Oceania Basketball Championship 1971

Oceania Basketball Championship 1971
1st Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (1st title)
venue	Auckland , Rotorua , Christchurch
Opening game	7th August 1971
Endgame	August 14, 1971
Games	3
Basket points	501   (∅: 167 per game)

The 1971 Oceania Basketball Championship , the first Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 7 and 14, 1971 in Auckland , Rotorua and Christchurch , New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the national team of Australia , which for the first time, undefeated, could win the title against New Zealand in the best-of-three series.

Participating teams

 Australia New Zealand
 

mode

The game was played in the form of a best-of-three series. The team that won two wins first became Oceania basketball champions in 1971.

Results

		Australia	91  - 56	New Zealand
		Points per half-time: 51  : 33, 40  : 23rd

		Australia	107  - 58	New Zealand
		Points per half: 48:30  , 59:28  .

		Australia	117  - 72	New Zealand
		Points per half: 44:37  , 73:35  .

Champion Australia

First championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Germany .

Web links

• 1971 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )