1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

International basketball competition

FIBA Oceania Championship 19794th 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)

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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

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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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August 5

Australia | 65-41 |  New Zealand

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Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25

August 6

Australia | 62-53 |  New Zealand

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Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32

August 8

Australia | 115-73 |  New Zealand

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Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33

1979 Oceanian champions

Australia
Fourth title

## References

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* FIBA Archive

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FIBA Oceania Championship

Tournaments|

* New Zealand 1971
* Australia 1975
* Australia 1978
* Australia 1979
* New Zealand 1981
* New Zealand 1983
* Australia 1985
* New Zealand 1987
* Australia 1989
* New Zealand 1991
* New Zealand 1993
* Australia 1995
* New Zealand 1997
* New Zealand 1999
* New Zealand 2001
* Australia 2003
* New Zealand 2005
* Australia 2007
* Australia/New Zealand 2009
* Australia 2011
* Australia/New Zealand 2013
* Australia/New Zealand 2015

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