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The 2018 FIBA Polynesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by national teams of the newly formed Polynesia sub-zone of
FIBA Oceania FIBA Oceania is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Oceania is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international tournaments in Oceania. It ...
. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
from 19 to 24 November 2018. Matches were played at the NUS Gymnasium. The tournament serves as qualifiers for the basketball events of the
2019 Pacific Games The 16th Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 2019, were held from 7 to 20 July 2019. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The ...
in
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
with three berths for Polynesia allocated for the top three teams, excluding , in this tournament. swept its way throughout the tournament, sweeping the preliminaries and won their first-ever Polynesian Cup championship over the hosts in the Final, 77-73. The finalists, along with , who edged in the Bronze Medal Match, 79-77, will represent
Polynesia Polynesia ( , ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in ...
in the men's basketball tournament of the
2019 Pacific Games The 16th Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 2019, were held from 7 to 20 July 2019. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The ...
, which will be also held in
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
.


Teams

* * * (Hosts) * *


Preliminary round

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Final round


Third place game


Final


Final standings


Awards

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Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...
: Ariirimarau Meuel * All-Star Team: ** PG – Marcus Alipate ** SG – Sapeti Tufuga ** SF – Ariirimarau Meuel ** PF – Theodore McFarland ** C – Reihiti Sommers


See also

* 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup * 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup * Basketball at the 2018 Micronesian Games *
Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games Basketball was one of the 26 sports included in the 2019 Pacific Games which were held in Apia, Samoa. Competition format The 8 teams were split into two pools of four where round-robin matches were played, with the top two from each pool advan ...


References

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Polynesian Cup The Polynesian Cup is a rugby league football test match played between Samoa and Tonga first played in 2010. The matches in 2015, 2016 and 2018 were played as double-headers with the Melanesian Cup. Results See also *Polynesia Cup – sim ...
FIBA Polynesia Cup