2001 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship

2001 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
9th Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (8th title)
venue	Christchurch , Invercargill
Opening game	September 14, 2001
Endgame	September 15, 2001
Games	2
Basket points	315   (∅: 157.5 per game)

The 2001 Oceania Basketball Championship , the ninth women's Oceania Basketball Championship , was held between September 14 and 15, 2001 in Christchurch and Invercargill , New Zealand , which hosted the championship for the fifth time. The winner was the team from Australia , which could win the title for the eighth time. In the series New Zealand could be beaten 2-0. Since the series was decided, a third game was omitted.

Participating teams

 Australia New Zealand
 

mode

The game was played in the form of a best-of-three series. The team that won two first became the women's basketball Oceania champion in 2001.

Results

September 14, 2001

Australia

97  - 61

New Zealand

September 15, 2001

New Zealand

55 -  102

Australia

Champion Australia

Eighth championship

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified with a 2-0 win in the series for the 2002 Women's Basketball World Cup in the People's Republic of China .

Web links

• 2001 Oceanian Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )