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

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. The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted by

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from 19 to 24 November 2018. Matches were played at the NUS Gymnasium. The tournament serves as qualifiers for the basketball events of the

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with three berths for Polynesia allocated for the top three teams, excluding , in this tournament. The romped its way to the Gold Medal with a perfect 4-0 record punctuated by a dominating 91-58 win over in the final. The finalists, along with the hosts , who prevailed over in the Bronze Medal Match, will represent

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in the women's basketball tournament of the

, which will be also held in

Teams

* * * (Hosts) * * (withdrew) ''

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'' withdrew from competition.

Preliminary round

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Final round

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Awards

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: Keziah-Brittany Lewis * All-Star Team: ** PG – Aeata Tepu ** SG –

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** SF – Keziah-Brittany Lewis ** PF – Oceane Lefranc ** C – Terai Sadler

Notes

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