2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2015
16th FIBA Oceanian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	New Zealand Australia
Dates	15–17 August
Teams	2 (from 1 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (14th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Suzy Batkovic (15.5)  Australia (70.5) Rebounds Penina Davidson (10.5)  New Zealand (40.5) Assists Tessa Lavey (6.0)  Australia (19.0)
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The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women will be the 16th edition of the basketball tournament. In 2015 it took the form of a two-game series between the Australian Opals and New Zealand Tall Ferns.^[1] It served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[2] The first game was in Melbourne, Australia, on 15 August, the second in Tauranga, New Zealand, on 17 August.^[1] The Australian Opals won both games,^[3][4] and qualified for the Olympics, while the losing Tall Ferns qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.^[2]

Venues

Melbourne	Melbourne Tauranga 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship (Australia and New Zealand)	Tauranga
Rod Laver Arena		ASB arena
Capacity: 14,820		capacity 3,116

Results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	141–104	New Zealand	61–41	80–63

Game 1

All times are local (UTC+10)

Nine Network

15 August 2015 18:30

Boxscore

Australia	61–41	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 14–12, 21–12, 11–12
Pts: Batkovic 16 Rebs: Lavey 11 Asts: Madgen 6		Pts: Cocks 7 Rebs: Davidson 9 Asts: Cocks 3

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Attendance: 13,000

Game 2

All times are local (UTC+12).

Nine Network

17 August 2015 19:30

Boxscore

New Zealand	63–80	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 19–26, 14–18, 16–22
Pts: Cocks 21 Rebs: Davidson 12 Asts: Cocks 3		Pts: Hodges 22 Rebs: Hodges & Lavey 5 Asts: Lavey 7
Australia wins series 2–0

ASB Arena, Tauranga

Rosters

 Australia

Australian Opals - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 1.5 !G 4 Wilson, Kelly 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit AUS ! 1.5 !G 5 Lavey, Tessa 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-03-29)29 March 1993 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit AUS ! 1.5 !G 6 Madgen, Tess 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-08-12)12 August 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Melbourne Boomers AUS ! 1.5 !G 7 Talbot, Stephanie 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Canberra Capitals AUS ! 1.5 !G 8 Batkovic, Suzy 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Fire AUS ! 1.5 !G 9 Burton, Natalie 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Perth Lynx AUS ! 3.5 !F 10 Jarry, Rachel 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Boomers AUS ! 3.5 !F 11 Hodges, Laura 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-12-13)13 December 1983 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bourges Basket FRA ! 1.5 !G 12 Snell, Belinda 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Bendigo Spirit AUS ! 1.5 !G 13 Ebzery, Katie-Rae 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sydney Flames AUS ! 3.5 !F 14 Kunek, Alice 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-01-06)6 January 1991 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Boomers AUS ! 3.5 !F 15 Blicavs, Sara 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Boomers AUS !	Head coach Brendan Joyce Assistant coach(es) Scott Richard Butler Lori Chizik Damian Cotter Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 August 2015

 New Zealand

New Zealand Tall Ferns - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 3.5 !F 1 Bygate, Jessica 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gladstone Power Australia ! 1.5 !G 2 Cocks, Micaela 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Townsville Fire Australia ! 3.5 !F 4 Purcell, Kalani 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BYU Cougars United States ! 3.5 !F 6 Boagni, Tessa 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cal State Northridge Matadors United States ! 1.5 !G 7 Hunter, Jordan 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Auckland Lady Hawks New Zealand ! 3.5 !F 8 Taylor, Natalie 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1982-12-24)24 December 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gladstone Power Australia ! 1.5 !G 9 Beck, Stella 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Saint Mary's Gaels United States ! 3.5 !F 10 Wallbutton, Lisa 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-01-14)14 January 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Willeton Tigers Australia ! 1.5 !G 11 Gallaher, Samara 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-10-02)2 October 1992 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Otago Goldrush New Zealand ! 3.5 !F 12 Davidson, Penina 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) California Golden Bears United States ! 3.5 !F 14 Paalvast, Chevanna 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1991-09-01)1 September 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Peninsula Sharks Australia ! 5.0 !C 15 Craig, Megan 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Lakeside Lightning Australia !	Head coach Kereama Kennedy Assistant coaches Chris Lucas Aik Ho Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 August 2015

Source: "2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Players". FIBA. Retrieved 16 August 2015. 

Final rankings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Australia	2–0	Qualified to the Olympics
02 !	New Zealand	0–2	Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References