1978 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1978 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Auckland, Lower Hutt and Christchurch. Australia won the series 2-1 to win its third consecutive Oceania Championship.

FIBA Oceania Championship 1978

3rd FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	1–8 April
Teams	2
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)

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

Australia	93–71	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-30, 46-41

Australia	65–67	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 28-29, 37-38

Australia	76–69	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-36, 32-33

1978 Oceanian champions
Australia Third title

References

• FIBA Archive