2022 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup
# 2022 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup

The 2022 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of Melanesia sub-zone of FIBA Oceania. The tournament was hosted by Fiji. Originally slated to be held in 2021, the schedule was pushed further to April 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic, with exact dates has been set to October 26 to 29. Matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

The competition served as the sub-regional qualification phase for the basketball event of the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands with two berths allocated in this tournament, which serves as the official qualifier to the FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers.

New Caledonia thrashed the defending titlists Papua New Guinea in the championship, 87-57, to notch their maiden title. Both finalists, along with next year's hosts Solomon Islands, will represent Melanesia in the men's basketball tournament of the 2023 Pacific Games.

## Teams

The following national teams participated in the competition.

* Fiji (Host)
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands

## Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 207 | +6 | 5 | Final |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 175 | +53 | 5 | Final |
| 3 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 194 | −2 | 4 | Third place game |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 229 | −57 | 4 | Third place game |

* 26 October 2022 14:30
* Boxscore

| Papua New Guinea | 65–77 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 24–23, 11–11, 19–29 |||
| Pts: C. Muri 13 Rebs: Ivano 7 Asts: C. Muri 2 | | Pts: Grantham 23 Rebs: A. Basia, Tauneri Limanikuki 8 Asts: A. Basia 5 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 26 October 2022 19:30
* Boxscore

| Fiji | 62–64 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 15–24, 19–11, 19–17 |||
| Pts: M. Koyamainavure 23 Rebs: Fox 20 Asts: Fox 3 | | Pts: Weber 17 Rebs: Weber 9 Asts: Delaunay-Belleville 3 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 27 October 2022 14:30
* Boxscore

| New Caledonia | 66–75 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 18–21, 22–19, 14–22 |||
| Pts: Delaunay-Belleville 17 Rebs: Sillant 10 Asts: Sillant 5 | | Pts: A. Muri 19 Rebs: A. Muri 13 Asts: four players 2 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 27 October 2022 17:00
* Boxscore

| Solomon Islands | 57–66 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–18, 9–11, 17–17 |||
| Pts: Tauneri Limanikuki, Maelasi 12 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Grantham 3 | | Pts: Waqabaca 26 Rebs: Fox 9 Asts: Naivalurua 2 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 28 October 2022 12:00
* Boxscore

| New Caledonia | 98–38 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 37–12, 24–7, 16–8, 21–11 |||
| Pts: E. Fenuafanote 21 Rebs: Weber, Tetuanui 7 Asts: Delaunay-Belleville 5 | | Pts: Grantham 11 Rebs: A. Basia 7 Asts: A. Basia 4 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva
* 28 October 2022 19:30
* Boxscore

| Fiji | 64–73 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–20, 12–21, 16–20 |||
| Pts: Fox 14 Rebs: Waqabaca 10 Asts: Waqabaca 6 | | Pts: C. Muri 22 Rebs: C. Muri 8 Asts: A. Muri 2 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Final round

### Bronze medal match

* 29 October 2022 14:30
* Boxscore

| Fiji | 67–53 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 23–12, 11–19, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Koroi 22 Rebs: Fox 11 Asts: Waqabaca, M. Koyamainavure 4 | | Pts: Masaea 13 Rebs: Tauneri Limanikuki 8 Asts: six players 1 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva

### Gold medal match

* 29 October 2022 19:30
* Boxscore

| Papua New Guinea | 57–87 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 15–24, 11–18, 24–22 |||
| Pts: P. Muri, A. Muri 14 Rebs: A. Muri 7 Asts: P. Muri 3 | | Pts: Delaunay-Belleville 17 Rebs: Subiranas 10 Asts: Delaunay-Belleville, Weber 4 |

* Vodafone Arena, Suva

## Final standings

* Legend
* Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games.
* Qualified for the 2023 Pacific Games as the hosts.

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | New Caledonia | 3–1 |
| | Papua New Guinea | 2–2 |
| | Fiji | 2–2 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 1–3 |

## Awards

* 2022 FIBA Melanesian champions
* New Caledonia 1st title
* All-Star Team:
   * Max Grantham
   * Jo Delaunay-Belleville
   * Apia Muri
   * Joshua Fox
   * Raymond Weber
