2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship explained

Continent:Oceania
Year:2015
Gender:women
Host:New Zealand
Host2:Australia
Dates:15–17 August
Teams:2
Federations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champions:Australia
Title Number:14
Ppg P: Suzy Batkovic (15.5)
Ppg T: (70.5)
Rpg P: Penina Davidson (10.5)
Rpg T: (40.5)
Apg P: Tessa Lavey (6.0)
Apg T: (19.0)
Website:2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship
FIBA Oceania no longer conducts senior-level championships for either sex. Since 2017, that region's members have competed for FIBA Asia senior championships.
Prevseason:2013

The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women was the 16th edition of the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women. Held in August 2015, it took the form of a two-game series between the Australian Opals and New Zealand Tall Ferns.[1] It served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The first game was in Melbourne, Australia, on 15 August, the second in Tauranga, New Zealand, on 17 August. The Australian Opals won both games,[2] [3] and qualified for the Olympics, while the losing Tall Ferns qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.[4]

Venues

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ASB arena
Capacity: 14,820 capacity 3,116

Results

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Game 1

All times are local (UTC+10)

Game 2

All times are local (UTC+12).

Rosters

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Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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Legend:

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Head coach
Assistant coaches

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Legend:

|}Source: Web site: 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Players . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506203428/https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/players . live . 6 May 2021 . . 16 August 2015 .

Final rankings

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2–0 Qualified to the Olympics
0–2 Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The official website of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20170621104557/http://www.fiba.basketball/oceania/2015 . live . 21 June 2017 . FIBA . 24 July 2015 .
  2. Web site: 2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - Australia v New Zealand . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704230311/http://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1508/Australia-New-Zealand . live . 4 July 2019 . FIBA. 2 September 2015.
  3. Web site: 2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - New Zealand v Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704233219/http://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1708/New-Zealand-Australia . live . 4 July 2019 . . 2 September 2015.
  4. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 – International Basketball Federation – Basketball . International Olympic Committee . 24 July 2015 .