# 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.
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.
Hosts Fiji thrashed the defending titlists Papua New Guinea in the championship, 71-58, to notch their maiden title. 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.
* Fiji (Host)
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands

## 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 | Final |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 197 | 183 | +14 | 4 | Third place game |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 208 | −85 | 3 | Third place game |
* 26 October 2022 12:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 26 October 2022 17:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 27 October 2022 12:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 27 October 2022 19:30
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 28 October 2022 14:30
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 28 October 2022 17:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Final round
### Bronze medal match

* 29 October 2022 12:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Gold medal match

* 29 October 2022 17:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Final standings

* Legend
* Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games.
* Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games as the hosts.
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Fiji | 4–0 |
| | Papua New Guinea | 2–2 |
| | New Caledonia | 2–2 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 2022 FIBA Women's Melanesian champions
* Fiji 1st title
* All-Star Team:
** Marca Muri
** Adeline Souque
** Letava Whippy
** Betty Angula
** Matila Vocea