The 1966 South Pacific Games was the second time that basketball was played at the South Pacific Games. Nine teams competed in the men's competition while for the first time a women's competition took place with five teams competing in the women's tournaments.
French Polynesia took out both gold medals with the national team defeating New Caledonia in the men's final while they defeated Papua New Guinea in the women's.[1]
Medal summary
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's |  Tahiti |
 New Caledonia |
 Guam |
| Women's | Tahiti |
 Papua New Guinea |
 Fiji |
Men's tournament
editGroup stage
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahiti |
4 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 113 | +127 | 8 |
| Papua New Guinea |
4 | 3 | 1 | 237 | 181 | +56 | 7 |
 Gilbert and Ellice Islands |
4 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 199 | +14 | 6 |
| Fiji |
4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 208 | +14 | 5 |
 New Hebrides |
4 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 277 | –211 | 4 |
Group B
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 119 | +59 | 6 |
| Guam |
3 | 2 | 1 | 159 | 120 | +39 | 5 |
 American Samoa |
3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 178 | –51 | 4 |
 Nauru |
3 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 188 | –49 | 3 |
Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Tahiti | 58 | |||||
| Guam | 42 | |||||
| Tahiti | 42 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 23 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 47 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Guam | 63 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | |||||
Semi-finals
editBronze-medal match
editGold-medal match
editWomen's tournament
editRound robin
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Tahiti | 53 | |||||
| Fiji | 47 | |||||
| Tahiti | 35 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 19 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Fiji | 42 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 30 | |||||
Semi-finals
editBronze-medal match
editGold-medal match
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Men Basketball II South Pacific Games 1966 - 12 Noumea (NCL) - Winner French Polinesia". Todor66. 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 26 August 2020.