal". FIBA Oceania. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Tonga Women's team withdraws last minute". FIBA Oceania. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Women's Polynesia's cream of the crop named to the All-star Five team". FIBA Oceania. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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