FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
First season	1971
No. of teams	2
Country	FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent	FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (17th title)
Most titles	Australia (17 titles)
Related competitions	Al Ramsay Shield
Official website	www.FIBAOceania.com

For the women's tournament, see FIBA Oceania Championship for Women.

FIBA Oceania Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Oceania 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 usually a best-of-three playoff; if other teams compete, a round-robin and a knockout stage is employed. In 2009, the Oceania Basketball Federation changed this format to a two game, home-and-away playoff between the two countries, with aggregate score as the tiebreaker should the teams split the series.

Results

Summaries

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

Year	Host	Qualification series					Bronze medallists
		Gold	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Silver
1971 Details	New Zealand	Australia	91–56	107–58	117–72	New Zealand	No third team competed.
1975 Details	Australia	Australia	83–57	87–67	101–63	New Zealand
1978 Details	Australia	Australia	93–71	65–67	76–69	New Zealand
1979 Details	Australia (Melbourne & Sydney)	Australia	65–41	62–53	115–73	New Zealand
1981 Details	New Zealand	Australia	78–55	80–71	n/a	New Zealand
1983 Details	New Zealand	Australia	89–52	87–76	n/a	New Zealand
1985 Details	Australia (Sydney & Newcastle)	Australia	92–66	96–75	98–62	New Zealand
1987 Details	New Zealand (Timaru & Christchurch)	Australia	115-59	One game playoff for the championship		New Zealand	French Polynesia
1989 Details	Australia (Sydney)	Australia	91–54	106–55	n/a	New Zealand	No third team competed.
1991 Details	New Zealand	Australia	96–79	74–57	n/a	New Zealand
1993 Details	New Zealand (Auckland)	Australia	86–78	One game playoff for the championship		New Zealand	Western Samoa
1995 Details	Australia	Australia	102–62			New Zealand	American Samoa
1997 Details	New Zealand (Palmerston North & Wellington)	Australia	85–67			New Zealand	New Caledonia
1999 Details	New Zealand (Auckland)	New Zealand	125–43			Guam	No third team competed.
2001 Details	New Zealand	New Zealand	85–78	79–81 overtime	89–78	Australia
2003 Details	Australia	Australia	79–66	90–76	84–75	New Zealand
2005 Details	New Zealand	Australia	82–69	82–71	91–80	New Zealand
2007 Details	Australia	Australia	79–67	93–67	58–67	New Zealand
2009 Details	Australia/ New Zealand	New Zealand	77–84	100–78	Two-legged tie.	Australia
2011 Details	Australia	Australia	91–78	81–64	92-68	New Zealand

Performance by nation

Map of countries' best results.

	Australia	17	2	0	19
	New Zealand	3	17	0	20
	Guam	0	1	0	1
	Tahiti	0	0	1	1
	Samoa	0	0	1	1
	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
	New Caledonia	0	0	1	1

The Oceania Basketball Tournament

In 1997 basketball was included in the Pacific Mini Games, so therefore the Oceania Tournament was not played. The South Pacific Mini Games are held every four years for island teams in the two years between the main 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 in 1997.

There was no Oceania Basketball Tournament in 2005 because the Mini Games included basketball that year in Palau.

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		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 (Pago Pago)	American Samoa	78–76	Guam	Tahiti	68–60	Fiji
2001 Details	Fiji (Suva)	New Caledonia	81–80	Fiji	Australia	97–66	New Zealand
2005 Details	Palau (Koror)	New Caledonia	69–57	Guam	Fiji	85–41	Papua New Guinea
2009 Details	Northern Mariana (Saipan)	Australia	62–44	New Caledonia	Guam	70–55	New Zealand

Performance by nation

1	Australia	4	0	2	6
2	New Caledonia	2	1	0	3
3	American Samoa	1	1	1	3
4	Western Samoa	1	0	0	1
5	Guam	0	3	1	4
6	Fiji	0	1	2	3
7	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Tonga	0	1	0	1
9	Tahiti	0	0	2	2

See also

• Basketball at the Olympic Games
• FIBA World Championship
• FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
• Al Ramsay Shield
• Australia national basketball team
• New Zealand national basketball team

External links

• FIBA Oceania official website
• Kiwi Hoops