Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games
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| Pacific Games Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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| Apia 2019 | |||||||||
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| Games | 2019 Pacific Games | ||||||||
| Host nation | Samoa | ||||||||
| City | Apia | ||||||||
| Duration | 8–16 July | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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| Tournaments | |||||||||
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Basketball was one of the 26 sports included in the 2019 Pacific Games which were held in Apia, Samoa.
The 8 teams were split into two pools of four where round-robin matches were played, with the top two from each pool advancing to the semi-finals or the medal play-offs.
Qualification
For the first time, teams had to qualify for the event to participate in the basketball competition for both men and women through sub-zone qualification tournaments in Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.[1][2]
Men's tournament
Qualified teams
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 |  Samoa |
| 2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 |  Papua New Guinea New Caledonia Fiji |
| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 |  Guam |
| 2018 FIBA Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Tahiti Tonga |
| Wildcard | 19 February 2019 | 1 |  Solomon Islands |
| Total | 8 |
Women's tournament
Qualified teams
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 September 2017 | 1 | Samoa |
| 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesia Basketball Cup | 27−30 September 2017 | 3 | Papua New Guinea Fiji New Caledonia |
| 2018 Micronesian Games | 15−23 July 2018 | 1 | Guam |
| 2018 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup | 19−24 November 2018 | 2 |  Cook Islands Tahiti |
| Wildcard | 15 March 2019 | 1 |  American Samoa |
| Total | 8 |