1985 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1985

7th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	24–27 October
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1985 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1986 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Newcastle. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its seventh consecutive Oceania Championship.^[1][2][3][4]

Results

24 October

Australia	92–66	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49-29, 43-37

26 October

Australia	96–75	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-35, 52-40

27 October

Australia	98–62	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 45-19, 53-43

1985 Oceanian champions
Australia Seventh title

References

1. "Oceania Championship for Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
2. Scholes, Gary (25 October 1985). "Australia set for Spain Boomers flatten NZ challenge". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
3. Scholes, Gary (27 October 1985). "BASKETBALL Boomers sight world titles". The Canberra Times. p. 25. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
4. "Basketball WORLD TITLES QUALIFIER". The Canberra Times. 28 October 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 28 April 2025.