FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

The FIBA Oceania Women's Championship was 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.

FIBA Oceania Women's Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1974
First season1974
Ceased2015
Replaced byFIBA Women's Asia Cup
No. of teams2
CountryFIBA Oceania member nations
ContinentFIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Last
champion(s)
 Australia (15th title)
Most titles Australia (15 titles)
Official websitewww.FIBAOceania.com

Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for women will be held on a two-year cycle, and the continental championships will be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. The 2015 Oceanian Championships were the last Oceanian Championships to ever be held as starting 2017, the tournament will merge with the FIBA Asia Championship to give way for the FIBA Asia-Pacific Championship[1]

Summaries edit

Results highlighted in blue were Olympic qualifiers, those which are not were World Championship qualifiers.

As host nation for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia automatically qualified for the Olympics, and did not compete in 1999. New Zealand were scheduled to play American Samoa, but American Samoa withdrew, meaning the 1999 tournament was scratched and New Zealand were awarded the championship, becoming the FIBA Oceania qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[2]


Year Host Qualification series Bronze medallists
Gold Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Silver
1974
Details
  Australia  
Australia
69–42 72–44 75–55  
New Zealand
Only two teams competed
1978
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
68–37 63–33 89–32  
New Zealand
1982
Details
  Australia  
Australia
66–46 64–32 85–55  
New Zealand
1985
Details
  Australia  
Australia
63–36 62–43 N/A  
New Zealand
1989
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
93–45 107–59 80–38  
New Zealand
1993
Details
  New Zealand  
New Zealand
120–56 106–61 120–58  
Western Samoa
1995
Details
  Australia  
Australia
89–44 79–45 N/A  
New Zealand
1997
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
99–61 One game playoff for
the championship
 
New Zealand
 
New Caledonia
2001
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
97–61 102–55 N/A  
New Zealand
Only two teams competed
2003
Details
  Australia  
Australia
69–55 84–61 N/A  
New Zealand
2005
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
77–51 75–67 67–38  
New Zealand
2007
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
87–46 One game playoff for
the championship
 
New Zealand
 
Fiji
2009
Details
  Australia  
Australia
98–48 97–57 Two-legged tie  
New Zealand
Only two teams competed
2011
Details
  Australia  
Australia
77–64 92–73 82–57  
New Zealand
2013
Details
  New Zealand  
Australia
66–50 84–66 Two-legged tie  
New Zealand
2015
Details
  Australia  
Australia
61–41 80–63 Two-legged tie  
New Zealand

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia150015
2  New Zealand115016
3  Samoa0101
4  Fiji0011
  New Caledonia0011
Totals (5 entries)1616234

Participating nations edit

Nation  
1974
 
1978
 
1982
 
1985
 
1989
 
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
2001
 
2003
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
Years
  Australia 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 15
  Fiji 3rd 1
  New Caledonia 3rd 1
  New Zealand 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 16
  Samoa 2nd 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ^ "The Landon Trophy for competition between Australian and New Zealand" (PDF). FIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

External links edit