1974 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship

1974 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
1st Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (1st title)
venue	Sydney , Melbourne
Opening game	October 10, 1974
Endgame	October 15, 1974
Games	3
Basket points	357   (∅: 119 per game)

The 1974 Oceania Basketball Championship , the first ever women's Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between October 10 and 15, 1974 in Sydney and Melbourne , Australia , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the host who won the title for the first time. In the series, New Zealand could be beaten 3-0 wins.

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 women's basketball Oceania champions in 1974.

Results

		Australia	69  - 42	New Zealand
		Points per half: 40  : 30, 29  : 12.

		Australia	72  - 44	New Zealand
		Points per half: 48:24  , 24:20  .

		Australia	75  - 55	New Zealand
		Points per half: 35:30  , 40:25  .

Champion Australia

First championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada .

Web links

• 1974 Oceanian Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )