2003 Oceania Basketball Championship

2003 Oceania Basketball Championship
16th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (14th title)
venue	Bendigo , Geelong , Melbourne
Opening game	September 1, 2003
Endgame	September 4, 2003
Games	3
Basket points	470   (∅: 156.67 per game)
Most basket points	Shane Douglas Heal (16.3 points)

The 2003 Oceania Basketball Championship , the 16th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between September 1 and 4, 2003 in Bendigo , Geelong and Melbourne , Australia , which hosted the championship for the sixth time. The winner was the host , who won the title for the 14th time. In the series, New Zealand could be beaten 3-0 wins.

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th		Anthony Dean Ronaldson	May 25, 1972	2.03 meters
5	G	Stephen Roger Black	04/05/1980	1.87 meters
6th	G / F	Sam Mackinnon	08/25/1976	1.97 meters
7th	C.	David Andersen	06/23/1980	2.10 meters
8th	G	John Peter Rillie	04/11/1971	1.95 meters
10	G / F	Jason Smith	October 20, 1974	1.94 meters
11	G	Shane Douglas Heal	09/06/1970	1.83 meters
12	F.	Glen Saville	January 17, 1976	1.99 meters
13	C.	Chris Anstey	01/01/1975	2.13 meters
14th	C.	Matt Nielsen	02/03/1978	2.08 meters

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th	G	Mark Dickel	December 21, 1976	1.87 meters
7th	G	Paul Henare	03/04/1979	1.82 meters
8th	SG	Phill Jones	01/25/1974	1.97 meters
9	G	Paora Winitana	December 06, 1976	1.95 meters
10	F.	Dillon Boucher	December 27, 1975	1.95 meters
11	SF	Pero Cameron	06/05/1974	2.00 meters
12	G	Kirk Penney	11/23/1980	1.96 meters
13	C.	Edward Frank Book	09/23/1970	2.10 meters
14th		Miles Pearce	11/17/1978	2.07 meters
15th	C.	Tony Rampton	05/30/1976	2.13 meters

mode

The game was played in the form of a best-of-three series. The team that won two wins first became the 2003 Oceania basketball champions.

Results

September 1, 2003 7:30 p.m.	report	Australia	79  - 66	New Zealand	Visitors: 2472
		Points per quarter: 25  : 14 19  : 11 16: 21 19: 20
		Points: Anthony Dean Ronaldson 19 rebounds: Chris Anstey 9 assists: Shane Douglas Heal 7		Points: Kirk Penney 22 rebounds: Pero Cameron 9 assists: Phill Jones 5

September 3, 2003 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	76 -  90	Australia
		Points per quarter: 21  : 17 22: 22 13: 25 20: 26
		Points: Phill Jones 14 rebounds: Mark Dickel 10 assists: Tony Rampton 5		Points: Shane Douglas Heal 32 rebounds: Shane Douglas Heal, Glen Saville 6 Assists: Shane Douglas Heal 6

September 4, 2003 7:30 p.m.	report	Australia	84  - 75	New Zealand
		Points per quarter: 24  : 20 21  : 19 22  : 16 17: 20
		Points: Matt Nielsen 25 rebounds: Sam Mackinnon 13 assists: Shane Douglas Heal 7		Points: Phill Jones 14 rebounds: Tony Rampton 7 assists: Mark Dickel, Kirk Penney 3

Champion Australia

14th championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Shane Douglas Heal	49	1	Shane Douglas Heal	16.3
2	Anthony Dean Ronaldson	42	2	Anthony Dean Ronaldson	14.0
3	Kirk Penney	41	3	Kirk Penney	13.7
4th	Chris Anstey	37	4th	Chris Anstey	12.3
5	Matt Nielsen	36	5	Matt Nielsen	12.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sam Mackinnon	21st	1	Sam Mackinnon	7.0
2	Chris Anstey	19th	2	Chris Anstey	6.3
3	Phill Jones	17th	3	Phill Jones	5.7
4th	Mark Dickel	15th	4th	Mark Dickel	5.0
	Tony Rampton	15th		Tony Rampton	5.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Shane Douglas Heal	20th	1	Shane Douglas Heal	6.7
2	Anthony Dean Ronaldson	9	2	Anthony Dean Ronaldson	3.0
3	Phill Jones	8th	3	Phill Jones	2.7
4th	Stephen Roger Black	7th	4th	Stephen Roger Black	2.3
	Mark Dickel	7th		Mark Dickel	2.3

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Chris Anstey	4th	1	Chris Anstey	1.3
2	Glen Saville	3	2	Glen Saville	1.0
3	Matt Nielsen	2	3	Matt Nielsen	0.7
4th	Sam Mackinnon	1	4th	Sam Mackinnon	0.3
	Miles Pearce	1		Miles Pearce	0.3

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sam Mackinnon	5	1	Sam Mackinnon	1.7
2	Phill Jones	4th	2	Phill Jones	1.3
3	Chris Anstey	3	3	Chris Anstey	1.0
	Dillon Boucher	3		Dillon Boucher	1.0
	Pero Cameron	3		Pero Cameron	1.0

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	253	1	Australia	84.3
2	New Zealand	217	2	New Zealand	72.3

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	100	1	New Zealand	33.3
2	Australia	98	2	Australia	32.7

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	59	1	Australia	19.7
2	New Zealand	37	2	New Zealand	12.3

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	10	1	Australia	3.3
2	New Zealand	1	2	New Zealand	0.3

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	17th	1	New Zealand	5.7
2	Australia	13	2	Australia	4.3

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece .

Web links

• 2003 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )