FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
	Current season or competition:; FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2009
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1974
No. of teams	3
Continent	Oceania (Oceania)

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The FIBA Oceania Women's Championship is the women's basketball continental championship of Oceania, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the Oceanian zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA World Championship for Women and the Olympic basketball tournament.

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Results highlighted in blue are Olympic qualifiers, those which aren't are World Championship qualifiers.

Year	Host	Qualification series					Bronze medallists
Year	Host	Gold	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Silver	Bronze medallists
1974	Australia	Australia	69-42	72-44	75-55	New Zealand
1978	New Zealand	Australia	68-37	63–33	89–32	New Zealand
1982	Australia	Australia	66–46	64–32	85-55	New Zealand
1985	Australia (Sydney & Newcastle)	Australia	63–36	62-43		New Zealand
1989	New Zealand	Australia	93-45	107-59	80-38	New Zealand
1993	New Zealand (Auckland)	New Zealand	120-56	106-61	120-58	Western Samoa
1995	Australia	Australia	89–44	79–45		New Zealand
1997	New Zealand (Palmerston North & Wellington)	Australia	99–61			New Zealand	New Caledonia
2001	New Zealand	Australia	97-61	102-55		New Zealand
2003	New Zealand	Australia	69–55	84–61	n/a	New Zealand
2005	New Zealand	Australia	77–51	75–67	67–38	New Zealand
2007	New Zealand (Dunedin)	Australia	87–46			New Zealand	Fiji
2009		Australia	98–48	97–57		New Zealand

[edit] The Oceania Basketball Tournament

In 1997 basketball was included in the Mini Games, so therefore the Oceania Tournament was not played. The South Pacific Mini Games are held every 4 years for Island teams in the two years between the main South 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.

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1981 Details	Fiji	Australia	Group Stage	Fiji	Tahiti	Group Stage	Vanuatu
1985 Details	Fiji	Australia	75–44	Fiji	American Samoa	90–55	Solomon Islands
1989 Details	French Polynesia	New Zealand	77–40	Tahiti	Fiji	112–64	Guam
1993 Details	Western Samoa	Western Samoa	85–63	Tahiti	Fiji	65–45	New Caledonia
1997 Details	American Samoa	Tahiti	53–50	American Samoa	Fiji	87–71	Western Samoa
2001 Details	Fiji (Suva)	Australia	90–60	Tahiti	Fiji	68–67	New Caledonia