POSTED BY: Eurobasket Center
Vanuatu is a small country in Oceania, which is not well-known in the World about it's basketball achievements. However Vanuatu team is very active in the local international championships. In the last Oceania Championships at Suva, Fiji in 2001, Vanuatu took surprising 7th place.
Pool A Games
Vanuatu 84 defeated Nauru 56
Papua New Guinea 66 defeated Vanuatu 61
New Zealand 71 defeated Vanuatu 53
Final Pool A Placings:
1st New Zealand to division 1
2nd Papua New Guinea to division 1
3rd Samoa to division 1
4th Vanuatu to division 2
5th Nauru to division 2
Division 2: Merv Emms Shield
Solomon Is 82 defeated Vanuatu 58
Vanuatu 61 defeated Nauru 57
Tonga 85 defeated Vanuatu 64
Vanuatu 77 defeated Marshall Islands 65
Finals Results: Gold Medal Game: Vanuatu 84 defeated Marshall Islands 60
Final Placings:
1. Vanuatu
2. Marshall Islands
3. Solomon Islands
4. Tonga
5. Nauru