Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games
# Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games

Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games was played at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in August 1969. Men's and women's tournaments were held with eight and six teams, respectively, competing.

After a round robin stage the teams in the top two positions played off for the gold and silver medals, and the teams in the third and fourth positions played off for the bronze medal.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia |
| Women's | Papua New Guinea | Tahiti | Fiji |

## Men's tournament

### Standings

* Qualified for the Finals
* Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tahiti | 7 | 7 | 0 | 533 | 269 | 285 | 14 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 5 | 2 | 416 | 248 | -5 | 10 |
| Guam | 7 | 5 | 2 | 544 | 421 | 168 | 10 |
| New Caledonia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 499 | 376 | -45 | 10 |
| Nauru | 7 | 2 | 5 | 390 | 544 | -25 | 4 |
| American Samoa | 7 | 2 | 5 | 374 | 415 | -131 | 4 |
| Fiji | 7 | 2 | 5 | 463 | 505 | -228 | 4 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 0 | 7 | 250 | 691 | 250 | 0 |

### Group matches

* August 1969

| Tahiti | 43–40 | Papua New Guinea |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 79–38 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 67–47 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 101–29 | Nauru |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 63–47 | American Samoa |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 73–45 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 107–23 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 54–44 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 66–28 | Nauru |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 67–32 | American Samoa |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 71–42 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 83–15 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Guam | 75–64 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Guam | 108–63 | Nauru |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Guam | 85–60 | American Samoa |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Guam | 85–59 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Guam | 109–42 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 44–35 | Papua New Guinea |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 100–49 | Nauru |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 51–36 | American Samoa |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 88–80 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 105–34 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Nauru | 81–72 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Nauru | 86–41 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| American Samoa | 56–54 | Nauru |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| American Samoa | 90–41 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Fiji | 54–53 | American Samoa |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Fiji | 111–54 | Solomon Islands |
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* Port Moresby, PNG

### Bronze medal game

* August 1969

| Guam | 64–72 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG

### Men's final

* August 1969

| Tahiti | 56–39 | Papua New Guinea |
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* Port Moresby, PNG

## Women's tournament

### Standings

* Qualified for the Finals
* Qualified for the Battle-For-Third

Final standings after the round robin tournament:

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 227 | 110 | +117 | 6 |
| Tahiti | 4 | 3 | 1 | 203 | 120 | +83 | 6 |
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 2 | 241 | 151 | +90 | 4 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 182 | 182 | 0 | 4 |
| Guam | 4 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 371 | −290 | 10 |

### Group matches

* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 23–17 | Tahiti |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 43–34 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| New Caledonia | 64–42 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Fiji | 117–14 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 51–26 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 82–16 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 55–49 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 108–9 | Guam |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Tahiti | 49–32 | Fiji |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
* August 1969

| Fiji | 58–45 | Papua New Guinea |
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* Port Moresby, PNG

### Bronze medal playoff

* August 1969

| Fiji | 50–28 | New Caledonia |
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* Port Moresby, PNG

### Women's final

* August 1969

| Papua New Guinea | 35–33 | Tahiti |
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* Port Moresby, PNG
