Fiji women's national basketball team is the national

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team from

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, administered by the Fiji Amateur Basketball Federation. They played in the 2007 Oceania Championship in

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History

Due to their gold medal win at the

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

, Fiji was given a berth at the

2017 FIBA Asia Cup The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) was the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia. It took place from 8 to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial sche ...

. After the final match against American Samoa at the Pacific Games, Fiji did not play a competitive match until their

FIBA Asia Cup The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. Through the 2015 edition, the tourn ...

debut. At most Fiji could use eight players out of the twelve named for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, due to the unavailability of the four other players. Fiji finished sixth in the tournament.

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India. Before this edition, the tournam ...

Past rosters

At the

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament. Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for ...

: * Letava Whippy * Mikaelar Whippy * Boulou Tuisou * Valerie Nainima * Brittany Hazelman * Ofa Moce * Seini Dobui * Mareta Mani * Alisi Tabulaevu * Lusiani Robanakadavu * Kelera Maitaika * Vitorina Matila * coach: Mike Whippy 2007: *Agnes Sokosoko *Batiri Hughes *Brittany Hazelman *Elenoa Naivalurua *Kelera Mataika *Leilani Saukawa *Letava Whippy *Mareta Mani *Mickaelar Whippy *Seini Dobui *Sera Colata *Valerie NainimaStatistics for Fiji playing in SPG 2007 Women
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