1997 FIBA Oceania Championship

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)
< 1995 1999 >

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

Palmerston North	Palmerston North Wellington 1997 FIBA Oceania Championship (New Zealand)	Wellington
Arena Manawatu		Queens Wharf Events Centre

Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 4,002

September 1

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

September 2

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

September 3

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

September 4

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

Australia qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

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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