Oceania Basketball Championship 1981

Oceania Basketball Championship 1981
5th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (5th title)
venue	New Zealand
Games	2
Basket points	284   (∅: 142 per game)

The 1981 Oceania Basketball Championship , the fifth Oceania Basketball Championship , took place in 1981 in New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the third time. The winner was the national team of Australia , which could win the title for the fifth time. In the series, New Zealand could be beaten with 23-0 victories. Since the series was decided after the second game, game three was omitted.

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 1981.

Results

		Australia	78  - 55	New Zealand
		Points per half time: 33  : 26, 45  : 29th

		Australia	80  - 71	New Zealand
		Points per half time: 49  : 35, 31: 36 .

Champion Australia

Fifth championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified with a 2-0 win for the 1982 World Basketball Championship in Colombia .

Web links

• 1981 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )