2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Women.
2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
CitySuva
Dates5–10 December 2016
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Guam
Tournament statistics
MVPNew Zealand Quinn Clinton
Official website
2016 FIBA Oceania U-18 Championship
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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.[1][2] New Zealand beat Australia in the final, 57–51, to win the country's first gold in this event.[3]

Participating teams

Venue

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
3  Fiji (H) 3 1 2 147 198 −51 4 5th–7th place classification
4  Tahiti 3 0 3 120 251 −131 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
5 December
12:50
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
5 December
20:10
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
6 December
16:00
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
6 December
18:00
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
7 December
18:00
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
7 December
20:00
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

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
3  Samoa 2 0 2 98 188 −90 2 5th–7th place classification
Source: FIBA
5 December
18:20
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
6 December
14:00
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
7 December
8:00
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

5th–7th place classification

All times given are local time (UTC+13).

 
5th–7th place semifinalFifth place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
9 December
 
 
 Fiji57
 
8 December
 
 Samoa61
 
 Samoa74
 
 
 Tahiti65
 

5th–7th place semifinal

8 December
15:00
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

Fifth place game

9 December
10:00
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

Final round

All times given are local time (UTC+13).

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 December
 
 
 Australia121
 
10 December
 
 New Caledonia30
 
 Australia51
 
9 December
 
 New Zealand57
 
 New Zealand116
 
 
 Guam54
 
Third place game
 
 
10 December
 
 
 New Caledonia68
 
 
 Guam87

Semifinals

9 December
16:00
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
9 December
20:00
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

Third place game

10 December
13:30
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

Final

10 December
19:00
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

Awards

 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18
Championship winners 

New Zealand
First title
Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final
New Zealand Quinn Clinton
All-Tournament Team

Final standings

Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 4–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Guam 3–2
4  New Caledonia 1–3
5  Samoa 2–2
6  Fiji 1–3
7  Tahiti 0–4

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Groups and schedule finalised for FIBA U18 Oceania Championships 2016". FIBA.com. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ "New Zealand on their way to FIBA U19 World Championship 2017". FIBA.com. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.