FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

Current season, competition or edition: 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

External links

• FIBA Oceania official website

International women's basketball FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Teams Africa FIBA Africa Africa Championship Americas FIBA Americas Americas Championship Asia FIBA Asia Asian Championship Europe FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women Oceania FIBA Oceania Oceania Championship Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.