Basketball at the 1966 South Pacific Games

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The 1966 South Pacific Games was the second time that basketball was played at the South Pacific Games. Nine teams competed in the men's competition while for the first time a women's competition took place with five teams competing in the women's tournaments.

French Polynesia took out both gold medals with the national team defeating New Caledonia in the men's final while they defeated Papua New Guinea in the women's.[1]

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Tahiti  New Caledonia  Guam
Women's  Tahiti  Papua New Guinea  Fiji

Men's tournament[]

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Tahiti 4 4 0 240 113 +127 8
 Papua New Guinea 4 3 1 237 181 +56 7
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 4 2 2 213 199 +14 6
 Fiji 4 1 3 222 208 +14 5
  4 0 4 66 277 –211 4
December 1966
 Tahiti 91–51  Papua New Guinea


December 1966
 Tahiti 77–35  Fiji

December 1966
 Tahiti 2–0  


December 1966
 Papua New Guinea 60–28  Fiji

December 1966
 Papua New Guinea 67–12  


December 1966
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 92–27  

December 1966
 Fiji 118–27  

Group B[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 New Caledonia 3 3 0 180 119 +59 6
 Guam 3 2 1 159 120 +39 5
 American Samoa 3 1 2 127 178 –51 4
Nauru 3 0 3 139 188 –49 3
December 1966
 New Caledonia 45–33  Guam

December 1966
 New Caledonia 64–34  American Samoa

December 1966
 New Caledonia 71–52 Nauru

December 1966
 Guam 64–38  American Samoa

December 1966
 Guam 62–37 Nauru

December 1966
 American Samoa 55–50 Nauru

Knockout Stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Tahiti58
 
 
 
 Guam42
 
 Tahiti42
 
 
 
 New Caledonia23
 
 New Caledonia47
 
 
 Papua New Guinea36
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Guam63
 
 
 Papua New Guinea47

Semi-Finals[]

Bronze Medal Match[]

Gold Medal Match[]

Women's tournament[]

Round Robin[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts

Knockout Stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Tahiti53
 
 
 
 Fiji47
 
 Tahiti35
 
 
 
 Papua New Guinea31
 
 Papua New Guinea40
 
 
 New Caledonia19
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Fiji42
 
 
 New Caledonia30

Semi-Finals[]

Bronze Medal Match[]

Gold Medal Match[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Men Basketball II South Pacific Games 1966 - 12 Noumea (NCL) - Winner French Polinesia". Todor66. 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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