FIBA Oceania Championship 1979

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 Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

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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