2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three-way contest between:
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji (The winner of the Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa)
| 12th FIBA Oceanian Women's Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | 26–29 September |
| Teams | 3 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (12th title) |
It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.
Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.
The higher ranked team at the championship out of 
New Zealand and 
Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).
The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.
The Pacific Games basketball tournament was held in Apia, Samoa from 29 August to 7 September.
The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand
Standings
edit| Qualified for the gold medal game |
Preliminary round
edit| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
14 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
 American Samoa |
13 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
 Tahiti |
12 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
 Papua New Guinea |
11 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
 Samoa |
10 | 2 | 4 | .333 |
 New Caledonia |
9 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
 Solomon Islands |
8 | 0 | 6 | .000 |
Playoffs
editSchedule
edit| Qualified for the finals |
Preliminary round
edit| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Fiji |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
Final
editOlympic qualification
editSince Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.
- Australia qualified as world champions.
- New Zealand qualified as Oceanian runners-up.
- Fiji qualified to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.