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2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
City	Suva
Dates	5–10 December 2016
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Guam
Tournament statistics
MVP	Quinn Clinton
Official website
2016 FIBA Oceania U-18 Championship
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The 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship was the sixth edition of the FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship. This was also the FIBA Oceania's qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The tournament was held in Suva, Fiji, from 5 to 10 December 2016. New Zealand beat Australia in the final, 57–51, to win the country's first gold in this event.

Participating teams

•  Fiji (Hosts)
•  Australia
•  Guam
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  Tahiti

Venue

• Vodafone Arena, Suva

Preliminary round

All times given are local time (UTC+13)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	297	86	+211	6	Semifinals
2	Guam	3	2	1	196	225	−29	5
3	Fiji (H)	3	1	2	147	198	−51	4	5th–7th place classification
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	120	251	−131	3

Australia	95–14	Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 32–2, 19–2, 26–2, 18–8
Pts: Glover 14 Rebs: Rigoni 11 Asts: Kenyon, White 3		Pts: Manate 7 Rebs: Rezzouq, Tanepau 4 Asts: Voirin 3

Fiji	51–64	Guam
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 6–21, 13–11, 16–13
Pts: Lal 16 Rebs: Wainidroa 15 Asts: Lal 3		Pts: Min 16 Rebs: Temerowski 9 Asts: Min 3

Tahiti	49–65	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 10–23, 12–17, 14–9
Pts: Manate 15 Rebs: Perez 10 Asts: five players 1		Pts: Lal 21 Rebs: Koroi 8 Asts: Lutuciri 3

Guam	41–117	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 3–21, 13–35, 11–35
Pts: Gaitan 11 Rebs: Hsieh 3 Asts: Sotelo 4		Pts: Rigoni 16 Rebs: Rigoni 13 Asts: Zunic 7

Guam	91–57	Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 28–14, 16–16, 23–12
Pts: Min 18 Rebs: Temerowski 10 Asts: Sotelo 4		Pts: Wong 11 Rebs: Manate 10 Asts: Manate 3

Fiji	31–85	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 11–30, 0–23, 16–12
Pts: Dokonivalu 8 Rebs: Vugona 7 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Rigoni 17 Rebs: Froling, White 10 Asts: Glover 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	259	57	+202	4	Semifinals
2	New Caledonia	2	1	1	88	200	−112	3
3	Samoa	2	0	2	98	188	−90	2	5th–7th place classification

New Caledonia	66–63	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 17–19, 15–21, 16–10
Pts: Laloine 14 Rebs: Dabin 12 Asts: Dabin, Patche 4		Pts: Pauli 18 Rebs: Tautau 14 Asts: Le'Au'Anae 2

Samoa	35–122	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–35, 9–26, 14–28, 4–33
Pts: Sio 14 Rebs: Sio 6 Asts: Meaalofa 2		Pts: Waardenburg 21 Rebs: T. Cameron, McRae 7 Asts: T. Cameron 4

New Caledonia	22–137	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 0–35, 2–32, 10–39, 10–31
Pts: three players 4 Rebs: Dabin 5 Asts: Avenel, Fenuafanote 2		Pts: Waardenburg 29 Rebs: Waardenburg 10 Asts: T. Cameron 7

5th–7th place classification

All times given are local time (UTC+13).

	5th–7th place semifinal				Fifth place game
					9 December
					Fiji	57
	8 December
					Samoa	61
	Samoa	74
	Tahiti	65

5th–7th place semifinal

Samoa	74–65	Tahiti
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–23, 18–17, 13–15
Pts: Pauli 24 Rebs: Sio 14 Asts: Meaalofa 4		Pts: Voirin 17 Rebs: Teore 7 Asts: Voirin 3

Fifth place game

Fiji	57–61	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 13–15, 11–17, 15–20
Pts: Lal 14 Rebs: Wainidroa 9 Asts: Lal 5		Pts: Vaetoe 19 Rebs: Sio 13 Asts: Pauli, Tautau 2

Final round

All times given are local time (UTC+13).

	Semifinals				Final
	9 December
	Australia	121
					10 December
	New Caledonia	30
					Australia	51
	9 December
					New Zealand	57
	New Zealand	116
	Guam	54
					Third place game
					10 December
					New Caledonia	68
					Guam	87

Semifinals

Australia	121–30	New Caledonia
Scoring by quarter: 28–3, 31–5, 31–9, 31–13
Pts: White 28 Rebs: Nai 9 Asts: Short 6		Pts: Taieb 6 Rebs: Tessier 5 Asts: Fenuafanote, Taieb 2

New Zealand	116–54	Guam
Scoring by quarter: 31–9, 26–10, 36–21, 23–14
Pts: Waardenburg 21 Rebs: McRae 10 Asts: T. Cameron, Letoa 5		Pts: Min 12 Rebs: Temerowski, Williams 4 Asts: Sotelo 3

Third place game

New Caledonia	68–87	Guam
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–21, 19–21, 20–18
Pts: Dabin 16 Rebs: Tessier 12 Asts: Dabin 5		Pts: Min 24 Rebs: Temerowski 5 Asts: Sotelo 5

Final

Australia	51–57	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 12–15, 17–13, 14–17
Pts: Glover 12 Rebs: Glover 6 Asts: Short 3		Pts: Clinton 14 Rebs: Waardenburg 12 Asts: four players 2

Awards

2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship winners
New Zealand First title

Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final
Quinn Clinton

All-Tournament Team

• PG – Michael Min
• SG – Angus Glover
• SF – Quinn Clinton
• PF – Jacob Rigoni
• C – Sam Waardenburg

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	New Zealand	4–0
	Australia	4–1
	Guam	3–2
4	New Caledonia	1–3
5	Samoa	2–2
6	Fiji	1–3
7	Tahiti	0–4

References

1. "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on September 16, 2016.
2. "Groups and schedule finalised for FIBA U18 Oceania Championships 2016". FIBA.com. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. "New Zealand on their way to FIBA U19 World Championship 2017". FIBA.com. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

External links

• 2016 FIBA Oceania U-18 Championship official website

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