# 3x3 basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games

The men's and women's tournaments for 3x3 basketball were played at the 2019 Pacific Games on 18–20 July 2019 at the Faleata Sports Complex in Apia, Samoa. The 3x3 format of the game had been introduced to the Pacific Mini Games in 2017, but this was the first time it had been contested at the main Pacific Games.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Samoa)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Guam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Samoa* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Results

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Guam Ben Borja AJ Carlos Michael Sakazaki Seve Susuico | Fiji Henry Tabuduka Filimone Waqabaca Joshua Motufaga Marques Whippy | Samoa Ezra Tufuga Dru-Leo Ape Ryan Paia Theodore McFarland |
| Women's tournament | Fiji Mickaelar Mendez Bulou Koyamainavure Letava Whippy Vilisi Tavui | Cook Islands Adoniah Lewis Janet Main Keziah Lewis Terai Sadler | Tahiti Alizee Lefranc Mahine Tepu Mahinetea Tavanae Oceane Lefranc |

## Men's tournament

Twelve men's 3x3 teams were placed into two pools based on overall National Federation rankings from FIBA as of 1 June 2019. Ten national federations had an existing Oceania zone ranking although two of them, Northern Marianas ranked third and Tonga ranked seventh, did not participate in this Pacific Games tournament.
For the participating teams, the first and fourth best by rank were seeded in Pool A. The second and third best were seeded in Pool B. The remaining positions in each pool were drawn from the lower ranked and unranked teams. The pools and teams (with FIBA zone ranking shown in brackets) are listed below:

### Pool A

* Vanuatu (1)
* Fiji (5)
* American Samoa (9)
* Guam (10)
* Nauru (n/a)
* Solomon Islands (n/a)

### Pool B

* New Caledonia (2)
* Samoa (4)
* Cook Islands (6)
* Papua New Guinea (8)
* Marshall Islands (n/a)
* Tahiti (n/a)

### Men's 3x3 players

Players on each team, sorted alphabetically by surname, are listed in the table below.
Men's 3x3 at the 2019 Pacific Games :
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| American Samoa | Clayton Lam Yuen | Alrome Lutu | Lynel Siu | Jeremiah Tuimaseve |
| Cook Islands | Teokotai Akania | Brendan Heath | Charlie Hosking | Benjamin Vakatini |
| Fiji | Joshua Motufaga | Henry Tabuduka | Filimone Waqabaca | Marques Whippy |
| Guam | Ben Borja | AJ Carlos | Michael Sakazaki | Seve Susuico |
| Marshall Islands | Lani Ackley | Robert Case | Frederick Kurn | Halber Pinho |
| New Caledonia | Loïc Ayam | Jocelyn Lissarrague | Stéphane Saminadin | Gwenaël Tari |
| Nauru | Morrison Depaune | Gaverick Mwareow | Fallon Natano | Rotui Star |
| Papua New Guinea | Augustine Kaupa | Dia Muri | Obert Muri | Jordan Sere |
| Samoa | Dru-Leo Ape | Theodore McFarland | Ryan Paia | Ezra Tufuga |
| Solomon Islands | Augustine Basia | Alex Masaea | Waige Turueke | Allan Wanefai Jnr |
| Tahiti | Glenn Garbutt | Raimoana Liu | Raimoana Tinirauarii | Reihiti Sommers |
| Vanuatu | Riki David | Manoah Moli | Jared Ova | Rickie Tambeqwaru |
Source: FIBA 3x3 (Archived)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Fiji | 5 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 50 | +45 | Qualification to knockout round | — | | 18–4 | | 21–11 | 19–8 |
| 2 | Guam | 5 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 62 | +35 | Qualification to knockout round | 13–16 | — | 21–11 | | | |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 67 | −18 | Qualification to knockout round | | | — | 17–10 | | 8–15 |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 84 | −8 | Qualification to knockout round | 14–21 | 18–21 | | — | 15–8 | |
| 5 | Nauru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 78 | −38 | | | 4–20 | 3–9 | | — | |
| 6 | American Samoa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 82 | −16 | | | 13–22 | | 17–19 | 13–14 | — |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 75 | +19 | Qualification to knockout round | — | | | 10–22 | 21–17 | |
| 2 | Samoa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 89 | 67 | +22 | Qualification to knockout round | 12–21 | — | | 17–16 | | 22–7 |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 80 | +5 | Qualification to knockout round | 15–21 | 16–21 | — | | 22–17 | |
| 4 | Tahiti | 5 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 63 | +25 | Qualification to knockout round | | | 13–15 | — | | 21–15 |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 5 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 95 | −28 | | | 7–17 | | 6–16 | — | |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 101 | −43 | | 9–21 | | 8–17 | | 19–20 | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 July 2019 – 16:40 | 19 July 2019 – 16:40 | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | 20 July 2019 – 10:50 | 20 July 2019 – 10:50 | | |
| Tahiti | 13 | 20 July 2019 – 10:50 | 20 July 2019 – 10:50 | |
| Tahiti | 13 | Fiji | 18 | |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:05 | 19 July 2019 – 17:05 | | Fiji | 18 | |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:05 | 19 July 2019 – 17:05 | Samoa | 16 | |
| Samoa | 19 | Samoa | 16 | |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 13:15 | 20 July 2019 – 13:15 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 13:15 | 20 July 2019 – 13:15 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | | | | Fiji | 18 |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:30 | 19 July 2019 – 17:30 | | | | | Fiji | 18 |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:30 | 19 July 2019 – 17:30 | | | | Guam | 20 |
| Guam | 21 | | | | Guam | 20 |
| Guam | 21 | 20 July 2019 – 11:15 | 20 July 2019 – 11:15 | | | |
| New Caledonia | 11 | 20 July 2019 – 11:15 | 20 July 2019 – 11:15 | | | |
| New Caledonia | 11 | Guam | 14 | | | |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:55 | 19 July 2019 – 17:55 | | Guam | 14 | | | |
| 19 July 2019 – 17:55 | 19 July 2019 – 17:55 | Marshall Islands | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
| Marshall Islands | 21 | Marshall Islands | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
| Marshall Islands | 21 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:25 | 20 July 2019 – 12:25 |
| Vanuatu | 7 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:25 | 20 July 2019 – 12:25 |
| Vanuatu | 7 | | | | Samoa | 19 |
| | | | | | Marshall Islands | 18 |
Source: FIBA 3x3 (Archived)

## Women's tournament

Thirteen women's 3x3 teams were seeded into two pools based on overall National Federation rankings from FIBA as of 1 June 2019. Ten national federations had an existing Oceania zone ranking although two of them, Northern Marianas ranked third and Tonga ranked seventh, did not participate in this Pacific Games tournament.
For the participating teams, the first and fourth best by rank were seeded in Pool A. The second and third best were seeded in Pool B. The remaining positions in each pool were drawn from the lower ranked and unranked teams. The pools and teams (with FIBA zone ranking shown in brackets) are listed below:

### Pool A

* Vanuatu (1)
* Fiji (5)
* Cook Islands (6)
* American Samoa (9)
* Kiribati (n/a)
* Marshall Islands (n/a)
* Solomon Islands (n/a)

### Pool B

* New Caledonia (2)
* Samoa (4)
* Papua New Guinea (8)
* Guam (10)
* Nauru (n/a)
* Tahiti (n/a)

### Women's 3x3 players

Players on each team, sorted alphabetically by surname, are listed in the table below.
Women's 3x3 at the 2019 Pacific Games :
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| American Samoa | Matalena Hunt | Iatoeafualetaeao Leasiolagi | Tauaitala Leasiolagi | Cecilia Taufa'asau |
| Cook Islands | Adoniah Lewis | Janet Main | Keziah Lewis | Terai Sadler |
| Fiji | Bulou Koyamainavure | Mickaelar Mendez | Vilisi Tavui | Letava Whippy |
| Guam | Kali Benavente | Destiny Castro | Joylyn Pangilinan | Mia San Nicolas |
| Kiribati | Lailai Ng Tak Fai | Kaitia Tooma | Mweao Uereti | Tekenna Raiwan |
| Marshall Islands | Naupaka Ackley | Joy Ratidara | Neikormo Lanki-Nimoto | Tamara Andrike |
| New Caledonia | Zorena Adjouhgniope | Nicky Francois | Elia Massette | Adeline Souque |
| Nauru | Febony Detenamo | Micheala Detenamo | Janet Hubert | Hanna Olsson |
| Papua New Guinea | Serah Amos | Christine Oscar | Louisa Wallace | Elina Yala |
| Samoa | Zhanay Hettig | Cherish Manumaleuga | Sommer Motufoua | Aufui Sa'u |
| Solomon Islands | Elsie Daiwo | Esther Lii | Nisha Meneses | Nicola Pongi |
| Tahiti | Alizée Lefranc | Océane Lefranc | Mahinetea Tavanae | Mahine Tepu |
| Vanuatu | Pauline Malanga | Jessie Malverus | Nancy Patterson | Amilia Kasten |
Source: FIBA 3x3 (Archived)

### Preliminary stage
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Fiji | 6 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 26 | +86 | Qualification to knockout round | — | 10–7 | | 21–5 | | | 21–2 |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 31 | +79 | Qualification to knockout round | | — | 21–5 | | 19–8 | 21–2 | |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 6 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 72 | −23 | Qualification to knockout round | 3–21 | | — | 10–9 | | 11–6 | |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 6 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 75 | −22 | Qualification to knockout round | | 2–21 | | — | 13–10 | | 10–8 |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 79 | −21 | | 7–18 | | 8–12 | | — | 13–11 | |
| 6 | Kiribati | 6 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 85 | −47 | | 2–21 | | | 5–14 | | — | 12–5 |
| 7 | American Samoa | 6 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 84 | −52 | | | 4–21 | 7–8 | | 6–12 | | — |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Tahiti | 5 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 35 | +49 | Qualification to knockout round | — | 16–7 | | | | 11–7 |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 49 | +28 | Qualification to knockout round | | — | 18–12 | 19–5 | 16–7 | |
| 3 | Samoa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 50 | +5 | Qualification to knockout round | 10–15 | | — | | 14–5 | w–0( f ) |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 91 | −43 | Qualification to knockout round | 4–12 | | 12–19 | — | | |
| 5 | Nauru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 66 | −36 | | 7–21 | | | 13–15 | — | |
| 6 | Guam | 5 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 40 | −3 | | | 11–17 | | 19–12 | 0( f )–w | — |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 July 2019 – 18:20 | 19 July 2019 – 18:20 | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | | | |
| Fiji | 21 | 20 July 2019 – 10:00 | 20 July 2019 – 10:00 | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 20 July 2019 – 10:00 | 20 July 2019 – 10:00 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | Fiji | 19 | |
| 19 July 2019 – 18:45 | 19 July 2019 – 18:45 | | Fiji | 19 | |
| 19 July 2019 – 18:45 | 19 July 2019 – 18:45 | New Caledonia | 10 | |
| New Caledonia | 20 | New Caledonia | 10 | |
| New Caledonia | 20 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:50 | 20 July 2019 – 12:50 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:50 | 20 July 2019 – 12:50 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | | | | Fiji | 20 |
| 19 July 2019 – 19:10 | 19 July 2019 – 19:10 | | | | | Fiji | 20 |
| 19 July 2019 – 19:10 | 19 July 2019 – 19:10 | | | | Cook Islands | 9 |
| Cook Islands | 10 | | | | Cook Islands | 9 |
| Cook Islands | 10 | 20 July 2019 – 10:25 | 20 July 2019 – 10:25 | | | |
| Samoa | 7 | 20 July 2019 – 10:25 | 20 July 2019 – 10:25 | | | |
| Samoa | 7 | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 19 July 2019 – 19:35 | 19 July 2019 – 19:35 | | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 19 July 2019 – 19:35 | 19 July 2019 – 19:35 | Tahiti | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tahiti | 17 | Tahiti | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tahiti | 17 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:00 | 20 July 2019 – 12:00 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | | | | 20 July 2019 – 12:00 | 20 July 2019 – 12:00 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | | | | Tahiti | 16 |
| | | | | | New Caledonia | 8 |
Source: FIBA 3x3 (Archived)