| Continent: | Oceania |
| Gender: | Women |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Host: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | 1–4 June |
| Teams: | 3 |
| Federations: | 21 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champions: | Australia |
| Title Number: | 7 |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
The FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 1997 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. The basketball tournament was held in Wellington and Palmerston North. Australia won the tournament to qualify for the World Championship and New Zealand qualified for the Olympics.
| Rank | Team | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | 1–2 | ||
| 3 | 0–2 |
| width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98" | qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women and 2000 Summer Olympics as host | ||
| width=10px bgcolor="#ffffd0" | qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |