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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.

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
 New Hebrides 4 0 4 66 277 –211 4
December 1966
 Tahiti 91–51  Papua New Guinea
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Tahiti 72–27  Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Tahiti 77–35  Fiji
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Tahiti 2–0  New Hebrides
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Papua New Guinea 59–50  Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Papua New Guinea 60–28  Fiji
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Papua New Guinea 67–12  New Hebrides
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 44–41  Fiji
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 92–27  New Hebrides
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Fiji 118–27  New Hebrides
Nouméa, New Caledonia

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
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 New Caledonia 64–34  American Samoa
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 New Caledonia 71–52 Nauru
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Guam 64–38  American Samoa
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 Guam 62–37 Nauru
Nouméa, New Caledonia
December 1966
 American Samoa 55–50 Nauru
Nouméa, New Caledonia

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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