FIBA Oceania Championship 1981

FIBA Oceania Championship 1981
5th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Australia (5th title)

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1981 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in New Zealand. Australia won the series 2-0.

Teams that did not enter

Australia		78–55		New Zealand
Scoring by half: 33-26, 45-29

Australia		80–71		New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49-35, 31-36

1981 Oceanian Champions:

AUSTRALIA
Fifth championship

Tournaments

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Oceania (FIBA Oceania)

American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Federated States of Micronesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu