2009 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship

2009 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
13th Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (12th title)
venue	Canberra , Dunedin
Opening game	August 31, 2009
Endgame	September 2, 2009
Games	2
Basket points	300   (∅: 150 per game)
Most basket points	Liz Cambage (20.0 points)

The 2009 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship , the thirteenth Women's Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 31 and September 2, 2009 in Canberra , Australia and Dunedin , New Zealand . For the first time, both countries hosted the championship together. The winner was the team from Australia , which could win the title for the twelfth time. In the series, New Zealand was clearly beaten 2-0. Since the series was decided after the second game, game three was omitted.

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th		Natalie Hurst	04/08/1983	1.63 meters
5		Jessica Bibby	08/23/1979	1.70 meters
6th	G	Alicia Poto	03/28/1978	1.66 meters
7th	F.	Carly Wilson	07/08/1982	1.81 meters
8th	G	Samantha Richards	02/24/1983	1.68 meters
9	C.	Hollie Louise Grima	December 16, 1983	1.89 meters
10	F.	Jessica Mary Ellen Foley	04/20/1983	1.79 meters
11	C.	Elyse Penaluna	04/23/1988	1.93 meters
12		Marianna Tolo	07/02/1989	1.96 meters
13		Eva-I-Lotomua Afeaki	December 29, 1984
14th		Rohanee Cox	04/23/1980	1.82 meters
15th		Liz Cambage	08/18/1991	2.03 meters

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size
4th		Erin Jane Rooney	09/03/1990	1.73 meters
5		Zoe Anne Kensington	03/23/1991
6th	PG	Natalie Moore	10/10/1989	1.74 meters
7th		Antonia Edmondson	05/10/1987	1.81 meters
8th		Charmian Purcell	07/01/1979	1.80 meters
8th		Natalie Taylor	12/24/1982	1.82 meters
9		Suzannah Bates	09/16/1987	1.73 meters
10		Lisa Wallbutton	01/14/1986	1.83 meters
11		Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe	November 19, 1979	1.72 meters
12		Philippa Kate Connell	07/10/1989
13		Georgina Anne Richards	09/03/1988
14th		Natasha Julia Hall	08/24/1991	1.83 meters
15th		Kimberly Barnes	11/29/1988

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 2009.

Results

August 31, 2009 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	48 -  98	Australia	Wellington
		Points per quarter: 9: 16 , 16: 29 , 16: 31 : 7: 22
		Points: Antonia Edmondson 19 rebounds: Natalie Taylor 9 assists: Suzannah Bates, Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe 2		Points: Liz Cambage 22 rebounds: Hollie Louise Grima 10 assists: Alicia Poto 5

September 2, 2009 7:30 p.m.	report	Australia	97  - 57	New Zealand	Canberra
		Points per quarter: 27  : 15, 26  : 12, 19  : 14, 25  : 16
		Points: Jessica Bibby 19 rebounds: Alicia Poto 9 assists: Samantha Richards 4		Points: Antonia Edmondson 11 rebounds: Lisa Wallbutton 7 assists: Antonia Edmondson 3

Champion Australia

Twelfth championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Liz Cambage	40	1	Liz Cambage	20.0
2	Jessica Bibby	33	2	Jessica Bibby	16.5
3	Antonia Edmondson	30th	3	Antonia Edmondson	15.0
4th	Hollie Louise Grima	21st	4th	Hollie Louise Grima	10.5
5	Jessica Mary Ellen Foley	20th	5	Jessica Mary Ellen Foley	10.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hollie Louise Grima	18th	1	Hollie Louise Grima	9.0
2	Liz Cambage	12		Natalie Taylor	9.0
	Alicia Poto	12	2	Liz Cambage	6.0
3	Lisa Wallbutton	10		Alicia Poto	6.0
4th	Natalie Taylor	9	3	Lisa Wallbutton	5.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Alicia Poto	8th	1	Alicia Poto	4.0
2	Samantha Richards	7th	2	Samantha Richards	3.5
3	Natalie Hurst	6th	3	Natalie Hurst	3.0
4th	Jessica Bibby	5	4th	Jessica Bibby	2.5
5	Antonia Edmondson	4th	5	Antonia Edmondson	2.0

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Antonia Edmondson	4th	1	Antonia Edmondson	2.0
2	Liz Cambage	2	2	Liz Cambage	1.0
	Elyse Penaluna	2		Rohanee Cox	1.0
	Marianna Tolo	2		Elyse Penaluna	1.0
3	Rohanee Cox	1		Charmian Purcell	1.0

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Jessica Mary Ellen Foley	5	1	Jessica Mary Ellen Foley	3.5
2	Alicia Poto	4th	2	Alicia Poto	2.0
3	Natalie Hurst	3	3	Natalie Hurst	1.5
	Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe	3		Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe	1.5
	Samantha Richards	3		Samantha Richards	1.5

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	195	1	Australia	97.5
2	New Zealand	105	2	New Zealand	52.5

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	90	1	Australia	45.0
2	New Zealand	54	2	New Zealand	27.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	42	1	Australia	21.0
2	New Zealand	12	2	New Zealand	6.0

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	10	1	Australia	5.0
2	New Zealand	7th	2	New Zealand	3.5

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	9	1	Australia	4.5
2	New Zealand	25th	2	New Zealand	12.5

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified by winning 2-0 in the series for the 2010 World Basketball Championship in the Czech Republic .

Web links

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