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FIBA Oceania Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Oceania
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basketball
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championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. The Oceania Championships are also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship

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s and Olympic Games

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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.

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
1971 Details Oceania Championship 1971 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1971 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in Auckland, Roturua and Christchurch. Australia won the series 3-0 to win the first Oceania...	New Zealand		91–56	107–58	117–72		No third team competed.
1975 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1975 -References:...	Australia		83–57	87–67	101–63
1978 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1978 -References:...	Australia		93–71	65–67	76–69
1979 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1979 -References:...	Australia (Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... & Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... )		65–41	62–53	115–73
1981 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1981 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1981 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1982 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in New Zealand. Australia won the series 2-0.-Results:...	New Zealand		78–55	80–71	n/a
1983 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1983 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1983 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1984 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in Whangarie, New Zealand. Australia won the series 2-0.-Results:...	New Zealand		89–52	87–76	n/a
1985 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1985 -References:...	Australia (Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... & Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas... )		92–66	96–75	98–62
1987 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1987 -Championship:-Final standings:Australia qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul..-References:...	New Zealand (Timaru Timaru TimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:... & Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... )		115-59	One game playoff for the championship
1989 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1989 -External links:*...	Australia (Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... )		91–54	106–55	n/a		No third team competed.
							No third team competed.
1991 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1991 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1991 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in New Zealand. Australia won the series 2-0.-Results:-External links:...	New Zealand		96–79	74–57	n/a
1993 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1993 -Championship:-Final standings:Australia qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship.-External links:*...	New Zealand (Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... )		86–78	One game playoff for the championship
1995 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1995 -Championship:-Final standings:Australia qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Australia		102–62
1997 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1997 -Championship:-Final standings:Australia qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.-References:...	New Zealand (Palmerston North Palmerston North Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank... & Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... )		85–67
1999 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 1999 -External links:...	New Zealand (Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... )		125–43				No third team competed.
2001 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 2001 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2001 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton...	New Zealand		85–78	79–81 overtime	89–78
2003 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 2003 -References:...	Australia		79–66	90–76	84–75
2005 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 2005 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2005 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in Auckland and Dunedin. Australia won all three games. Both teams qualified for the 2006 FIBA World...	New Zealand		82–69	82–71	91–80
2007 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 2007 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2007 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane...	Australia		79–67	93–67	58–67
2009 Details FIBA Oceania Championship 2009 The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2009 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. For the first time, the tournament featured a best-of-two, home-and-away series between Australia and New Zealand. Game one was held in Sydney, New South Wales...	Australia/ New Zealand		77–84	100–78	Two-legged tie.
2011 Details 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship The 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men was the 20th edition of the tournament. The tournament featured a three-game series between Australia and New Zealand. Game one was held in Melbourne followed by the second game in Brisbane and game three in Sydney, Australia.-Results:-External links:*...	Australia		91–78	81–64	92-68

Performance by nation

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3	17	0	20
0	1	0	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
0	0	1	1
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

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which contains all 21 national basketball associations in Oceania.- Top two FIBA Oceania teams :C Current zone champion- Competitions :* FIBA Oceania Championship...

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
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1981 Details	Fiji		82–79			122–74
1985 Details	Fiji		117–111			88–73
1989 Details	French Polynesia		86–68			83–74
1993 Details	Samoa		93–90			140–59
1997 Details	American Samoa (Pago Pago)		78–76			68–60
2001 Details	Fiji (Suva Suva Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,... )		81–80			97–66
2005 Details 2005 South Pacific Mini Games -Participating countries:-Sports:athleticsbaseballbasketballbeach volleyballoutrigger canoeingsoftballswimmingtable tennistennistriathlonweightliftingwrestling...	Palau (Koror Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island .... )		69–57			85–41
2009 Details	(Saipan Saipan Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392... )		62–44			70–55

Performance by nation

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1	4	0	2	6
2	2	1	0	3
3	1	1	1	3
4	1	0	0	1
5	0	3	1	4
6	0	1	2	3
7	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
9	0	0	2	2

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Summaries

Performance by nation

The Oceania Basketball Tournament

Performance by nation

See also

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