1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1979

4th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	August 5 – August 8
Teams	2
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (4th title)

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1979 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia won the series 3–0 to win its fourth consecutive Oceania Championship.

Teams that did not enter

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• Micronesia
• Fiji
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Results

August 5

Australia	65–41	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25

August 6

Australia	62–53	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32

August 8

Australia	115–73	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33

1979 Oceanian champions
Australia Fourth title

References

• FIBA Archive