Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games

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Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games was played at Suva in Fiji with 6 teams competing in the men's tournament.[1][2]

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Basketball  Tahiti  American Samoa Papua New Guinea

Men's tournament[]

Standings[]

Final standings after the round robin tournament:[2]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Tahiti 6 6 0 465 240 +225 12
 American Samoa 6 5 1 323 272 +51 10
Nauru 6 3 3 301 318 -17 6
Papua New Guinea 6 3 3 282 332 -50 6
 New Caledonia 6 2 4 274 301 -27 4
 Fiji 6 2 4 259 314 -55 4
 Western Samoa 6 0 6 230 357 -127 0

Matches[]

September 1963
Tahiti  79–45  American Samoa
September 1963
Tahiti  85–50 Nauru
September 1963
Tahiti  75–39 Papua New Guinea
September 1963
Tahiti  61–42  New Caledonia
September 1963
Tahiti  82–32  Fiji
September 1963
Tahiti  83–32  Western Samoa
September 1963
American Samoa  45–40 Nauru
September 1963
American Samoa  65–46 Papua New Guinea
September 1963
American Samoa  58–44  New Caledonia
September 1963
American Samoa  54–37  Fiji
September 1963
American Samoa  56–26  Western Samoa
September 1963
Nauru 61–54 Papua New Guinea
September 1963
Nauru 45–39  New Caledonia
September 1963
Nauru 46–59  Fiji
September 1963
Nauru 59–36  Western Samoa
September 1963
Papua New Guinea 42–40  New Caledonia
September 1963
Papua New Guinea 42–40  Fiji
September 1963
Papua New Guinea 59–51  Western Samoa
September 1963
New Caledonia  54–46  Fiji
September 1963
New Caledonia  55–49  Western Samoa
September 1963
Fiji  45–36  Western Samoa

Play-off for bronze medal[]

September 1963
Papua New Guinea 61–54 Nauru

Papua New Guinea defeated Nauru,[3] to win the bronze medal in extra time.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Athlete from Nauru". The Canberra Times. 25 September 1963. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Men Basketball I South Pacific Games 1963 - 12 Suva (FIJ) - Winner French Polinesia". Todor66. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ 1963 South Pacific Games: Official Report and Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). p. 30. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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