Marshall Islands withdrew from the South Pacific Games

The Marshall Islands Basketball Federation registered its Men national team to play in the upcoming South Pacific Games which will be held in late August in Samoa, unfortunatly the country will be unable to send the Men team in Samoa due to financial reasons. Two other eary entrants had to withdraw like the Marshall Islands: Micronesia and Northern Marianas Islands. Finally, 10 teams will compete in the Men tournament.

SPG Men tournament - Participating countries:
American Samoa
Cook Island
Fiji
Guam
New Caledonia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti

Early entrants who will not participate:
Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas