# Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games

Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held at the BSP Arena and PNG Power Dome on 3–12 July 2015.
Guam won the gold medal in the men's tournament, defeating Fiji by 78–61 in the final. Tahiti secured the bronze medal by beating hosts Papua New Guinea by 83–73.
Fiji won the gold medal in the women's tournament, defeating American Samoa by 75–61. Tahiti beat Papua New Guinea by 62–51 to win the bronze medal.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Guam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | American Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | French Polynesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Results

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Guam | Fiji | Tahiti |
| Women details | Fiji | American Samoa | Tahiti |

## Participating nations

Ten countries competed in basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games:
* American Samoa
* Fiji
* French Polynesia
* Guam
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands

## Men's tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tahiti | 4 | 4 | 0 | 338 | 221 | +117 | 8 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 2 | Guam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 373 | 251 | +122 | 6 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 3 | Samoa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 317 | 322 | −5 | 4 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 304 | −43 | 2 | |
| 5 | Kiribati | 4 | 0 | 4 | 245 | 436 | −191 | 0 | |
* July 3 13:00
| Kiribati | 86–108 | Samoa |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 3 15:00
| Guam | 66–76 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 4 09:00
| Solomon Islands | 35–76 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 4 11:00
| Guam | 79–72 | Samoa |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 5 14:00
| Kiribati | 57–94 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 5 15:00
| Samoa | 59–87 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 6 15:00
| Samoa | 78–70 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 6 17:00
| Guam | 135–41 | Kiribati |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 7 14:00
| Kiribati | 66–99 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 7 16:00
| Guam | 93–62 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 336 | 250 | +86 | 6 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 2 | Fiji | 4 | 3 | 1 | 346 | 242 | +104 | 6 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 3 | American Samoa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 300 | 286 | +14 | 4 | Advance to the top six playoffs |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 274 | +31 | 4 | |
| 5 | Nauru | 4 | 0 | 4 | 179 | 414 | −235 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Fiji 73–75 Papua New Guinea
* 1 2 American Samoa 84–73 New Caledonia
* July 3 17:00
| Fiji | 126–52 | Nauru |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 3 19:00
| New Caledonia | 77–74 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 4 12:00
| Fiji | 79–58 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 4 13:00
| American Samoa | 65–90 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 5 16:00
| American Samoa | 94–55 | Nauru |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 5 19:00
| Fiji | 73–75 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 6 09:00
| Nauru | 37–97 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 6 11:00
| American Samoa | 57–68 | Fiji |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 7 15:00
| American Samoa | 84–73 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 7 19:00
| Papua New Guinea | 97–35 | Nauru |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Classification playoffs

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kiribati | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nauru | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source: pg2015 (archived)
* July 8 11:00
| Kiribati | 78–72 | Nauru |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 8 13:00
| New Caledonia | 90–70 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 9 09:00
| Nauru | 71–95 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 9 16:00
| Kiribati | 54–148 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Top six playoffs

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| Guam | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Samoa | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Source: pg2015 (archived)
* July 8 15:00
| American Samoa | 71–77 | Samoa |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 8 17:00
| Fiji | 72–75 | Guam |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 8 19:00
| Papua New Guinea | 81–70 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 9 13:00
| American Samoa | 75–91 | Guam |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 9 17:00
| Fiji | 75–67 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 9 19:00
| Papua New Guinea | 75–65 | Samoa |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 10 15:00
| Fiji | 102–63 | Samoa |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 10 17:00
| American Samoa | 77–78 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* July 10 19:00
| Guam | 103–53 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Finals

Semi-finals and medal finals were played at the Power Dome on Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July, respectively.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Guam | 89 |
| Tahiti | 57 | | |
| Tahiti | 57 | Guam | 78 |
| | | Fiji | 61 |
| Fiji | 82 | Fiji | 61 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Tahiti | 83 |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 73 |

#### Semi-finals

* July 11 12:00
| Guam | 89–57 | Tahiti |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby
* July 11 16:00
| Fiji | 82–52 | Papua New Guinea |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby

#### Third place

* July 12 13:00
| Papua New Guinea | 73–83 | Tahiti |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby

#### Final

* July 12 15:00
| Fiji | 61–78 | Guam |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby

## Women's tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tahiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 147 | +123 | 6 | Advance to the top four playoffs |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 225 | +18 | 4 | Advance to the top four playoffs |
| 3 | Guam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 259 | 190 | +69 | 2 | |
| 4 | Nauru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 317 | −210 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 166 | +93 | 6 | Advance to the top four playoffs |
| 2 | American Samoa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 187 | +45 | 4 | Advance to the top four playoffs |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 214 | −39 | 2 | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 246 | −99 | 0 | |

### Classification playoffs

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New Caledonia | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nauru | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source pg2015 (archived)
* 9 July 12:00
| Guam | 100–72 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 9 July 14:00
| Nauru | 37–79 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 10 July 9:00
| Guam | 68–57 | New Caledonia |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 10 July 12:00
| Nauru | 55–73 | Solomon Islands |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Top four playoffs

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| American Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tahiti | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source pg2015 (archived)
* 9 July 11:00
| Fiji | 88–60 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 9 July 15:00
| American Samoa | 75–63 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 10 July 11:00
| American Samoa | 71–55 | Papua New Guinea |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby
* 10 July 13:00
| Fiji | 72–48 | Tahiti |
* BSP Arena, Port Moresby

### Finals

The medal matches were played at the PNG Power Dome on Saturday 11 July.

#### Third place

* 11 July 14:00
| Papua New Guinea | 51–62 | Tahiti |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby

#### Final

* 11 July 18:00
| American Samoa | 61–75 | Fiji |
* PNG Power Dome, Port Moresby