SPG2007: Day 7 Results - End of the pool phase

The pool phase is over in the 2007 South Pacific Games. Fiji easily defeated American Samoa by 18 in a preview of the upcoming Gold medal game, both teams will face each other again for the SPG title and a spot in the Oceania Series against Australia and New Zealand. Tahiti and Papua New Guinea will play for the Bronze while New Caledonia and Samoa will compete for the 5th place. The Solomon Islands ended their tournament with a sixth loss in six games.

Day 7:
Fiji - American Samoa: 80-62
Valerie Nainima 26pts 9/19FG - Derisa Taleni 19pts 6/19FG
Tahiti - New Caledonia: 73-28
Maea Lextreyt 14pts 6/9FG - Myriam Fenuafanote 6pts 3/6FG
Papua New Guinea - Solomon Islands: 63-56
Nape Waka 15pts 7/16FG - Miriam Basia 16pts 5/14FG

Standings:
1- Fiji 6-0
2- American Samoa 5-1
3- Tahiti 4-2
4- Papua New Guinea 3-3
5- Samoa 2-4
6- New Caledonia 1-5
7- Solomon Islands 0-6

Playoffs Schedule
Gold medal game:
Fiji - American Samoa
Bronze medal game:
Tahiti - Papua New Guinea
5th place game:
Samoa - New Caledonia


Solomon Islands (yellow) vs Papua New Guinea (black) (photo: SPG2007)