2022 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup

The 2022 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of Melanesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The tournament was hosted by Fiji. Originally slated to be held in 2021, the schedule was pushed further to April 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic, with exact dates has been set to October 26 to 29. Matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva. [1][2][3][4][5]

2022 FIBA Women's Melanesian Cup
2nd FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Fiji
Dates26−29 October
Teams4 (from 4 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Fiji (1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points New Caledonia An Ah Tchung (17.3)  Fiji (72.5)
Rebounds Papua New Guinea Angula (12.5)  Fiji (48.3)
Assists Papua New Guinea Muri (3.5)  Papua New Guinea (10.0)
Official website
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The competition served as the sub-regional qualification phase for the basketball event of the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands with two berths allocated in this tournament, which serves as the official qualifier to the FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers.[1][2][4]

Hosts Fiji thrashed the defending titlists Papua New Guinea in the championship, 71-58, to notch their maiden title.[6] Both finalists, along with next year's hosts Solomon Islands, will represent Melanesia in the women's basketball tournament of the 2023 Pacific Games.

Teams

The following national teams participated in the competition.

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (H) 3 3 0 219 150 +69 6 Final
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 184 182 +2 5
3  New Caledonia 3 1 2 197 183 +14 4 Third place game
4  Solomon Islands 3 0 3 123 208 −85 3
Source: FIBA Oceania
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 October 2022
12:00
Papua New Guinea  63–51  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 22–6, 9–19, 15–17
Pts: Muri 17
Rebs: Angula 17
Asts: Muri 5		 Pts: J. Basia 21
Rebs: J. Basia 11
Asts: B. Basia, Sade 3
26 October 2022
17:00
Fiji  78–62  New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 19–10, 19–23, 24–20
Pts: Koyamainavure, Vocea 15
Rebs: Whippy, Vocea 12
Asts: Koyamainavure 2		 Pts: An Ah Tchung 16
Rebs: Souque 10
Asts: An Ah Tchung 3
27 October 2022
12:00
New Caledonia  66–67  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 15–23, 12–17, 25–16
Pts: An Ah Tchung 20
Rebs: Fisiipeau 9
Asts: R. Forest 2		 Pts: Muri 16
Rebs: Angula 17
Asts: Angula 5
27 October 2022
19:30
Solomon Islands  34–76  Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 9–14, 5–15, 9–26
Pts: J. Basia 12
Rebs: Van Den Heever 10
Asts: B. Basia, Van Den Heever 2		 Pts: Vocea 15
Rebs: Korovou 14
Asts: Koyamainavure 4
28 October 2022
14:30
New Caledonia  69–38  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 16–11, 16–10, 20–6
Pts: An Ah Tchung, Koteureu 13
Rebs: Koteureu 10
Asts: Koteureu 3		 Pts: Wanefai 16
Rebs: Wanefai 8
Asts: B. Basia 2
28 October 2022
17:00
Fiji  65–54  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 19–16, 12–14, 7–11
Pts: Koyamainavure 21
Rebs: Whippy 9
Asts: Whippy 3		 Pts: Kairi 14
Rebs: Yawasing, Angula 6
Asts: Angula 3

Final round

Bronze medal match
29 October 2022
12:00
New Caledonia  54–28  Solomon Islands
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 14–7, 14–8, 11–4
Pts: An Ah Tchung 2
Rebs: Fisiipeau, Gilhodes 6
Asts: Souque 5		 Pts: Wanefai 9
Rebs: B. Basia 10
Asts: Mauriasi 2

Gold medal match
29 October 2022
17:00
Fiji  71–38  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 18–8, 12–13, 20–7
Pts: Whippy 19
Rebs: Whippy, Liebregts 6
Asts: Mendez 4		 Pts: Dobunaba 14
Rebs: Angula 10
Asts: Muri, Angula 3

Final standings
Legend
Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games.
Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games as the hosts.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji4–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Papua New Guinea2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Caledonia2–2
4  Solomon Islands0–4

Awards
 2022 FIBA Women's Melanesian champions 

Fiji
1st title
  • All-Star Team:[7]
    • Papua New Guinea Marca Muri
    • New Caledonia Adeline Souque
    • Fiji Letava Whippy
    • Papua New Guinea Betty Angula
    • Fiji Matila Vocea

References
  1. "FIBA Melanesia Cup postponed to April 2022". FIBA. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Pacific Games qualifier FIBA Melanesia Cup pushed back to 2022". insidethegames.biz. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. "Fiji to host 2021 FIBA Melanesia Cup". FIBA. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. "Fiji to host 2021 Melanesia Cup with Pacific Games berths on offer". insidethegames.biz. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. "BFPNG names squads". The National. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. "Fiji Win FIBA Melanesian Cup 2022". FIBA Oceania. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. "All-Star Five Line-Up Named for 2022". FIBA. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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