FIBA Oceania Championship 1997

FIBA Oceania Championship 1997
13th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	June 1 – June 4
Teams	3 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (13th title)
< 1995 1999 >

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.

Teams that did not enter

September 1

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

September 2

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

September 3

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

September 4

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

Australia qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Tournaments

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Oceania (FIBA Oceania)

American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Federated States of Micronesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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