1997 FIBA Oceania Championship

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.

FIBA Oceania Championship 1997

13th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	June 1 – June 4
Teams	3
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (13th title)

Teams that did not enter

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

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: FIBA Archive
(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

• FIBA Archive