FIBA Oceania Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 FIBA Oceania Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Inaugural season | 1971 |
| No. of teams | 2 |
| Country | FIBA Oceania member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Australia (19th title) |
| Most titles |
Australia (19 titles) |
| Related competitions | Al Ramsay Shield |
| Official website | www.FIBAOceania.com |
FIBA Oceania Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Oceania basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. Through the 2015 edition, the Oceania Championships are also a qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Cups and Olympic Games. Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for men will be held on a four-year cycle, and the continental championships will no longer be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. The 2017 Oceanian Championships will also be the last Oceanian Championships to ever be held as starting 2021, the tournament will merge with the FIBA Asia Championship to give way for the FIBA Asia-Pacific Championship[1]
When only Australia and New Zealand compete, the tournament is usually a best-of-three playoff; if other teams compete, a round-robin and a knockout stage is employed. In 2009, the Oceania Basketball Federation changed this format to a two-game, home-and-away playoff between the two countries, with aggregate score as the tiebreaker should the teams split the series.
Results
Summaries
Results highlighted in blue are Olympic qualifiers, those which aren't are World Championship qualifiers.
| Year | Host | Qualification series | Bronze medallists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Silver | |||
| 1971 Details |
 New Zealand (Auckland, Rotorua, Christchurch) |
Australia |
91–56 | 107–58 | 117–72 | New Zealand |
No third team competed |
| 1975 Details |
Australia (Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston) |
Australia |
83–57 | 87–67 | 101–63 | New Zealand | |
| 1978 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland, Lower Hutt, Christchurch) |
Australia |
93–71 | 65–67 | 76–69 | New Zealand | |
| 1979 Details |
Australia (Melbourne & Sydney) |
Australia |
65–41 | 62–53 | 115–73 | New Zealand | |
| 1981 Details |
New Zealand |
Australia |
78–55 | 80–71 | N/A | New Zealand | |
| 1983 Details |
New Zealand (Whangarei) |
Australia |
89–52 | 87–76 | N/A | New Zealand | |
| 1985 Details |
Australia (Sydney & Newcastle) |
Australia |
92–66 | 96–75 | 98–62 | New Zealand | |
| 1987 Details |
New Zealand (Timaru & Christchurch) |
Australia |
115–59 | One game playoff for the championship |
New Zealand |
 French Polynesia | |
| 1989 Details |
Australia (Sydney) |
Australia |
91–54 | 106–55 | N/A | New Zealand |
No third team competed |
| 1991 Details |
New Zealand |
Australia |
96–79 | 74–57 | N/A | New Zealand | |
| 1993 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland) |
Australia |
86–78 | One game playoff for the championship |
New Zealand |
 Western Samoa | |
| 1995 Details |
Australia (Sydney) |
Australia |
102–62 | New Zealand |
 American Samoa | ||
| 1997 Details |
New Zealand (Palmerston North & Wellington) |
Australia |
85–67 | New Zealand |
 New Caledonia | ||
| 1999 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland) |
New Zealand |
125–43 |  Guam |
No third team competed | ||
| 2001 Details |
New Zealand (Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland) |
New Zealand |
85–78 | 79–81 overtime |
89–78 | Australia | |
| 2003 Details |
Australia (Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne) |
Australia |
79–66 | 90–76 | 84–75 | New Zealand | |
| 2005 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland, Manukau, Dunedin) |
Australia |
82–69 | 82–71 | 91–80 | New Zealand | |
| 2007 Details |
Australia (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne) |
Australia |
79–67 | 93–67 | 58–67 | New Zealand | |
| 2009 Details |
Australia (Melbourne) New Zealand (Wellington) |
New Zealand |
77–84 | 100–78 | Two-legged tie | Australia | |
| 2011 Details |
Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney) |
Australia |
91–78 | 81–64 | 92–68 | New Zealand | |
| 2013 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland) Australia (Canberra) |
Australia |
70–59 | 76–63 | Two-legged tie | New Zealand | |
| 2015 Details |
Australia (Melbourne) New Zealand (Wellington) |
Australia |
71–59 | 89–79 | New Zealand | ||
Performance by nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Guam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The Oceania Basketball Tournament
In 1997 basketball was included in the Pacific Mini Games, so therefore the Oceania Tournament was not played. The South Pacific Mini Games are held every four years for island teams in the two years between the main Pacific Games. These Games are held in countries with limited facilities and because of the large number of basketball entries this sport has not been included in previous Mini Games. Normally the Oceania Basketball Confederation conducts the Oceania Tournament at a similar time so as to provide competition for all countries. As a result, no Australian or New Zealand teams participated in 1997.
There was no Oceania Basketball Tournament in 2005 because the Mini Games included basketball that year in Palau.
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1981 Details |
 Fiji |
Australia |
82–79 | Guam |
American Samoa |
122–74 | Fiji |
| 1985 Details |
Fiji |
Australia |
117–111 | American Samoa |
Fiji |
88–73 | New Zealand |
| 1989 Details |
French Polynesia |
Australia |
86–68 | New Zealand |
Tahiti |
83–74 | Fiji |
| 1993 Details |
Western Samoa |
Western Samoa |
93–90 |  Tonga |
Australia |
140–59 | Fiji |
| 1997 Details |
American Samoa (Pago Pago) |
American Samoa |
78–76 | Guam |
Tahiti |
68–60 | Fiji |
| 2001 Details |
Fiji (Suva) |
New Caledonia |
81–80 | Fiji |
Australia |
97–66 | New Zealand |
| 2005 Details |
 Palau (Koror) |
New Caledonia |
69–57 | Guam |
Fiji |
85–41 |  Papua New Guinea |
| 2009 Details |
 Northern Mariana (Saipan) |
Australia |
62–44 | New Caledonia |
Guam |
70–55 | New Zealand |
| 2013 Details |
New Zealand (Porirua City) |
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Performance by nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | American Samoa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Samoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Guam | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Fiji | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tonga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
See also
- FIBA Oceania
- Basketball at the Olympic Games
- FIBA Basketball World Cup
- FIBA Oceania Women's Championship
- Al Ramsay Shield
- Australia men's national basketball team
- New Zealand men's national basketball team
References
- ↑ "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
