# 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup

The 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by nations of the newly formed Melanesia FIBA Oceania sub-zone. The inaugural edition of the women's tournament were held together alongside the Men's tournament in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 27 to 30 September 2017. Matches were played at the Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre. It was officially launched on 19 May 2017.
The tournament served as qualifiers for the women's basketball event of the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa with three berths for Melanesia allocated for the top three teams in this tournament. Hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the women's tournament winning all of their games including the final.

## Teams

The following national teams participated in the tournament.
* Fiji
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea (Hosts)
* Solomon Islands
* Vanuatu (withdrew)

## Preliminary round

Papua New Guinea dominated the preliminary round with an unbeaten record.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 155 | +74 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 166 | +19 | 5 | Final |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 234 | −68 | 4 | Third place game |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 175 | −25 | 3 | Third place game |
* 27 September 2017 13:00 (GMT+10)
| Solomon Islands | 59–53 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 20–12, 13–17, 12–19 |||
| Pts: Sade 13 Rebs: Daiwo 8 Asts: Maea-Lee 6 | | Pts: Moutry 12 Rebs: Puleoto 7 Asts: Pei 2 |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
* 27 September 2017 15:00 (GMT+10)
| Papua New Guinea | 63–54 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 16–6, 17–16, 14–19 |||
| Pts: Koivi 11 Rebs: Angula 10 Asts: Angula 6 | | Pts: Whippy 18 Rebs: Whippy 13 Asts: Whippy 2 |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
* 28 September 2017 13:00 (GMT+10)
| Fiji | 76–54 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 20–9, 22–14, 17–11 |||
| Pts: Whippy 24 Rebs: Whippy 9 Asts: Ravai 3 | | Pts: J.Basia 18 Rebs: Daiwo 4 Asts: Maea-Lee 3 |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
* 28 September 2017 15:00 (GMT+10)
| New Caledonia | 48–61 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 12–15, 13–24, 14–6 |||
| Pts: Pei 15 Rebs: Luepak 14 Asts: Moutry 2 | | Pts: Kairi 12 Rebs: Elavo 9 Asts: Angula 5 |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
* 29 September 2017 13:00 (GMT+10)
| Fiji | 55–49 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 10–8, 14–9, 18–25 |||
| Pts: Whippy 21 Rebs: Whippy 11 Asts: Sautu 3 | | Pts: Pei 12 Rebs: Luepak 10 Asts: Moutry 1 |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby
* 29 September 2017 15:00 (GMT+10)
| Papua New Guinea | 105–53 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 38–18, 25–11, 34–8 |||
| Pts: Angula 26 Rebs: Kairi Asts: Kairi | | Pts: Sade 12 Rebs: Sade Asts: Sade |
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

## Final round
### Bronze medal game

* 30 September 2017 13:00 (GMT+10)
* Boxscore
| Solomon Islands | 49–60 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 12–16, 15–22, 12–10 |||
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

### Gold medal game

* 30 September 2017 17:00 (GMT+10)
* Boxscore
| Papua New Guinea | 77–58 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–10, 25–19, 13–13 |||
* Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre, Port Moresby

## Final standings

The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
* Legend
* Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Papua New Guinea | 4–0 |
| | Fiji | 2–2 |
| | New Caledonia | 1–3 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 1–3 |

## Awards

* 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesian champions
* Papua New Guinea 1st title
* All-Star Team:
** Letava Whippy
** Marca Muri
** Yolande Luepak
** Betty Angula
** Joycelyn Basia