Oceania Basketball Championship 2009

Oceania Basketball Championship 2009
19th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	New Zealand (3rd title)
venue	Sydney , Wellington
Opening game	August 23, 2009
Endgame	August 25, 2009
Games	2
Basket points	339   (∅: 169.5 per game)
Most basket points	Kirk Penney (23.5 points)

The 2009 Oceania Basketball Championship , the 19th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 23 and 25, 2009 in Sydney , Australia and Wellington , New Zealand . It was the first time in the history of the tournament that both countries hosted the championship. The winner was New Zealand , which won the title for the third time. In the series, Australia could be beaten thanks to the better overall point score. It was only the second time in the history of the tournament that Australia had to admit defeat to New Zealand in the series.

Venues

country	place	Venue	capacity
Australia	Sydney	State Sports Center	5,006
New Zealand	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena	5,655

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th	G	Matthew Dellavedova	09/08/1990	1.91 meters
5	G	Adam Gibson	10/30/1986	1.88 meters
6th	PF	AJ Ogilvy	06/17/1988	2.11 meters
7th	SF	Joe Ingles	10/02/1987	2.04 meters
8th	F.	Brad Newley	02/18/1985	1.99 meters
9		Peter Crawford	11/06/1979	1.93 meters
10	G	James Harvey	02/15/1979	1.96 meters
12	F.	Oscar Forman	01/16/1982	2.06 meters
13	F.	Aron Baynes	12/09/1986	2.07 meters
14th	PG	Damian Martin	09/05/1984	1.88 meters
15th	C.	Nathan Jawai	10/10/1986	2.08 meters

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th		Lindsay Tait	01/08/1982	1.90 meters
5	PG	Michael Fitchett	09/20/1982	1.83 meters
6th	G	Kirk Penney	11/23/1980	1.96 meters
7th		Mika Vukona	05/13/1982	1.93 meters
8th		Jarrod Kenny	09/17/1985	1.88 meters
9		Corey Webster	11/29/1988	1.89 meters
10		Leon Henry	10/14/1985
11		Alex Pledger	03/27/1987
12		Thomas Abercrombie	07/05/1987	1.98 meters
13		Casey Frank	10/23/1977	2.03 meters
14th		Rob Loe	08/05/1991
15th		Benny Charles Anthony	07/20/1988	1.98 meters

mode

The game was played in the form of a return leg. The team that could achieve two victories was the basketball champions of Oceania 2009. In the event of a tie after wins, the total score decided.

Results

23 August 2009 6:00 p.m.	report	Australia	84  - 77	New Zealand	State Sports Center , Sydney
		Points per quarter: 25  : 21, 18: 21 , 18: 22 , 23  : 13
		Points: Joe Ingles 26 rebounds: Nathan Jawai 11 assists: Adam Gibson 6		Points: Kirk Penney 23 rebounds: Mika Vukona 10 assists: Kirk Penney, Lindsay Tait 4

August 25, 2009 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	100  - 78	Australia	TSB Bank Arena , Wellington
		Points per quarter: 17  : 16, 21: 24 , 36  : 15, 26  : 23
		Points: Mika Vukona 25 rebounds: Alex Pledger 13 assists: Kirk Penney 10		Points: Brad Newley 20 rebounds: Nathan Jawai 9 assists: Joe Ingles 5

Champion New Zealand

Third championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Kirk Penney	47	1	Kirk Penney	23.5
2	Joe Ingles	39	2	Joe Ingles	19.5
3	Nathan Jawai	34	3	Nathan Jawai	17.0
4th	Brad Newley	33	4th	Brad Newley	16.5
5	Mika Vukona	32	5	Mika Vukona	16.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Mika Vukona	22nd	1	Mika Vukona	11.0
2	Nathan Jawai	20th	2	Nathan Jawai	10.0
3	Alex Pledger	19th	3	Alex Pledger	9.5
4th	Kirk Penney	13	4th	Kirk Penney	6.5
5	Brad Newley	10	5	Brad Newley	5.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Kirk Penney	14th	1	Kirk Penney	7.0
2	Adam Gibson	9	2	Adam Gibson	4.5
3	Joe Ingles	8th	3	Joe Ingles	4.0
	Lindsay Tait	8th		Lindsay Tait	4.0
4th	Thomas Abercrombie	3	4th	Thomas Abercrombie	1.5

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Aron Baynes	4th	1	Aron Baynes	2.0
2	Nathan Jawai	3	2	Nathan Jawai	1.5
3	Brad Newley	2	3	Brad Newley	1.0
	Mika Vukona	2		Mika Vukona	1.0
4th	Benny Charles Anthony	1	4th	Benny Charles Anthony	0.5

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Joe Ingles	3	1	Joe Ingles	1.5
2	Matthew Dellavedova	2	2	Matthew Dellavedova	1.0
	Adam Gibson	2		Adam Gibson	1.0
	AJ Ogilvy	2		AJ Ogilvy	1.0
	Alex Pledger	2		Alex Pledger	1.0

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	177	1	New Zealand	88.5
2	Australia	162	2	Australia	81.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	86	1	New Zealand	43.0
2	Australia	61	2	Australia	30.5

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	34	1	New Zealand	17.0
2	Australia	27	2	Australia	13.5

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	10	1	Australia	5.0
2	New Zealand	3	2	New Zealand	1.5

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	12	1	Australia	6.0
2	New Zealand	6th	2	New Zealand	3.0

Final placement

rank	team
1	New Zealand
2	Australia

New Zealand qualified through the success together with Australia for the basketball world championship 2010 in Turkey , with New Zealand in the seeding list higher than Australia.

Web links

• 2009 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )