FIBA Oceania Championship 1997

FIBA Oceania Championship 1997
13th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	June 1 – June 4
Teams	3 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (13th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1997 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1998 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held in Wellington and Palmerston North.  Australia won the tournament to qualify for the World Championship.

Teams that did not enter

Results

September 1

Report

New Zealand	136–41	New Caledonia
Scoring by half: 68-20, 68-21

September 2

Report

Australia	97–75	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49-44, 48-31

September 3

Report

Australia	138–46	New Caledonia
Scoring by half: 62-17, 76-29

Championship

September 4

Report

Australia	85–67	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 43-43, 42-24

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Australia	3-0
2	New Zealand	1-2
3	New Caledonia	0-2

Australia qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

References

• FIBA Archive

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