FIBA Oceania Championship

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FIBA Oceania Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
No. of teams	2
Continent	Oceania (FIBA Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia

FIBA Oceania Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Oceanian basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. The Oceania Championships are also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships and Olympic Games.

When only Australia and New Zealand compete, the tournament is a best-of-three playoff; if other teams compete, a round-robin and a knockout stage is employed.

1 Results
- 1.1 Summaries
- 1.2 Performance by nation
2 The Oceania Basketball Tournament
- 2.1 Performance by nation
3 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Results highlighted in blue are Olympic qualifiers, those which aren't are World Championship qualifiers.

Year	Host	Qualification series					Bronze medallists
Year	Host	Gold	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Silver	Bronze medallists
1971	New Zealand	Australia	91–56	107–58	117–72	New Zealand	No third team competed.
1975	Australia	Australia	83–57	87–67	101–63	New Zealand
1978	Australia	Australia	93–71	65–67	76–69	New Zealand
1979	Australia (Melbourne & Sydney)	Australia	65–41	62–53	115–73	New Zealand
1981	New Zealand	Australia	78–55	80–71	n/a	New Zealand
1983	New Zealand	Australia	89–52	87–76	n/a	New Zealand
1985	Australia (Sydney & Newcastle)	Australia	92–66	96–75	98–62	New Zealand
1987	New Zealand (Timaru & Christchurch)	Australia	No playoffs			New Zealand	French Polynesia
1989	Australia (Sydney)	Australia	91–54	106–55	n/a	New Zealand	No third team competed.
1990	Australia & New Zealand	Australia	91–54	106–55	n/a	New Zealand
1991	New Zealand	Australia	96–79	74–57	n/a	New Zealand
1993	New Zealand (Auckland)	Australia	86–78	One game playoff for the championship		New Zealand	Western Samoa
1995	Australia	Australia	102–62			New Zealand	American Samoa
1997	New Zealand (Palmerston North & Wellington)	Australia	85–67			New Zealand	New Caledonia
1999	New Zealand (Auckland)	New Zealand	125–43			Guam	No third team competed.
2001	New Zealand	New Zealand	85–78	79–81 overtime	89–78	Australia
2003	Australia	Australia	79–66	90–76	84–75	New Zealand
2005	New Zealand	Australia	82–69	82–71	91–80	New Zealand
2007	Australia	Australia	79–67	93–67	58–67	New Zealand

[edit] Performance by nation

Map of countries' best results.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	17	1	0	18
2	New Zealand	2	17	0	19
3	Guam	0	1	0	1
4	Tahiti	0	0	1	1
	Samoa	0	0	1	1
	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
	New Caledonia	0	0	1	1

[edit] The Oceania Basketball Tournament

In 1997 basketball was included in the Mini Games, so therefore the Oceania Tournament was not played. The South Pacific Mini Games are held every 4 years for Island teams in the two years between the main South Pacific Games. These Games are held in countries with limited facilities and because of the large number of basketball entries this sport has not been included in previous Mini Games. Normally the Oceania Basketball Confederation conducts the Oceania Tournament at a similar time so as to provide competition for all countries. As a result no Australian or New Zealand teams participated.

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1981 Details	Fiji	Australia	82–79	Guam	American Samoa	122–74	Fiji
1985 Details	Fiji	Australia	117–111	American Samoa	Fiji	88–73	New Zealand
1989 Details	French Polynesia	Australia	86–68	New Zealand	Tahiti	83–74	Fiji
1993 Details	Western Samoa	Western Samoa	93–90	Tonga	Australia	140–59	Fiji
1997 Details	American Samoa	American Samoa	78–76	Guam	Tahiti	68–60	Fiji
2001 Details	Fiji (Suva)	New Caledonia	81–80	Fiji	Australia	97–66	New Zealand

[edit] Performance by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	0	2	5
2	American Samoa	1	1	1	3
3	New Caledonia	1	0	0	1
	Western Samoa	1	0	0	1
5	Guam	0	2	0	2
6	Fiji	0	1	1	2
7	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Tonga	0	1	0	1
9	Tahiti	0	0	2	2

[edit] References

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International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship