Oceania Basketball Championship 1979

Oceania Basketball Championship 1979
4th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (4th title)
venue	Melbourne , Sydney
Opening game	5th August 1979
Endgame	August 8, 1979
Games	3
Basket points	409   (∅: 136.33 per game)

The Oceania Basketball Championship 1979 , the fourth Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 5 and 8, 1979 in Melbourne and Sydney , Australia , which hosted the championship for the second time. The winner was the national team of Australia , which won the title for the fourth time. In the series, New Zealand could be beaten 3-0 wins.

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 1979.

Results

5th August 1979		Australia	65  - 41	New Zealand
		Points per half: 32:16  , 33:25  .

August 6, 1979		Australia	62  - 53	New Zealand
		Points per half time: 25  : 21, 37  : 32nd

August 8, 1979		Australia	115  - 73	New Zealand
		Points per half: 47  : 0, 68  : 33.

Champion Australia

Fourth championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , Soviet Union .

Web links

• 1979 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )