1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1979
4th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	August 5 – August 8
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (4th title)
< 1978 1981 >

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1979 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its fourth consecutive Oceania Championship.

Teams that did not enter

August 5

Australia	65–41	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25

August 6

Australia	62–53	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32

August 8

Australia	115–73	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33

1979 Oceanian Champions
Australia Fourth title

Tournaments

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 African Games
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge MVP Cup Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
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 Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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