1987 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1987
8th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation New Zealand
Dates 31 August – 4 September
Teams 3 (from 21 federations)
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Australia (8th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1987 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Timaru and Christchurch. For the first time, a team other than Australia and New Zealand competed after French Polynesia decided to send a team to the tournament.  Australia won its 8th consecutive Oceania Championship to qualify for Olympics.

Teams that did not enter

Results

31 August
Australia  13631  Tahiti
1 September
Australia  8875  New Zealand
2 September
New Zealand  11953  Tahiti

Championship

4 September
Australia  11559  New Zealand

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Australia 3-0
2  New Zealand 1-2
3  Tahiti 0-2

Australia qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul..

References

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