2015 FIBA Oceania Championship explained

Continent:Oceania
Year:2015
Dates:15–18 August
Teams:2
Federations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champions:AUS
Title Number:19
Ppg P: Webster (19.0)
Ppg T: (80.0)
Rpg P: Fotu (9.0)
Rpg T: (41.5)
Apg P: Dellavedova (4.5)
Apg T: (15.0)
Website:2015 FIBA Oceania Championship
Prevseason:2013

The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Oceania Championship. The tournament featured a two-game series between Australia and New Zealand. It also served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first game was held in Melbourne, Australia on August 15, followed by the second game in Wellington, New Zealand on August 18.[1]

Australia won both games of the series, and with an aggregate score of 160-138, qualified to the 2016 Olympics.[2] With the loss, New Zealand qualified to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.[3]

This was the last edition of the FIBA Oceania Championship to be held. From 2017, Australia and New Zealand compete with teams from FIBA Asia in the FIBA Asia Cup as part of changes to international competition formats announced by FIBA.[4] [5]

Venues

width=150pxMelbournewidth=150pxWellington
TSB Bank Arena
Capacity: 15,400 Capacity: 4,002

Squads

Australia

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New Zealand

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Results

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Game 1

All times are local (UTC+10)

Game 2

All times are local (UTC+12).

Final rankings

RankTeamRecordQualificationFIBA World Rankings
width=40Beforewidth=40Afterwidth=40Change
2–0 Qualified to the Olympics 11110
0–2 Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament 21210

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tall Blacks confirm schedule ahead of Oceania series. Basketball New Zealand. 1 September 2023. 24 April 2015.
  2. Web site: PR N°40 - Boomers hold off Kiwis, book ticket to Rio. FIBA. 1 September 2023. 18 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Tall Blacks will be ready when OQTs arrive. FIBA. 1 September 2023. 22 October 2015.
  4. Web site: Joaquin M. Henson. FIBA revises global formats. The Philippine Star. 1 September 2023. 8 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Ward. Roy. Boomers to move into Asia, play regular games as part of FIBA changes. Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2023 . 14 August 2015.