1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

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.

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)

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