Oceania Basketball Championship 2011

Oceania Basketball Championship 2011
20th Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (17th title)
venue	Brisbane , Melbourne , Sydney
Opening game	September 7, 2011
Endgame	September 11, 2011
Games	3
Basket points	474   (∅: 158 per game)
Most basket points	Kirk Penney (24.7 points)

The Oceania Basketball Championship 2011 , the 20th Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between September 7 and 11, 2011 in Brisbane , Melbourne and Sydney , Australia , which was the eighth time the championship was organized on its own. The winner was the host , who won the title for the 17th time. In the series, New Zealand could be beaten 3-0 wins.

Venues

place	Venue	capacity
Brisbane	Brisbane Entertainment Center	14,500
Melbourne	State Netball and Hockey Center	3,500
Sydney	Sydney Entertainment Center	10,517

referee

Michael Aylen Tim Brown Scott Butler Jose Martin Gavin Whiu

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size	society
4th	SG	Damian Martin	09/05/1984	1.88 meters	Perth Wildcats
5	G	Patty Mills	08/11/1988	1.83 meters	Portland Trail Blazers
6th	PG	Adam Gibson	10/30/1986	1.88 meters	Gold Coast Blaze
7th	F.	Joseph Ingles	10/02/1987	2.03 meters	FC Barcelona
8th	SG	Brad Newley	02/18/1985	1.99 meters	Beşiktaş JK Istanbul
9	G	Matthew Dellavedova	09/08/1990	1.93 meters	Saint Mary's College of California
10	PF	David Barlow	10/22/1983	2.05 meters	CAI Zaragoza
11	C.	Mark Worthington	06/08/1983	2.02 meters	Gold Coast Blaze
12	C.	Aron Baynes	12/09/1986	2.07 meters	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
13	C.	Andrew James Ogilvy	06/17/1988	2.11 meters	Valencia Basket Club
14th	C.	Matt Nielsen	02/03/1978	2.04 meters	BK Khimki
15th	C.	Aleksandar Maric	10/22/1984	2.08 meters	Panathinaikos Athens

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size	society
4th	SG	Lindsay Tait	01/08/1982	1.90 meters	Wollongong Hawks
5	PG	Michael Fitchett	09/20/1982	1.83 meters	Nelson Giants
6th	SG	Kirk Penney	11/23/1980	1.96 meters	New Zealand Breakers
7th	SF	Mika Vukona	05/13/1982	1.93 meters	South Dragons
8th	G	Mark Dickel	December 21, 1976	1.87 meters	Brose Baskets
9		Jarrod Kenny	09/17/1985	1.88 meters
10	SG	Thomas Abercrombie	07/05/1987	1.98 meters	New Zealand Breakers
11	C.	Alex Pledger	03/27/1987	2.13 meters	Belmont Abbey College
12	SF	Benny Anthony	07/20/1988	1.98 meters	Harbor Heat
13	SF	Casey Frank	10/23/1977	2.03 meters	Gold Coast Blaze
14th		Leon Henry	10/14/1985
15th		Rob Loe	08/05/1991

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 2011.

Results

September 7, 2011 7:30 pm	report	Australia	91  - 78	New Zealand	State Netball and Hockey Center , Melbourne Referees: Michael Aylen, Jose Martin, Gavin Whiu
		Points per quarter: 26  : 18, 21: 27 , 26  : 13, 18: 20
		Points: Patrick Mills 20 rebounds: Aleksandar Maric, Brad Newley 8 assists: Matt Nielsen 6		Points: Kirk Penney 30 rebounds: Mika Vukona 12 assists: Lindsay Tait 6

September 9, 2011 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	64 -  81	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Center , Brisbane Referees: Tim Brown, Scott Butler, Jose Martin
		Points per quarter: 15: 24 , 19  : 12, 20  : 17, 10: 28
		Points: Kirk Penney 17 rebounds: Kirk Penney 5 assists: Kirk Penney 4		Points: Brad Newley 12 rebounds: Aleksandar Maric 8 assists: Patrick Mills 4

September 11, 2011 16:00	report	Australia	92  - 68	New Zealand	Sydney Entertainment Center , Sydney Referees: Scott Butler, Jose Martin, Gavin Whiu
		Points per quarter: 23: 24 , 22  : 17, 31  : 20, 16  : 7
		Points: Aleksandar Maric 27 rebounds: Aleksandar Maric 8 assists: Joseph Ingles 6		Points: Kirk Penney 27 rebounds: Casey Frank 7 assists: Kirk Penney 4

Champion Australia

17th championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Kirk Penney	74	1	Kirk Penney	24.7
2	Aleksandar Maric	47	2	Aleksandar Maric	15.7
3	Patrick Mills	43	3	Patrick Mills	14.3
4th	Mika Vukona	31	4th	Mark Worthington	10.5
5	David Barlow	29	5	Mika Vukona	10.3

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Aleksandar Maric	24	1	Aleksandar Maric	8.0
2	Mika Vukona	20th	2	Mika Vukona	6.7
3	Aron Baynes	17th	3	Aron Baynes	5.7
4th	Alex Pledger	16	4th	Matt Nielsen	5.5
5	Casey Frank	14th	5	Alex Pledger	5.3

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Joseph Ingles	11	1	Joseph Ingles	3.7
	Patrick Mills	11		Patrick Mills	3.7
2	Matthew Dellavedova	10	2	Matthew Dellavedova	3.3
3	Brad Newley	9	3	Brad Newley	3.0
	Kirk Penney	9		Kirk Penney	3.0

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Alex Pledger	6th	1	Alex Pledger	2.0
2	Aron Baynes	3	2	Aron Baynes	1.0
	Andrew James Ogilvy	3		Andrew James Ogilvy	1.0
3	Thomas Abercrombie	2	3	Thomas Abercrombie	0.7
	Joseph Ingles	2		Joseph Ingles	0.7

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Matt Nielsen	3	1	Matt Nielsen	1.5
	Casey Frank	3	2	Casey Frank	1.0
2	David Barlow	2	3	David Barlow	0.7
	Aron Baynes	2		Aron Baynes	0.7
	Joseph Ingles	2		Joseph Ingles	0.7

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	264	1	Australia	88.0
2	New Zealand	210	2	New Zealand	70.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	123	1	Australia	41.0
2	New Zealand	97	2	New Zealand	32.3

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	55	1	Australia	18.3
2	New Zealand	36	2	New Zealand	12.0

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	13	1	New Zealand	4.3
2	Australia	11	2	Australia	3.7

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	14th	1	Australia	4.7
2	New Zealand	8th	2	New Zealand	2.7

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain .

Web links

• 2011 Oceanian Championship for Men - competition page in the FIBA archive (English)
• Official website (English)