FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Country | FIBA Oceania member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
| Most recent champions |  Papua New Guinea(2nd title) |
| Most titles | Papua New Guinea (2 titles) |
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Country | FIBA Oceania member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
| Most recent champion |  Fiji (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Fiji (2 titles) |
The FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup (FMC) is one of three new regional tournaments organized by FIBA Oceania. The tournament was introduced in September 2017 for countries belonging to Melanesia sub-zone.[1]
Tournament format
[edit]The six teams will be split into two pools of three playing in a round robin format. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals (with the two bottom teams playing off) or if there are five teams or less; one pool will play a round-robin with the top four teams qualifying for semi-finals. The top two teams from the FMC will qualify for the Pacific Games.[1]
Significance
[edit]According to FIBA in Oceania Executive Director David Crocker, one of the main reasons this tournament was created was to strengthen the level of competition within Oceania as well as the Pacific Games, ideally creating new national rivalries.
Men's tournaments
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2017[2] Details |
Port Moresby |
 Papua New Guinea |
81–63 |  New Caledonia |
Fiji |
63–43 |  Solomon Islands | ||
| 2022[3] Details |
Suva |
New Caledonia |
87–57 | Papua New Guinea |
Fiji |
67–53 | Solomon Islands | ||
| 2025[4] Details |
Honiara |
Papua New Guinea |
68–61 | Fiji |
Solomon Islands |
(Forfeit) | New Caledonia | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Fiji | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2017 |
2022 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
|
3rd | 3rd | 2nd |
| Papua New Guinea
|
1st | 2nd | 1st |
 New Caledonia
|
2nd | 1st | 4th |
 Solomon Islands
|
4th | 4th | 3rd |
 Vanuatu
|
— | — | 5th |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Women's tournaments
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2017[5] Details |
Port Moresby |
Papua New Guinea |
77–58 | Fiji |
New Caledonia |
60–49 | Solomon Islands | ||
| 2022[6] Details |
Suva |
Fiji |
71–38 | Papua New Guinea |
New Caledonia |
54–28 | Solomon Islands | ||
| 2025[7] Details |
Honiara |
Fiji |
57–44 | Papua New Guinea |
Solomon Islands |
(Forfeit) | New Caledonia | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2017 |
2022 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
2nd | 1st | 1st |
| Papua New Guinea
|
1st | 2nd | 2nd |
| New Caledonia
|
3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Solomon Islands
|
4th | 4th | 3rd |
| Vanuatu
|
— | — | 5th |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 5 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIBA Oceania to host sub-zone qualification starting in 2017". FIBA Oceania. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "2017 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup archive website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2022 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup archive website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2025 FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup official website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2017 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup archive website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2022 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup archive website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup official website". www.fiba.basketball.
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