1997 Oceania Basketball Championship

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1997 Oceania Basketball Championship
13th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations 3
Oceania Champion AustraliaAustralia Australia (13th title)
venue New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington , Palmerston NorthNew ZealandNew Zealand 
Opening game June 1, 1997
Endgame June 4th 1997
Games   4th
Basket points 685   (∅: 171.25 per game)

The 1997 Oceania Basketball Championship , the 13th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between June 1 and 4, 1997 in Wellington and Palmerston North , New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the eighth time. The winner was the national team of Australia , which could win the title for the 13th time. In the finals was New Zealand are clearly beaten. For the fourth time and so far for the last time another team took part in the tournament apart from Australia and New Zealand. It was New Caledonia's first participation in the tournament.

Participating teams

AustraliaAustralia Australia New Caledonia New Zealand
New CaledoniaNew Caledonia 
New ZealandNew Zealand 

mode

Initially, the game was played in a group stage. Each team played against each other once, so that each team played exactly two games (a total of three games were played). There were two points for each win and one point for a defeat. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided . The two teams with the best points moved into the final and played for the tournament victory.

Results

Group stage

placement team Points G V baskets Diff
1 AustraliaAustralia Australia 4th 2 0 235: 121 +114
2 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3 1 1 211: 138 +73
3 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia 2 0 2 87: 274 −187


June 1, 1997 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 136  - 41 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia
Points per half: 68:20  , 68:21  .
June 2, 1997 AustraliaAustralia Australia 97  - 75 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
Points per half: 49:44  , 48:31  .
June 3, 1997 AustraliaAustralia Australia 138  - 46 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia
Points per half: 62:17  , 76:29  .

final

June 4th 1997 AustraliaAustralia Australia 85  - 67 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
Points per half: 43:43, 42:24  .


Australia
Champion
Australia
13th championship

Final placement

rank team
1 AustraliaAustralia Australia
2 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
3 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia

Australia qualified by winning the final for the 1998 World Basketball Championship in Athens , Greece .

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