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    1985 FIBA Oceania Championship

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    FIBA Oceania Championship 1985
    7th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
    Tournament details
    Host countryAustralia
    Dates24–27 October
    Teams2
    Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
    Final positions
    Champions Australia (7th title)
    ← 1983
    1987 →

    The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1985 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1986 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Newcastle. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its seventh consecutive Oceania Championship.

    Teams that did not enter

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    •  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

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    24 October
    Australia  92–66  New Zealand
    Scoring by half: 49-29, 43-37
    26 October
    Australia  96–75  New Zealand
    Scoring by half: 44-35, 52-40
    27 October
    Australia  98–62  New Zealand
    Scoring by half: 45-19, 53-43


     1985 Oceanian champions 

    Australia
    Seventh title

    References

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