2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup

2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Cup
1st FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Host country Samoa
Dates19−24 November
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cook Islands (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPCook Islands Keziah-Brittany Lewis
Official website
2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup

The 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Polynesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by Samoa from 19 to 24 November 2018. Matches were played at the NUS Gymnasium.[1]

The tournament serves as qualifiers for the basketball events of the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa with three berths for Polynesia allocated for the top three teams, excluding Samoa, in this tournament.[2]

The Cook Islands romped its way to the Gold Medal with a perfect 4-0 record punctuated by a dominating 91-58 win over Tahiti in the final.[3] The finalists, along with the hosts Samoa, who prevailed over American Samoa in the Bronze Medal Match, will represent Polynesia in the women's basketball tournament of the 2019 Pacific Games, which will be also held in Samoa.

Teams

Tonga withdrew from competition.

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cook Islands 3 3 0 225 109 +116 6 Semi-finals
2  Tahiti 3 2 1 217 138 +79 5
3  Samoa (H) 3 1 2 189 191 −2 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 3 94 287 −193 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
19 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  106–32  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 26–2, 29–6, 25–12
Pts: Lefranc 33
Rebs: Lefranc, Salem 6
Asts: Lefranc 6		 Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 11
Rebs: E. Taufa'asau, Rae. Toleafoa 7
Asts: Rh. Toleafoa, Rae. Toleafoa, Masoli 1
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
19 November 2018
19:00
Samoa  47–80  Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 4–24, 14–21, 19–17
Pts: Manumaleuga 16
Rebs: Ropati 8
Asts: Kelsall 2		 Pts: K. Lewis 19
Rebs: A. Lewis, Pilitati 7
Asts: Kiriau 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
20 November 2018
13:00
Tahiti  35–53  Cook Islands
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 6–17, 15–11, 5–13
Pts: Lefranc 12
Rebs: Lefranc 10
Asts: M. Tepu, Lextreyt 2		 Pts: K. Lewis 15
Rebs: Sadler 12
Asts: Main 5
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
20 November 2018
17:00
American Samoa  35–89  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 11–19, 3–26, 10–23
Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 8
Rebs: Vaiomounga, Rae. Toleafoa 6
Asts: Masoli, Rae. Toleafoa 3		 Pts: Manumaleuga 21
Rebs: Sau 13
Asts: Manumaleuga 6
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
21 November 2018
13:00
Cook Islands  92–27  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 24–7, 17–6, 22–12, 29–2
Pts: K. Lewis 19
Rebs: Katu 10
Asts: Kiriau 6		 Pts: Rae. Toleafoa 7
Rebs: Vaiomounga 6
Asts: Masoli, Rh. Toleafoa 2
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
21 November 2018
15:00
Tahiti  76–53  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 16–14, 21–22, 25–8
Pts: Lefranc 19
Rebs: Lefranc 16
Asts: Lextreyt 6		 Pts: Sau 15
Rebs: Sau 8
Asts: Muaulu 4
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final round

Semi-finals

23 November 2018
13:00
Cook Islands  92–44  American Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 29–1, 22–18, 22–14
Pts: K. Lewis 22
Rebs: Sadler, Katu 7
Asts: Sadler 5		 Pts: Rac. Toleafoa 20
Rebs: Rac. Toleafoa 10
Asts: Masoli 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia
23 November 2018
19:00
Tahiti  91–75  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 25–4, 23–18, 27–27
Pts: Lefranc 25
Rebs: Lefranc 19
Asts: A. Tepu 8		 Pts: Manumaleuga 34
Rebs: Ropati 18
Asts: Le'Au'Anae 3
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Third place game

24 November 2018
13:00
American Samoa  53–70  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 14–18, 14–19, 12–17
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final

24 November 2018
17:00
Cook Islands  91–58  Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–7, 25–19, 24–15
NUS Gymnasium, Apia

Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Qualified for the 2019 Pacific Games as the hosts.
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cook Islands 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tahiti 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa 2–3
4  American Samoa 0–5

Awards

 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesian champions 

Cook Islands
1st title

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tonga originally qualified for this tournament but withdrew prior to the start of the tournament, with as of this posting, no official statement yet has been released.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Polynesian Basketball Cup schedule unveiled, Samoa ready to host". FIBA Oceania. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "FIBA Oceania to host sub-zone qualification starting in 2017". FIBA Oceania. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Cook Islands bags Women's Polynesian Cup Gold Medal". FIBA Oceania. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Tonga Women's team withdraws last minute". FIBA Oceania. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Women's Polynesia's cream of the crop named to the All-star Five team". FIBA Oceania. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.