The FIBA Oceania Women's Championship was the women's basketball continental championship of Oceania, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the Oceanian zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA World Championship for Women and the Olympic basketball tournament.
Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for women will be held on a two-year cycle, and the continental championships will be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. The 2015 Oceanian Championships were the last Oceanian Championships to ever be held as starting 2017, the tournament will merge with the FIBA Asia Championship to give way for the FIBA Asia-Pacific Championship
Summaries Results highlighted in blue were Olympic qualifiers, those which are not were World Championship qualifiers.
As host nation for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia automatically qualified for the Olympics, and did not compete in 1999. New Zealand were scheduled to play American Samoa, but American Samoa withdrew, meaning the 1999 tournament was scratched and New Zealand were awarded the championship, becoming the FIBA Oceania qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
YearHostQualification seriesBronze medallistsGoldGame 1Game 2Game 3Silver1974Details69–4272–4475–55Only two teams competed1978Details68–3763–3389–321982Details66–4664–3285–551985Details63–3662–43N/A1989Details93–45107–5980–381993Details120–56106–61120–581995Details89–4479–45N/A1997Details99–61 One game playoff forthe championship2001Details97–61102–55N/AOnly two teams competed2003Details69–5584–61N/A2005Details77–5175–6767–382007Details87–46 One game playoff forthe championship2009Details98–4897–57Two-legged tieOnly two teams competed2011Details77–6492–7382–572013Details66–5084–66Two-legged tie2015Details61–4180–63Two-legged tie
Medal table
Participating nations Nation 1974197819821985198919931995199720012003200520072009201120132015Years1st1st1st1st1st 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st 15 3rd 1 3rd 12nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd 16 2nd 1 Total 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
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