Report on the Basketball Tournament X1vth Pacific Games New Caledonia
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Report on the Basketball Tournament X1Vth Pacific Games New Caledonia (Noumea, Mont Dore and Poindimie) 29th August to 8th September 2011 2011 Pacific Games Report Page | 2 New Caledonia stages an outstanding Pacific Games Basketball Tournament The 14th Pacific Games (formerly called South Pacific Games) were staged in various locations around New Caledonia between 29th August and 10th September 2011. The New Caledonia Basketball Federation joined forces with FIBA Oceania to stage an outstanding basketball event, under the auspices of the Pacific Games Council. 17 National teams participate in the tournament, one more than in Samoa in 2007. The 8 women’s teams were Fiji, New Caledonia, Guam, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, American Samoa and Samoa, while the 9 men’s teams were Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, American Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Solomon Islands, Tahiti and Federated States of Micronesia. New Caledonia won the men’s gold medal and Tahiti won the women’s gold. Silver went to Guam men and New Caledonia women, and bronze went to Tahiti men and Fiji women. This was the first appearance in international basketball for the Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Island men for some time. Team preparation prior to the Games varied from federation to federation, but certainly those federations who had a well planned and organised training regime in place before the Games, benefited. The PNG federation took their teams to Darwin, Australia to compete in the Arafura Games. The New Caledonian federation also participated in the Arafura Games, as well as sending their teams to Australia (Gold Coast and Coffs Harbour) for men’s and women’s preparation. The local basketball organising committee, under the supervision of Brigitte Delaveuve and Thierry Durand was outstanding. They provided over 80 volunteers to help in the basketball program, as statisticians, score table officials, floor wipers and venue staff. The majority of the volunteers had worked at the Youth Tournament, and as a result of this, were perfectly trained and skilled in their chosen field. The ability to cover every game with Live Stats, including the playoff games matches played in Poindimie, was a credit to the volunteers and allowed fans across the zone to follow their team in intimate detail. This is reflected in the website traffic, which totalled 102,801 hits over the 2 weeks of the tournament, an average of 7,342 hits per day. FIBA Oceania staff was delighted to see an ever-increasing number of Oceania All Star players, coaches and referees representing their country at senior competition. 52 former All Star representative players were present in New Caledonia, an indication of the strength of the program in nurturing young talent. It was very rewarding to see so many players, coaches and referees from across the zone greet each other as old friends at the tournament. The newly constructed stadium at Paita (Stadium Sud) proved to be a most outstanding venue. At the recommendation of the NS2011 local organising committee, the men’s round game between New Caledonia and Tahiti was moved to Paita in anticipation of the crowd size. As a result the 3,500 capacity stadium was full. The almost-new Vallee du Tir stadium (Salle Anewy), which was first used at the Youth Tournament in October last year, proved satisfactory despite some deterioration to the playing surface. The Mont Dore court (Salle Serandor) was also very satisfactory, as was the newly refurbished venue at Poindimie in the north. The internet access at all 4 venues was near-perfect, thanks to the work of the local technicians. The New Caledonian volunteer’s team, under the supervision of Brigitte Delaveuve, did an outstanding job. A FIBA referee’s course was conducted in Noumea just prior to the commencement of the Games. Every referee who attended the tournament was able to participate in the clinic, conducted by FIBA’s Sports Director Lubo Kotleba. As a result of the clinic, Christophe BON BON (New Caledonia), Moana MANA (New Caledonia), Brian PONGOTAPU (Solomon Islands) received their FIBA accreditation, while Navi NAIVALU (Fiji) and Miguel GALLARDO (New Zealand) had their previous status as FIBA International Referee confirmed. However, of concern to organisers was the number of teams that did not bring a referee with them. The host federation, New Caledonia, were able to provide a large number of referees of a suitable standard to make 3-person officiating possible. Karin Berrysmith from Australia and Jubilee Kuartei from Palau were the referee educators for the tournament, working alongside Lubo Kotleba, and did a terrific job in educating and motivating the referees during the tournament. 2011 Pacific Games Report Page | 3 2011 Pacific Games Basketball Schedule and Results Men Pool 1 - New Caledonia, Guam, Solomons, Tahiti, FSM Men Pool 2 - Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, PNG Women Pool 1 - New Caledonia, American Samoa, Samoa, Tahiti Women Pool 2 - Fiji, PNG, Guam, Vanuatu Date Gender Time Venue Home Team Score Away Team Score Women’s Pool 1 Results: 29/08/2011 WP1 01:00 PM VDT Samoa 48 v Tahiti 66 29/08/2011 WP1 05:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 69 v American Samoa 40 31/08/2011 WP1 05:00 PM MDore Tahiti 72 v American Samoa 50 31/08/2011 WP1 07:00 PM MDore New Caledonia 69 v Samoa 40 01/09/2011 WP1 01:00 PM VDT American Samoa 63 v Samoa 72 01/09/2011 WP1 05:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 65 v Tahiti 80 Women’s Pool 2 Results: 29/08/2011 WP2 01:00 PM MDore Fiji 53 v Papua New Guinea 56 29/08/2011 WP2 05:00 PM MDore Guam 61 v Vanuatu 50 31/08/2011 WP2 03:00 PM VDT Fiji 55 v Guam 47 01/09/2011 WP2 01:00 PM MDore Fiji 80 v Vanuatu 28 01/09/2011 WP2 05:00 PM MDore Papua New Guinea 62 v Guam 63 31/08/2011 WP2 07:00 PM VDT Vanuatu 46 v Papua New Guinea 73 Men’s Pool 1 Results: 29/08/2011 MP1 03:00 PM VDT Solomon Islands 44 v Tahiti 94 29/08/2011 MP1 07:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 62 v Guam 57 30/08/2011 MP1 03:00 PM VDT FSM 56 v Guam 73 30/08/2011 MP1 07:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 82 v Solomon Islands 47 31/08/2011 MP1 01:00 PM VDT Tahiti 52 v Guam 74 31/08/2011 MP1 05:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 98 v FSM 54 01/09/2011 MP1 03:00 PM MDore Tahiti 98 v FSM 73 01/09/2011 MP1 07:00 PM MDore Guam 102 v Solomon Islands 44 02/09/2011 MP1 11.00AM VDT Solomon Islands 75 v FSM 93 02/09/2011 MP1 08:00 PM Paita New Caledonia 52 v Tahiti 51 Men’s Pool 2 Results: 29/08/2011 MP2 03:00 PM MDore Fiji 80 v Samoa 61 29/08/2011 MP2 07:00 PM MDore American Samoa 75 v Papua New Guinea 88 30/08/2011 MP2 01:00 PM VDT Papua New Guinea 86 v Samoa 75 30/08/2011 MP2 05:00 PM VDT Fiji 76 v American Samoa 55 01/09/2011 MP2 03:00 PM VDT Samoa 61 v American Samoa 68 01/09/2011 MP2 07:00 PM VDT Fiji 87 v Papua New Guinea 62 Pool cross over Results: 02/09/2011 W Cross over 01:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 55 v Guam (WG3) 32 02/09/2011 W Cross over 03:00 PM VDT Samoa 71 v PNG (WG2) 42 02/09/2011 W Cross over 05:00 PM VDT American Samoa 25 v Fiji (WG4) 60 02/09/2011 W Cross over 07:00 PM VDT Tahiti 70 v Vanuatu (WG1) 39 03/09/2011 M Cross over 01:00 PM VDT Guam 84 v Am Samoa (MG15) 46 03/09/2011 M Cross over 03:00 PM VDT Tahiti 97 v PNG (MG14) 66 03/09/2011 M Cross over 05:00 PM VDT FSM 48 v Fiji (MG16) 111 03/09/2011 M Cross over 07:00 PM VDT New Caledonia 72 v Samoa (MG13) 47 Quarter Final Results: 05/09/2011 W QF 01:00 PM Paita Vanuatu 67 v PNG (WG7) 74 05/09/2011 M QF 03:00 PM Paita Samoa 106 v PNG (MG20) 92 05/09/2011 W QF 05:00 PM Paita Guam 50 v Am Samoa (WG8) 37 05/09/2011 M QF 07:00 PM Paita American Samoa 96 v FSM (MG21) 71 2011 Pacific Games Report Page | 4 Date Gender Time Venue Home Team Score Away Team Score Semi Final Results: 06/09/2011 W Semi 01:00 PM Paita Tahiti 69 v Samoa (WG5) 45 06/09/2011 M Semi 03:00 PM Paita Guam 57 v Fiji (MG19) 51 06/09/2011 W Semi 05:00 PM Paita New Caledonia 56 v Fiji (WG6) 50 06/09/2011 M Semi 07:00 PM Paita New Caledonia 63 v Tahiti (MG18) 51 Playoff Games 5th – 8th place Results: 07/09/2011 W 7/8th 09:00 AM Poindimie Vanuatu 70 v Am Samoa 67 07/09/2011 M 7/8th 11:00 AM Poindimie PNG 95 v FSM 77 07/09/2011 W 5/6th 01:00 PM Poindimie PNG 71 v Guam 56 07/09/2011 M 5/6th 03:00 PM Poindimie Samoa 75 v Am Samoa 77 Medal Game Results: 08/09/2011 W Bronze 01:00 PM Paita Samoa 51 v Fiji 64 08/09/2011 M Bronze 03:00 PM Paita Tahiti 57 v Fiji 49 08/09/2011 W Gold 05:00 PM Paita Tahiti 59 v New Caledonia 47 08/09/2011 M Gold 07:00 PM Paita New Caledonia 50 v Guam 43 POOL PLACINGS FINAL GAMES PLACINGS Men Pool 1 1st New Caledonia Men Gold New Caledonia 2nd Guam Men Silver Guam 3rd Tahiti Men Bronze Tahiti 4th FSM Men 4th Fiji 5th Solomon Islands Men 5th American Samoa Men 6th Samoa Men Pool 2 1st Fiji Men 7th PNG 2nd PNG Men 8th FSM 3rd American Samoa Men 9th Solomon Islands 4th Samoa Women Gold Tahiti Women Pool 1 1st Tahiti Women Silver New Caledonia 2nd New Caledonia Women Bronze Fiji 3rd Samoa Women 4th Samoa 4th American Samoa Women 5th PNG Women 6th Guam Women Pool 2 1st Fiji Women 7th Vanuatu 2nd PNG Women 8th American Samoa 3rd Guam 4th Vanuatu 2011 Pacific Games Report Page | 5 Operations Report By Judy Smith Overall, this was a perfect basketball tournament, thanks to the efforts and mutual respect of the local leaders Brigette Delaveuve and Thierry Durand, their volunteers, the participating teams and their officials, the referees and fans.