# Basketball at the Pacific Games

Basketball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been played since 1963. It has also been contested at the Pacific Mini Games and, from the games at Port Vila in 2017, under the 3x3 format.

## Men's tournament
### 5x5

| Year | Hosts | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Refs |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | Refs |
| 1963 (details) | Suva | Tahiti | No playoff | American Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 61–54 | Nauru | [4] [2] [3] [5] |
| 1966 (details) | Nouméa | Tahiti | 42–23 | New Caledonia | Guam | 63–47 | Papua New Guinea | [6] [7] |
| 1969 (details) | Port Moresby | Tahiti | 56–39 | Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia | 72–64 | Guam | [8] [9] |
| 1971 | Papeete | Tahiti | 84–73 | American Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 70–60 | Guam | [10] [11] |
| 1975 | Tumon | Guam | 97–73 | American Samoa | New Caledonia | 77–74 | Tahiti | [12] [13] [14] |
| 1979 | Suva | Guam | 113–106 | Tahiti | American Samoa | 103–101 | Papua New Guinea | [15] [16] |
| 1983 | Apia | American Samoa | 86–77 | Guam | Western Samoa | 109–79 | Fiji | |
| 1987 | Nouméa | American Samoa | 91–63 | Fiji | Guam | 101–87 | New Caledonia | [18] [19] |
| 1991 (details) | Port Moresby | American Samoa | No playoff | Guam | Tahiti | No playoff | Fiji | |
| 1995 | Papeete | Tahiti | 95–68 | New Caledonia | Fiji | 89–86 | Guam | [21] [22] |
| 1999 | Santa Rita | Western Samoa | 66–63 | Guam | New Caledonia | 80–72 | Fiji | |
| 2003 | Suva | New Caledonia | 71–63 | Guam | Western Samoa | 76–73 | Fiji | [24] [25] |
| 2007 | Apia | Fiji | 95–58 | Guam | Samoa | 85–76 | New Caledonia | [26] [27] [28] [29] |
| 2011 (details) | Nouméa | New Caledonia | 50–43 | Guam | Tahiti | 57–49 | Fiji | |
| 2015 (details) | Port Moresby | Guam | 78–61 | Fiji | Tahiti | 83–73 | Papua New Guinea | |
| 2019 (details) | Apia | Guam | 83–74 | Tahiti | Fiji | 72–49 | Papua New Guinea | |
| 2023 (details) | Honiara | Fiji | 51–47 | Guam | New Caledonia | 97–61 | Samoa |

### 3x3

| Year | Hosts | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Refs |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | Refs |
| 2019 (details) | Apia | Guam | 20–18 | Fiji | Samoa | 19–18 | Marshall Islands | |
| 2023 (details) | Honiara | TBD | – | TBD | TBD | – | TBD |

## Women's tournament
### 5x5

| Year | Hosts | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Refs |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | Refs |
| 1966 | Nouméa | Tahiti | 35–31 | Papua New Guinea | Fiji | 42–30 | New Caledonia | |
| 1969 (details) | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 35–33 | Tahiti | Fiji | 50–28 | New Caledonia | |
| 1971 | Papeete | Papua New Guinea | 58–41 | Tahiti | New Caledonia | No playoff | Fiji | |
| 1975 | Tumon | Tahiti | 37–33 | Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia | 78–55 | Guam | |
| 1979 | Suva | Papua New Guinea | 75–68 | Fiji | Tahiti | 80–47 | New Caledonia | |
| 1983 | Apia | Fiji | 58–48 | Papua New Guinea | American Samoa | 94–70 | Tahiti | |
| 1987 | Nouméa | Fiji | 59–46 | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | 95–37 | Guam | |
| 1991 (details) | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | Round- robin | Tahiti | Fiji | Round- robin | New Caledonia | |
| 1995 | Papeete | Tahiti | 64–44 | Fiji | New Caledonia | 63–55 | Guam | |
| 1999 | Santa Rita | Tahiti | 58–42 | Fiji | Guam | 70–55 | American Samoa | |
| 2003 | Suva | Western Samoa | 47–44 | Fiji | New Caledonia | 68–52 | Tahiti | |
| 2007 | Apia | Fiji | 70–62 | American Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 70–59 | Tahiti | [35] [27] |
| 2011 (details) | Nouméa | Tahiti | 59–47 | New Caledonia | Fiji | 64–51 | Samoa | |
| 2015 (details) | Port Moresby | Fiji | 75–61 | American Samoa | Tahiti | 62–51 | Papua New Guinea | |
| 2019 (details) | Apia | American Samoa | 74–53 | Fiji | Samoa | 87–85 | Guam | |
| 2023 (details) | Honiara | Tahiti | 53–46 | Cook Islands | Fiji | 63–55 | Samoa |

### 3x3

| Year | Hosts | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Refs |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | Refs |
| 2019 (details) | Apia | Fiji | 20–9 | Cook Islands | Tahiti | 18–8 | New Caledonia | |
| 2023 (details) | Honiara | TBD | – | TBD | TBD | – | TBD |

## Medal table

These are the all time medal standings in Pacific Games basketball for both men and women in all formats of the game since 1963. Men's basketball has been contested since the inaugural games in 1963, while the women's tournament made its debut in the second games in 1966. The 3x3 format was added for both men and women in 2019.
All-time medal table – Pacific Games Basketball :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tahiti (TAH) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Fiji (FIJ) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Guam (GUM) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | American Samoa (ASA) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Samoa (SAM) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Cook Islands (COK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |

## Pacific Mini Games
### Men

| Games | Year | Host city | Medals | Medals | Medals | Refs |
| Games | Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
| South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | | | | |
| V | 1997 | Pago Pago | American Samoa | Guam | Tahiti | |
| VII | 2005 | Koror | New Caledonia | Guam | Fiji | |
| Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13 |||||||
| Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | | | | |
| X | 2017 (details) | Port Vila | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Papua New Guinea | [39] [40] |

### Women

| Games | Year | Host city | Medals | Medals | Medals | Refs |
| Games | Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
| South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | South Pacific Mini Games – Basketball | | | | |
| V | 1997 | Pago Pago | Tahiti | American Samoa | Fiji | |
| VII | 2005 | Koror | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia | |
| Not contested at the Mini Games 2009-13 |||||||
| Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | Pacific Mini Games – 3x3 Basketball | | | | |
| X | 2017 (details) | Port Vila | Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | Vanuatu | [42] [43] |

### Medals

Basketball was first played at the Pacific Mini Games in 1997. The 3x3 version was introduced for 2017.
All-time medal table – Pacific Mini Games Basketball :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | American Samoa (ASA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Tahiti (TAH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Samoa (SAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Guam (GUM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Vanuatu (VAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |