2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three-way contest between:

FIBA Oceania Championship
for Women 2007
12th FIBA Oceanian Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates26–29 September
Teams3
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (12th title)
2005
2009

It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.

 Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.

The higher ranked team at the championship out of  New Zealand and  Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).

The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.

The Pacific Games basketball tournament was held in Apia, Samoa from 29 August to 7 September.

The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand

Standings

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Qualified for the gold medal game

Preliminary round

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Team Pts. W L PCT
  Fiji 14 6 0 1.000
  American Samoa 13 5 1 .833
  Tahiti 12 4 2 .667
  Papua New Guinea 11 3 3 .500
  Samoa 10 2 4 .333
  New Caledonia 9 1 5 .167
  Solomon Islands 8 0 6 .000

Playoffs

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6 September
5th place
Samoa   72–54   New Caledonia
Court 1, Apia
7 September
Bronze
Tahiti   59–70   Papua New Guinea
Court 2, Apia
7 September
Gold
Fiji   70–62   American Samoa
Court 1, Apia

Schedule

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Qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

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Team Pts. W L PCT
  Australia 4 2 0 1.000
  New Zealand 3 1 1 0.500
  Fiji 2 0 2 0.000
26 September
New Zealand   46–78   Australia
27 September
Australia   136–32   Fiji
28 September
New Zealand   118–31   Fiji

Final

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29 September
Australia   87–46   New Zealand

Olympic qualification

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Since Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.

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