1978 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship

1978 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
2nd Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (2nd title)
venue	Auckland , Dunedin , Wellington
Opening game	July 28, 1978
Endgame	July 30, 1978
Games	3
Basket points	322   (∅: 107.33 per game)

The 1978 Oceania Basketball Championship for women , the second Oceania Basketball Championship for women , was held between July 28 and 30, 1978 in Auckland , Dunedin and Wellington , New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the first time. The winner was the national team of Australia , which could win the title for the second time. In the series, the host was 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 had two wins first became the women's basketball Oceania champions in 1978.

Results

July 28, 1978		Australia	68  - 37	New Zealand
		Points per half: 34:14  , 34:23  .

July 29, 1978		Australia	63  - 33	New Zealand
		Points per half: 27:14  , 36:19  .

July 30, 1978		Australia	89  - 32	New Zealand
		Points per half: 36:14  , 53:18  .

Champion Australia

Second championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by triumphing 3-0 for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , Soviet Union .

Web links

• 1978 Oceanian Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )