The 2017 FIBA Women's Melanesian Basketball Cup was an international basketball tournament contested by nations of the newly formed Melanesia FIBA Oceania sub-zone.

Matches were played at the Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre.

[1] The tournament served as qualifiers for the women's basketball event of the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa with three berths for Melanesia allocated for the top three teams in this tournament.

Hosts Papua New Guinea dominated the women's tournament winning all of their games including the final.

[3][1] Papua New Guinea dominated the preliminary round with an unbeaten record.