1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1979
4th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Australia
Dates August 5 – August 8
Teams 2 (from 21 federations)
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Australia (4th title)
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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.

Teams that did not enter

Results

August 5
Australia  6541  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25
August 6
Australia  6253  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32
August 8
Australia  11573  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33
 1979 Oceanian Champions 

Australia
Fourth title

References

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