# Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Apia, Samoa from 8–16 July. In the final, Guam won gold with a nine-point victory over Tahiti. Fiji ended up with the bronze.

## Participating teams

Eight countries have qualified and are expected to compete in the men's basketball tournament:
* Fiji
* Guam
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* French Polynesia
* Tonga

## Entrants

| Qualified | From |
| Papua New Guinea  New Caledonia  Fiji  Guam  Tahiti  Samoa  Tonga  Solomon Islands | 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (1st) 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (2nd) 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup (3rd) 2018 FIBA Micronesia Basketball Cup (1st) 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (1st) 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (2nd) & Host 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup (3rd) Wild card |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC+13)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 295 | 207 | +88 | 6 | Advance to the semi-final round |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 223 | −4 | 5 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 3 | Samoa (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 271 | −29 | 4 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 4 | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 281 | −55 | 3 | Advance to the classification round |
* 9 July 2019 14:15
* Report
| Tonga | 71–82 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 22–14, 20–19, 18–24 |||
| Pts: Alipate 44 Rebs: Foketi 9 Asts: Paea 3 | | Pts: Adjouhgniope 21 Rebs: Mathelon, Tetainanuari 7 Asts: Adjouhgniope 4 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 9 July 2019 18:45
* Report
| Samoa | 81–105 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 22–20, 22–36, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Leusogi Ape 32 Rebs: Leusogi Ape, Levy 6 Asts: Atoa, Hunt 2 | | Pts: Hechanova 22 Rebs: R. Wesley 10 Asts: Stinnett 2 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 11 July 2019 14:15
* Report
| Tonga | 65–101 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 8–21, 14–28, 25–33 |||
| Pts: Alipate 26 Rebs: Foketi 9 Asts: Alipate 3 | | Pts: Simon 30 Rebs: Galloway 13 Asts: Calvo, T. Wesley 3 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 11 July 2019 18:45
* Report
| New Caledonia | 76–63 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–19, 31–15, 13–15 |||
| Pts: Adjouhgniope 15 Rebs: Adjouhgniope 10 Asts: Delaunay-Belleville, Ha Ho 2 | | Pts: McFarland 20 Rebs: McFarland 15 Asts: Sio, McFarland, Atoa 2 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 13 July 2019 14:15
* [Report]
| Guam | 89–61 | New Caledonia |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 13 July 2019 18:45
* [Report]
| Samoa | 98–90 | Tonga |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 168 | +64 | 6 | Advance to the semi-final round |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 177 | +60 | 5 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 205 | +1 | 4 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 249 | −125 | 3 | Advance to the classification round |
* 8 July 2019 14:15
* Report
| Papua New Guinea | 86–48 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 21–9, 18–10, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Leahy 14 Rebs: Li. Wright 8 Asts: Apiko 3 | | Pts: Boardman 12 Rebs: Tingiia, Masaea 6 Asts: Basia 3 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 8 July 2019 16:30
* Report
| Fiji | 80–66 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 16–24, 21–21, 25–15 |||
| Pts: M. Whippy 19 Rebs: M. Whippy 16 Asts: J. Fox 3 | | Pts: Meuel 21 Rebs: Meuel, Apeang, Tinirauarii 3 Asts: Lextreyt, Liu 3 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 10 July 2019 14:15
* Report
| Tahiti | 51–93 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 8–21, 11–32, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Meuel 10 Rebs: Apeang 4 Asts: Meuel, Mui 2 | | Pts: Wright 21 Rebs: Wright 12 Asts: Hewe, Muri, Farmer 2 |
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 10 July 2019 16:30
* Report
| Solomon Islands | 44–74 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 6–24, 17–17, 11–10 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 12 July 2019 14:15
* Report
| Solomon Islands | 32–89 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 4–19, 6–21, 15–24 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 12 July 2019 16:30
* Report
| Fiji | 78–58 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 18–13, 25–13, 19–15 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

## Final round

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 16 July | 16 July | | |
| | | Guam | 122 | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Guam | 122 | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Papua New Guinea | 67 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | Papua New Guinea | 67 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Samoa | 63 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Samoa | 63 | | | | Guam | 83 |
| | | | | | Tahiti | 74 |
| | | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| | | Fiji | 72 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Fiji | 72 | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Tahiti | 75 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| New Caledonia | 55 | Tahiti | 75 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| New Caledonia | 55 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Tahiti | 65 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Tahiti | 65 | | | | Fiji | 72 |
| | | | | | Papua New Guinea | 49 |

### Classification 7th-8th

* 15 July 2019 11:00
* Report
| Tonga | 100–55 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 26–17, 24–13, 31–13 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Playoffs

* 15 July 2019 13:00
* Report
| New Caledonia | 55–65 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 19–11, 11–21, 10–20 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 15 July 2019 19:00
* Report
| Papua New Guinea | 75–63 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–15, 15–14, 20–15 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Classification 5th-6th

* 16 July 2019 11:00
* Report
| New Caledonia | 84–82 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 21–16, 27–25, 20–21 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Semifinals

* 16 July 2019 15:00
* Report
| Fiji | 72–75 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–15, 10–14, 23–24 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia
* 16 July 2019 19:00
* Report
| Guam | 122–67 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 31–8, 33–22, 25–18 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Bronze medal match

* 17 July 2019 13:00
* Report
| Fiji | 72–49 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 15–7, 9–17, 22–16 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

### Final

* 17 July 2019 18:00
* Report
| Tahiti | 74–83 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 17–14, 20–24, 22–20 |||
* Faleata Sporting Complex, Apia

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Record | Qualified to |
| | Guam | 5–0 | Pre-Qualifiers Asia Cup 2025 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification |
| | Tahiti | 3–3 | Pre-Qualifier Asia Cup 2025 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification |
| | Fiji | 4–1 |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3–3 |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 3–2 |
| 6 | Samoa | 1–4 |
| 7 | Tonga | 1–3 |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 0–4 |