FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

For the men's tournament, see FIBA Oceania Championship.
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
Sport Basketball
Founded 1974
Inaugural season 1974
No. of teams 2
Country FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)  Australia (14th title)
Most titles  Australia (14 titles)
Official website www.FIBAOceania.com

The FIBA Oceania Women's Championship is the women's basketball continental championship of Oceania, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the Oceanian zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA World Championship for Women and the Olympic basketball tournament.

Results

Summaries

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

As host nation for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia gained automatic qualification to the Olympics. The withdrawal of American Samoa meant that New Zealand won the 1999 tournament through default. Consequently, the FIBA Oceania qualifier into the 2000 Sydney Olympics was New Zealand.[1]

Year Host Qualification series Bronze medallists
Gold Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Silver
1974
Details
 Australia
Australia
69–42 72–44 75–55
New Zealand
No third team competed
1978
Details
 New Zealand
Australia
68–37 63–33 89–32
New Zealand
1982
Details
 Australia
Australia
66–46 64–32 85–55
New Zealand
1985
Details
 Australia (Sydney & Newcastle)
Australia
63–36 62–43 N/A
New Zealand
1989
Details
 New Zealand
Australia
93–45 107–59 80–38
New Zealand
1993
Details
 New Zealand (Auckland)
New Zealand
120–56 106–61 120–58
Western Samoa
1995
Details
 Australia
Australia
89–44 79–45 N/A
New Zealand
1997
Details
 New Zealand (Palmerston North & Wellington)
Australia
99–61 One game playoff for
the championship

New Zealand

New Caledonia
2001
Details
 New Zealand
Australia
97–61 102–55 N/A
New Zealand
No third team competed
2003
Details
 New Zealand
Australia
69–55 84–61 N/A
New Zealand
2005
Details
 New Zealand
Australia
77–51 75–67 67–38
New Zealand
2007
Details
 New Zealand (Dunedin)
Australia
87–46 One game playoff for
the championship

New Zealand

Fiji
2009
Details
 Australia
 New Zealand

Australia
98–48 97–57 Two-legged tie
New Zealand
No third team competed
2011
Details
 Australia
Australia
77–64 92–73 82–57
New Zealand
2013
Details
 New Zealand
 Australia

Australia
66–50 84–66 Two-legged tie
New Zealand

Performance by nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 14 0 0 14
2  New Zealand 1 14 0 15
3  Samoa 0 1 0 1
4 Fiji 0 0 1 1
 New Caledonia 0 0 1 1

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
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1981
Details
 Fiji
Australia
Group Stage
Fiji

Tahiti
Group Stage
Vanuatu
1985
Details
 Fiji
Australia
75–44
Fiji

American Samoa
90–55
Solomon Islands
1989
Details
 French Polynesia
New Zealand
77–40
Tahiti

Fiji
112–64
Guam
1993
Details
 Western Samoa
Western Samoa
85–63
Tahiti

Fiji
65–45
New Caledonia
1997
Details
 American Samoa
Tahiti
53–50
American Samoa

Fiji
87–71
Western Samoa
2001
Details
 Fiji (Suva)
Australia
90–60
Tahiti

Fiji
68–67
New Caledonia

Performance by nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 3 0 0 3
2  Tahiti 1 3 1 5
3 New Zealand 1 0 0 1
 Samoa 1 0 0 1
5  Fiji 0 2 4 6
6  American Samoa 0 1 1 2

References

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