Oceania Basketball Championship 2007

Oceania Basketball Championship 2007
18th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (16th title)
venue	Brisbane , Melbourne , Sydney
Opening game	August 20, 2007
Endgame	August 24, 2007
Games	3
Basket points	431   (∅: 143.67 per game)
Most basket points	Kirk Penney (16.3 points)

The 2007 Oceania Basketball Championship , the 18th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 20 and 24, 2007 in Brisbane , Melbourne and Sydney , Australia , which hosted the championship for the seventh time. The winner was the host , who won the title for the 16th time. In the series New Zealand could be beaten 2-1 wins.

Venues

place	Venue	capacity
Brisbane	Brisbane Entertainment Center	14,500
Melbourne	Vodafone Arena	10,500
Sydney	Sydney Entertainment Center	10,517

referee

Romualdas Brazauskas Vaughan Mayberry Andy Thackray

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th		Damien Ronald Ryan	09/20/1979
5	G	Patty Mills	08/11/1988	1.83 meters
6th	G / F	Sam Mackinnon	08/25/1976	1.97 meters
7th	SG	Luke Kendall	05/25/1981	1.93 meters
8th	F.	Brad Newley	02/18/1985	1.99 meters
9	G	Lafarrell Darnell Mee	02/11/1971	1.96 meters
10	G / F	Jason Smith	October 20, 1974	1.94 meters
11		Mark Worthington	06/08/1983	2.02 meters
12	F.	Glen Saville	January 17, 1976	1.99 meters
13	C.	David Andersen	06/23/1980	2.10 meters
14th	PF	Russel Hinder	07/10/1979	2.08 meters
15th	C.	Wade Helliwell	05/10/1978	2.12 meters

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th	G	Mark Dickel	December 21, 1976	1.87 meters
5		Lindsay Tait	01/08/1982	1.90 meters
6th	G	Kirk Penney	11/23/1980	1.96 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	C.	Tony Rampton	05/30/1976	2.13 meters
13		Casey Frank	10/23/1977	2.03 meters
14th	PF	Craig Bradshaw	07/28/1983	2.08 meters
15th		Mika Vukona	05/13/1982	1.93 meters

mode

The game was played in the form of a best-of-three series. The team that won two wins first became the 2007 Oceania basketball champions.

Results

August 20, 2007 7:30 p.m.	report	Australia	79  - 67	New Zealand	Vodafone Arena , Melbourne Visitors: 6053 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Vaughan Mayberry, Andy Thackray
		Points per quarter: 18  : 16, 25  : 21, 16  : 9, 20: 21
		Points: David Andersen 20 rebounds: Sam Mackinnon 7 assists: David Andersen 4		Points: Kirk Penney 20 rebounds: Pero Cameron, Casey Frank, Lindsay Tait 5 assists: Pero Cameron 5

August 22, 2007 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	67 -  93	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Center , Sydney Visitors: 4517 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Vaughan Mayberry, Andy Thackray
		Points per quarter: 17: 25 , 25  : 16, 9: 28 , 16: 24
		Points: Kirk Penney 21 rebounds: Pero Cameron, Kirk Penney 7 assists: Pero Cameron, Paul Henare, Kirk Penney 3		Points: Sam Mackinnon 18 rebounds: Sam Mackinnon 7 assists: Glen Saville 5

August 24, 2007 7:30 p.m.	report	Australia	58 -  67	New Zealand	Brisbane Entertainment Center , Brisbane Visitors: 3537 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas, Vaughan Mayberry, Andy Thackray
		Points per quarter: 12: 18 , 12  : 10, 21  : 13, 13: 26
		Points: Brad Newley 14 rebounds: Sam Mackinnon 8 assists: Sam Mackinnon 3		Points: Phill Jones 17 rebounds: Phill Jones 12 assists: Pero Cameron 6

Champion Australia

16th championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Kirk Penney	49	1	Kirk Penney	16.3
2	Sam Mackinnon	45	2	Sam Mackinnon	15.0
3	David Andersen	37	3	David Andersen	12.3
4th	Pero Cameron	34	4th	Glen Saville	12.0
5	Craig Bradshaw	33	5	Pero Cameron	11.3

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sam Mackinnon	22nd	1	Sam Mackinnon	7.3
2	Pero Cameron	19th	2	Pero Cameron	6.3
	Phill Jones	19th		Phill Jones	6.3
3	David Andersen	14th	3	David Andersen	4.7
4th	Dillon Boucher	13	4th	Dillon Boucher	4.3

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Pero Cameron	14th	1	Pero Cameron	4.7
2	Glen Saville	7th	2	Glen Saville	3.5
3	David Andersen	6th	3	David Andersen	2.0
	Sam Mackinnon	6th		Sam Mackinnon	2.0
4th	Paul Henare	4th	4th	Paul Henare	1.3

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Russel Hinder	4th	1	Russel Hinder	1.3
2	Casey Frank	3	2	Casey Frank	1.0
	Sam Mackinnon	3		Sam Mackinnon	1.0
3	David Andersen	2	3	David Andersen	0.7
4th	Glen Saville	1	4th	Glen Saville	0.5

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sam Mackinnon	6th	1	Sam Mackinnon	2.0
	Lafarrell Darnell Mee	6th		Lafarrell Darnell Mee	2.0
2	Dillon Boucher	3	2	Glen Saville	1.5
	Glen Saville	3	3	Dillon Boucher	1.0
3	Patrick Mills	2	4th	Patrick Mills	0.7

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	230	1	Australia	76.7
2	New Zealand	201	2	New Zealand	67.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	116	1	New Zealand	38.7
2	Australia	90	2	Australia	30.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	40	1	Australia	13.3
2	New Zealand	31	2	New Zealand	10.3

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	13	1	Australia	4.3
2	New Zealand	8th	2	New Zealand	2.7

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	22nd	1	Australia	7.3
2	New Zealand	4th	2	New Zealand	1.3

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by winning 2-1 for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , People's Republic of China . New Zealand finished second in the basketball qualifier for the 2008 Olympics.

Web links

• 2007 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )