Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games
# Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games

Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games was played at Suva in Fiji with 6 teams competing in the men's tournament.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Basketball | Tahiti | American Samoa | Papua New Guinea |

## Men's tournament

### Standings

Final standings after the round robin tournament:

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tahiti | 6 | 6 | 0 | 465 | 240 | +225 | 12 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 323 | 272 | +51 | 10 |
| Nauru | 6 | 3 | 3 | 301 | 318 | -17 | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 282 | 332 | -50 | 6 |
| New Caledonia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 274 | 301 | -27 | 4 |
| Fiji | 6 | 2 | 4 | 259 | 314 | -55 | 4 |
| Western Samoa | 6 | 0 | 6 | 230 | 357 | -127 | 0 |

### Matches

* September 1963

| Tahiti | 79–45 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Tahiti | 85–50 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Tahiti | 75–39 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Tahiti | 61–42 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Tahiti | 82–32 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Tahiti | 83–32 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| American Samoa | 45–40 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| American Samoa | 65–46 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| American Samoa | 58–44 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| American Samoa | 54–37 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| American Samoa | 56–26 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Nauru | 61–54 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Nauru | 45–39 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Nauru | 46–59 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Nauru | 59–36 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Papua New Guinea | 42–40 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Papua New Guinea | 42–40 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Papua New Guinea | 59–51 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| New Caledonia | 54–46 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| New Caledonia | 55–49 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji
* September 1963

| Fiji | 45–36 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji

### Play-off for bronze medal

* September 1963

| Papua New Guinea | 61–54 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* Suva, Fiji

Papua New Guinea defeated Nauru, to win the bronze medal in extra time.

