1997 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1997

13th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	June 1 – June 4
Teams	3 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (13th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1997 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1998 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held in Wellington and Palmerston North.  Australia won the tournament to qualify for the World Championship.^[1]

Venues

Palmerston North	Palmerston North Wellington 1997 FIBA Oceania Championship (New Zealand)	Wellington
Arena Manawatu		Queens Wharf Events Centre
Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 4,002

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	235	121	+114	4	Championship
2	New Zealand (H)	2	1	1	211	138	+73	3
3	New Caledonia	2	0	2	87	274	−187	2

Source: [1]
(H) Hosts

September 1

Report

New Zealand	136–41	New Caledonia
Scoring by half: 68–20, 68–21

September 2

Report

Australia	97–75	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49–44, 48–31

September 3

Report

Australia	138–46	New Caledonia
Scoring by half: 62–17, 76–29

Championship

September 4

Report

Australia	85–67	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 43–43, 42–24

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Australia	3–0
2	New Zealand	1–2
3	New Caledonia	0–2

Australia qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece.

References

1. "Oceania Championship for Men". fiba.basketball. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.