Oceania Basketball Championship 2001

Oceania Basketball Championship 2001
15th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	New Zealand (2nd title)
venue	Auckland , Wellington , Hamilton (New Zealand)
Opening game	September 21, 2001
Endgame	September 23, 2001
Games	3
Basket points	490   (∅: 163.33 per game)

The Oceania Basketball Championship 2001 , the 15th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between September 21 and 23, 2001 in Auckland , Wellington and Hamilton , New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the tenth time, for the third time in a row. The winner was the host , who won the title for the second time in a row. In the series Australia could be beaten 2-1 wins. It was the first time in the history of the tournament that Australia could be beaten in a best-of-three series (the team did not take part in the tournament in 1999). å

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 2001.

Results

September 21, 2001 14:00		New Zealand	85  - 78	Australia
		Points per quarter: 28  : 15, 24: 29 , 15: 24 , 18  : 10

September 22, 2001 7:00 p.m.		Australia	81  - 79	New Zealand	Visitors: 2,400
		Points per quarter: 18: 18, 22: 23 , 15: 19 , 15  : 10.  Over Time / s: 11  : 9

September 23, 2001 1:00 p.m.		Australia	78 -  89	New Zealand
		Points per quarter: 29  : 21, 22: 24 , 16: 25 , 11: 19

Champion New Zealand

Second championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	New Zealand
2	Australia

New Zealand qualified with a 2-1 win for the 2002 Basketball World Cup in Indiana , United States of America .

Web links

• 2001 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )