# 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship

The 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship was the sixth edition of the FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship. This was also the FIBA Oceania's qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The tournament was held in Suva, Fiji, from 5 to 10 December 2016. New Zealand beat Australia in the final, 57–51, to win the country's first gold in this event.

## Participating teams

* Fiji (Hosts)
* Australia
* Guam
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Tahiti

## Venue

* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Preliminary round

All times given are local time (UTC+13)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 297 | 86 | +211 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Guam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 225 | −29 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 198 | −51 | 4 | 5th–7th place classification |
| 4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 251 | −131 | 3 | 5th–7th place classification |
* 5 December 12:50
* Boxscore
| Australia | 95–14 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–2, 19–2, 26–2, 18–8 |||
| Pts: Glover 14 Rebs: Rigoni 11 Asts: Kenyon, White 3 | | Pts: Manate 7 Rebs: Rezzouq, Tanepau 4 Asts: Voirin 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 5 December 20:10
* Boxscore
| Fiji | 51–64 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 6–21, 13–11, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Lal 16 Rebs: Wainidroa 15 Asts: Lal 3 | | Pts: Min 16 Rebs: Temerowski 9 Asts: Min 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 6 December 16:00
* Boxscore
| Tahiti | 49–65 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 10–23, 12–17, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Manate 15 Rebs: Perez 10 Asts: five players 1 | | Pts: Lal 21 Rebs: Koroi 8 Asts: Lutuciri 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 6 December 18:00
* Boxscore
| Guam | 41–117 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 3–21, 13–35, 11–35 |||
| Pts: Gaitan 11 Rebs: Hsieh 3 Asts: Sotelo 4 | | Pts: Rigoni 16 Rebs: Rigoni 13 Asts: Zunic 7 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 7 December 18:00
* Boxscore
| Guam | 91–57 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 28–14, 16–16, 23–12 |||
| Pts: Min 18 Rebs: Temerowski 10 Asts: Sotelo 4 | | Pts: Wong 11 Rebs: Manate 10 Asts: Manate 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 7 December 20:00
* Boxscore
| Fiji | 31–85 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 11–30, 0–23, 16–12 |||
| Pts: Dokonivalu 8 Rebs: Vugona 7 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Rigoni 17 Rebs: Froling, White 10 Asts: Glover 5 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 259 | 57 | +202 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 200 | −112 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Samoa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 188 | −90 | 2 | 5th–7th place classification |
* 5 December 18:20
* Boxscore
| New Caledonia | 66–63 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 17–19, 15–21, 16–10 |||
| Pts: Laloine 14 Rebs: Dabin 12 Asts: Dabin, Patche 4 | | Pts: Pauli 18 Rebs: Tautau 14 Asts: Le'Au'Anae 2 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 6 December 14:00
* Boxscore
| Samoa | 35–122 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–35, 9–26, 14–28, 4–33 |||
| Pts: Sio 14 Rebs: Sio 6 Asts: Meaalofa 2 | | Pts: Waardenburg 21 Rebs: T. Cameron, McRae 7 Asts: T. Cameron 4 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 7 December 8:00
* Boxscore
| New Caledonia | 22–137 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 0–35, 2–32, 10–39, 10–31 |||
| Pts: three players 4 Rebs: Dabin 5 Asts: Avenel, Fenuafanote 2 | | Pts: Waardenburg 29 Rebs: Waardenburg 10 Asts: T. Cameron 7 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## 5th–7th place classification

All times given are local time (UTC+13).
| 5th–7th place semifinal | 5th–7th place semifinal | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| | | 9 December | 9 December |
| | | Fiji | 57 |
| 8 December | 8 December | | Fiji | 57 |
| 8 December | 8 December | Samoa | 61 |
| Samoa | 74 | Samoa | 61 |
| Tahiti | 65 | | |

### 5th–7th place semifinal

* 8 December 15:00
* Boxscore
| Samoa | 74–65 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–23, 18–17, 13–15 |||
| Pts: Pauli 24 Rebs: Sio 14 Asts: Meaalofa 4 | | Pts: Voirin 17 Rebs: Teore 7 Asts: Voirin 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Fifth place game

* 9 December 10:00
* Boxscore
| Fiji | 57–61 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 13–15, 11–17, 15–20 |||
| Pts: Lal 14 Rebs: Wainidroa 9 Asts: Lal 5 | | Pts: Vaetoe 19 Rebs: Sio 13 Asts: Pauli, Tautau 2 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Final round

All times given are local time (UTC+13).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 9 December | 9 December |
| Australia | 121 |
| Australia | 121 | 10 December | 10 December |
| New Caledonia | 30 | 10 December | 10 December |
| New Caledonia | 30 | Australia | 51 |
| 9 December | 9 December | | Australia | 51 |
| 9 December | 9 December | New Zealand | 57 |
| New Zealand | 116 | New Zealand | 57 |
| Guam | 54 | | |
| Guam | 54 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 10 December | 10 December |
| | | New Caledonia | 68 |
| | | Guam | 87 |

### Semifinals

* 9 December 16:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 121–30 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–3, 31–5, 31–9, 31–13 |||
| Pts: White 28 Rebs: Nai 9 Asts: Short 6 | | Pts: Taieb 6 Rebs: Tessier 5 Asts: Fenuafanote, Taieb 2 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 9 December 20:00
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 116–54 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 26–10, 36–21, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Waardenburg 21 Rebs: McRae 10 Asts: T. Cameron, Letoa 5 | | Pts: Min 12 Rebs: Temerowski, Williams 4 Asts: Sotelo 3 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Third place game

* 10 December 13:30
* Boxscore
| New Caledonia | 68–87 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–21, 19–21, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Dabin 16 Rebs: Tessier 12 Asts: Dabin 5 | | Pts: Min 24 Rebs: Temerowski 5 Asts: Sotelo 5 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Final

* 10 December 19:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 51–57 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 12–15, 17–13, 14–17 |||
| Pts: Glover 12 Rebs: Glover 6 Asts: Short 3 | | Pts: Clinton 14 Rebs: Waardenburg 12 Asts: four players 2 |
* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Awards

* 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship winners
* New Zealand First title
* Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final
* Quinn Clinton

### All-Tournament Team

* PG – Michael Min
* SG – Angus Glover
* SF – Quinn Clinton
* PF – Jacob Rigoni
* C – Sam Waardenburg

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | New Zealand | 4–0 |
| | Australia | 4–1 |
| | Guam | 3–2 |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 1–3 |
| 5 | Samoa | 2–2 |
| 6 | Fiji | 1–3 |
| 7 | Tahiti | 0–4 |