2003 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 2003
16th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	September 1 – September 4
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Australia (14th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2003 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Bendigo, Geelong and Melbourne. Australia won all three games to qualify for the Oceanic spot in the Olympics.

Teams that did not enter

Melbourne Bendigo Geelong 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship (Australia)	Melbourne	Bendigo	Geelong
	State Netball and Hockey Centre	Bendigo Stadium	Geelong Arena

	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 2,000

September 1
7:30 p.m.

Australia	79–66	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25-14, 19-11, 16-21, 19-20
Pts: Anthony Ronaldson 19 Rebs: Chris Anstey 9 Asts: Shane Heal 7		Pts: Kirk Penney 22 Rebs: Pero Cameron 9 Asts: Phillip Jones 5

September 3
7:30 p.m.

New Zealand	76–90	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 22-22, 13-25, 20-26
Pts: Phillip Jones 14 Rebs: Mark Dickel 10 Asts: Tony Rampton 5		Pts: Shane Heal 32 Rebs: Shane Heal 6 Asts: Shane Heal 6

September 4
7:30 p.m.

Australia	84–75	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 21-19, 22-16, 17-20
Pts: Matt Nielsen 25 Rebs: Sam Mackinnon 13 Asts: Shane Heal 7		Pts: Phillip Jones 14 Rebs: Tony Rampton 7 Asts: Penney and Dickel 3
Australia wins series, 3-0

2003 Oceanian Champions
Australia Fourteenth 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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