The Pacifica Cup was an international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 tournament contested in 2001 and 2002 by teams from the Pacific Islands

Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....

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First round

The eight participating teams were divided into two pools of four teams for the first round.

Pool A

Fiji topped Pool A after winnings all three of their matches, including a 362 run win against New Caledonia

New Caledonia cricket team

The New Caledonia cricket team is the team that represents the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in international cricket matches. They are not currently a member of the International Cricket Council, though they have taken part in various regional tournaments such as the Pacifica Cup and...

 in their opening match. Tonga, who also beat New Caledonia by more than 300 runs, joined them in the semi-finals. Vanuatu finished third in the group ahead of the New Caledonians.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	6	3	3	0	0	0
	4	3	2	0	1	0
	2	3	1	0	2	0
	0	3	0	0	3	0

Pool B

Pool B was topped by the New Zealand Māori

New Zealand Maori cricket team

The New Zealand Māori cricket team is a team that represented the Māori community of New Zealand in the 2001 Pacifica Cup cricket tournament. Whilst their rugby union and rugby league counterparts play often, this is the only appearance to date of the cricket team.-2001 Pacifica Cup:The New Zealand...

, with Papua New Guinea joining them in the semi-finals. The Cook Islands were third in the group, with Samoa at the bottom of the table.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	6	3	3	0	0	0
	4	3	2	0	1	0
	2	3	1	0	2	0
	0	3	0	0	3	0

Semi-finals

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Plate semi-finals

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7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Final standings

2002 tournament

The 2002 tournament was played in Apia, Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

, with all games taking place on various grounds of the Faleata Oval. Seven teams took part in the tournament, with the New Zealand Māori team not taking part this year.

First round

The seven teams were split into two pools, with Fiji and Papua New Guinea alone in Pool A, whilst Pool B consisted of the other five teams.

Pool A

Pool A was reduced to what was essentially a three-match series between Papua New Guinea and Fiji. All three matches were won by Papua New Guinea, who thus qualified for the final.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	6	3	3	0	0	0
	0	3	0	0	3	0

Pool B

Pool B was topped by Tonga, who reached the final after winning all four of their matches. As in 2001, New Caledonia were at the foot of the pool, losing all four of their matches, including a 314 run defeat at the hands of group runners-up the Cook Islands.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	8	4	4	0	0	0
	6	4	3	0	1	0
	4	4	2	0	2	0
	2	4	1	0	3	0
	0	4	0	0	4	0

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Final

Final standings