{"id":208451,"date":"2025-10-12T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208451\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:49:09","slug":"fiji-basketball-teams-ready-for-battle-after-itatau-ceremony-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208451\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji basketball teams ready for battle after itatau ceremony \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/basketball-fiji-mens-and-womens.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fiji Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Basketball team members with Minister for Youth and Sports Jese Saukuru. [Photo Credit: Ministry of Youth and Sports]<\/p>\n<p>The Fiji Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Basketball teams have presented their itatau to the Minister for Youth and Sports, Jese Saukuru, ahead of their departure for the Oceania Melanesian Cup in Honiara, Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation took place earlier this week at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, where Minister Saukuru commended the athletes for their commitment and dedication to flying Fiji\u2019s flag high on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been told that the Oceania Melanesian Cup in Honiara, Solomon Islands is a qualifying tournament for the next South Pacific Games in Tahiti, and I am confident that you will represent Fiji with pride and determination,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Minister Saukuru also conveyed the nation\u2019s support and well-wishes to the teams as they prepare to take on the region\u2019s best in a high-stakes competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you are about to depart our shores on the 12th of this month, on behalf of the government and the people of Fiji, I wish you all the very best and remember that we will rally behind you and cheer you on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fiji Basketball Women\u2019s Head Coach Saula Koroi acknowledged the Minister\u2019s continuous support and praised the Ministry\u2019s commitment to uplifting national teams in all sporting disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s national basketball squads are flying out of the country today to compete in the regional tournament, which serves as a qualifier for the 2027 Pacific Games in Tahiti.<\/p>\n<p>The Oceania Melanesian Cup is set to bring together top teams from the region, and Team Fiji is aiming to secure qualification and continue building momentum on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Basketball team members with Minister for Youth and Sports Jese Saukuru. [Photo Credit: Ministry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-208451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}