# Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

The women's basketball tournament at the 2023 Pacific Games was the 16th edition of the event for women at the Pacific Games. It was held from 17 to 25 November 2023. All games were played at the Friendship Hall in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The first-placed teams of each group advanced straight into the semifinals with the second- and third-placed teams playing a two match qualifying finals before advancing. After the preliminary round, the teams were matched according to their results with the playoffs featuring only six teams (top three of each group). From there on a knockout system was used.

## Schedule

The schedule of the tournament is as follows.
| G | Group stage | Q | Qualifying finals | C | Classification | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 17th Fri | 18th Sat | 19th Sun | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat |
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | Q | C | ½ | F |

## Qualified teams

| Qualification method | Date | Berths | Qualified team |
| Host Nation | — | — | Solomon Islands |
| 2022 FIBA Women's Micronesia Basketball Cup | 8−11 June 2022 | 1 | Guam |
| 2022 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup | 26−29 October 2022 | 2 | Fiji Papua New Guinea |
| 2022 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup | 1−5 November 2022 | 2 | Cook Islands Samoa |
| Wildcard | 16 December 2022 | 2 | New Caledonia Tahiti Tonga |
| Total | | 8 | |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 164 | +63 | 6 | Advance to the semi-final round |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 158 | +53 | 5 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 3 | Guam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 140 | 168 | −28 | 4 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 4 | Solomon Islands (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 221 | −88 | 3 | Advance to the classification round |
* 17 November 2023 19:30
* Report
| Samoa | 83–46 | Solomon Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 25–9, 25–5, 17–11 |||
| Pts: Paraha, Filemu 19 Rebs: Oloapu, Tutani 7 Asts: Tutani 3 | | Pts: Kio 17 Rebs: Animamu 9 Asts: Animamu 3 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 18 November 2023 13:30
* Report
| Solomon Islands | 43–82 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 11–29, 3–12, 15–20 |||
| Pts: Basia 12 Rebs: Animamu 7 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Koyamainavure 22 Rebs: Vocea 10 Asts: Mendez 4 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 224
* 18 November 2023 15:45
* Report
| Guam | 44–69 | Samoa |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 6–19, 14–16, 8–15 |||
| Pts: Pangilinan 13 Rebs: Benito 12 Asts: Pardilla 2 | | Pts: Paraha 17 Rebs: Fualau 8 Asts: three players 2 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 19 November 2023 11:15
* Report
| Fiji | 55–40 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 9–9, 18–19, 14–2 |||
| Pts: Kenny 19 Rebs: Kenny 14 Asts: Koyamainavure 4 | | Pts: Castro 18 Rebs: Benito, Bailey 9 Asts: Pangilinan 2 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 20 November 2023 09:00
* Report
| Samoa | 75–74 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 21–23, 23–13, 18–22 |||
| Pts: Filemu 21 Rebs: Oloapu 11 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Koyamainavure, Vocea 17 Rebs: Vocea 9 Asts: Koyamainavure 3 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 20 November 2023 20:15
* Report
| Solomon Islands | 44–56 | Guam |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 4–16, 13–12, 9–5 |||
| Pts: Basia 12 Rebs: Basia 14 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Castro 32 Rebs: Benito 10 Asts: Pangilinan 2 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 135 | +55 | 6 | Advance to the semi-final round |
| 2 | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 200 | 137 | +63 | 5 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 3 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 184 | −29 | 4 | Advance to the quarter-final round |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 210 | −89 | 3 | Advance to the classification round |
* 17 November 2023 12:00
* Report
| Tonga | 44–76 | Cook Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 10–23, 10–23, 9–15 |||
| Pts: Puloka 14 Rebs: Enari 10 Asts: Puloka 2 | | Pts: Sopoaga 17 Rebs: Sopoaga 10 Asts: Tuaiti 6 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 17 November 2023 14:30
* Report
| Tahiti | 84–38 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 26–11, 21–5, 12–14 |||
| Pts: Tavanae 15 Rebs: Tavanae, Lefranc 9 Asts: Teissier 3 | | Pts: Asiba 9 Rebs: Hane 12 Asts: Kairi, Warabe 2 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 20 November 2023 13:30
* Report
| Papua New Guinea | 37–59 | Cook Islands |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–9, 5–17, 10–16, 11–17 |||
| Pts: Hane 11 Rebs: Hane 10 Asts: Hane, Dobunaba 1 | | Pts: Tuaiti 21 Rebs: Tuaiti 10 Asts: Tuaiti 3 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 20 November 2023 15:45
* Report
| Tahiti | 62–44 | Tonga |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 18–11, 16–15, 19–4 |||
| Pts: Teissier 20 Rebs: Tavanae 10 Asts: Tavanae 4 | | Pts: Manupule 20 Rebs: Puloka 10 Asts: Puloka 2 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 21 November 2023 11:15
* Report
| Tonga | 67–46 | Papua New Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 11–12, 20–8, 17–12 |||
| Pts: Puloka 23 Rebs: Uaine 13 Asts: Uaine 2 | | Pts: Hane 17 Rebs: Hane 18 Asts: Muri 3 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara
* 21 November 2023 18:00
* Report
| Cook Islands | 55–54 | Tahiti |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–14, 15–14, 16–10, 16–16 |||
| Pts: Pilitati 12 Rebs: Lewis 13 Asts: Tuaiti 4 | | Pts: Lefranc 10 Rebs: Tavanae 10 Asts: Ching-Bellais 3 |
* Friendship Hall, Honiara

## Final round

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 24 November | 24 November | | |
| | | Samoa | 55 | |
| 22 November | 22 November | | Samoa | 55 | |
| 22 November | 22 November | Tahiti | 56 | |
| Guam | 56 | Tahiti | 56 | |
| Guam | 56 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Tahiti | 64 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Tahiti | 64 | | | | Tahiti | 53 |
| | | | | | Cook Islands | 46 |
| | | 24 November | 24 November | | | |
| | | Cook Islands | 51 | | | |
| 22 November | 22 November | | Cook Islands | 51 | | |
| 22 November | 22 November | Fiji | 50 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Fiji | 75 | Fiji | 50 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Fiji | 75 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Tonga | 46 | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Tonga | 46 | | | | Samoa | 55 |
| | | | | | Fiji | 63 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Tahiti |
| | Cook Islands |
| | Fiji |
| 4 | Samoa |
| 5 | Guam |
| 6 | Tonga |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea |
| 8 | Solomon Islands |