2015 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship

2015 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
16th Women's Oceania Basketball Championship
Number of nations	2
Oceania Champion	Australia (15th title)
venue	Melbourne , Tauranga
Opening game	15th August 2015
Endgame	17th August 2015
Games	2
Basket points	245   (∅: 122.5 per game)
Most basket points	Suzy Batkovic-Brown (15.5 points)

The 2015 Women's Oceania Basketball Championship , the sixteenth Women's Oceania Basketball Championship , took place between August 15 and 17, 2015 in Melbourne , Australia and Tauranga , New Zealand . It was the third time that New Zealand and Australia hosted the tournament together. The winner was the team from Australia , which could win the title for the fifteenth time. In the series, New Zealand was clearly beaten 2-0. Since the series was decided after the second game, a third game was omitted.

Venues

Melbourne	Tauranga
Rod Laver Arena	ASB arena
Capacity: 14,820	Capacity 3,116

referee

Toni Caldwell Bradley Giersch Luis Miguel Gallardo Dallas Pickering Gavin Zimmerman Nicolas Fernandes

Technical Commission William Stanley Mildenhall

Participating teams

 Australia

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size	society
4th	G	Kelly Wilson	01/01/1984	1.70 meters	Bendigo Spirit
5	G	Tessa Lavey	03/29/1993	1.72 meters	Bendigo Spirit
6th	G	Tess Madgen	08/12/1990	1.80 meters	Melbourne Boomers
7th	G	Stephanie Talbot	06/15/1994	1.86 meters	Canberra Capitals
8th	PF	Suzy Batkovic	December 17, 1980	1.93 meters	Townsville Fire
9	F.	Natalie Burton	03/23/1989	1.94 meters	Perth Lynx
10	G	Rachel Jarry	December 6, 1991	1.86 meters	Melbourne Boomers
11	F.	Laura Hodges	12/13/1983	1.90 meters	Bourges Basket
12	G	Belinda Snell	01/10/1981	1.82 meters	Bendigo Spirit
13		Katie Rae Ebzery	01/08/1990	1.78 meters	Sydney Uni Flames
14th	F.	Alice Kunek	01/06/1991	1.87 meters	Melbourne Boomers
15th	F.	Sara Blicavs	02/15/1993	1.89 meters	Dandenong Rangers

 New Zealand

number	position	Surname	Date of birth	size	society
1	F.	Jessica Bygate	01/10/1992	1.86 meters	Gladstone Power
2	G	Micaela Cocks	05/02/1986	1.74 meters	Townsville Fire
4th	F.	Kalani Purcell	01/13/1995	1.85 meters	Brigham Young University
6th	F.	Tessa Boagni	02/12/1996	1.88 meters	California State University
7th	G	Jordan Hunter	08/20/1990	1.72 meters	Auckland Lady Hawks
8th	F.	Natalie Taylor	12/24/1982	1.82 meters	Gladstone Power
9	G	Stella Beck	09/25/1995	1.79 meters	Saint Mary's College of California
10	F.	Lisa Wallbutton	01/14/1986	1.83 meters	Willeton Tigers
11	G	Samara Gallaher	08/06/1992		Otago Goldrush
12	F.	Penina Davidson	09/02/1995	1.91 meters	University of California, Berkeley
14th	G	Chevannah Paalvast	09/04/1991	1.80 meters	Southern Peninsula Sharks
15th	C.	Megan Craig	February 11, 1993	2.03 meters	Lakeside Lightning

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 2015.

Results

August 15, 2015 6:30 PM	report	Australia	61  - 41	New Zealand	Rod Laver Arena , Melbourne Visitors: 13,000 Referees: Nicolas Fernandes, Bradley Giersch, Dallas Pickering	Nine Network
		Points per quarter: 15  : 5, 14  : 12, 21  : 12, 11: 12
		Points: S. Batkovic 16 rebounds: T. Lavey 11 assists: T. Madgen 6		Points: three players 7 rebounds: P. Davidson 9 assists: M. Cocks 3

August 17, 2015 7:30 p.m.	report	New Zealand	63 -  80	Australia	ASB arena , Tauranga Referees: Luis Miguel Gallardo, Toni Caldwell, Gavin Zimmerman	Nine Network
		Points per quarter: 20  : 16 19  : 18 28  : 14 17: 18
		Points: M. Cocks 21 rebounds: P. Davidson 12 assists: K. Purcell 3		Points: L. Hodges 22 rebounds: three players 5 assists: T. Lavey 7

Champion Australia

Fifteenth championship

statistics

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Suzy Batkovic	31	1	Suzy Batkovic	15.5
2	Micaela Cocks	28	2	Micaela Cocks	14.0
3	Laura Hodges	26th	3	Laura Hodges	13.0
4th	Rachel Jarry	17th	4th	Rachel Jarry	8.5
	Tessa Lavey	17th		Tessa Lavey	8.5

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Penina Davidson	21st	1	Penina Davidson	10.5
2	Tessa Lavey	16	2	Tessa Lavey	8.0
3	Natalie Burton	13	3	Natalie Burton	6.5
4th	Suzy Batkovic	12	4th	Suzy Batkovic	6.0
	Kalani Purcell	12		Kalani Purcell	6.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Tessa Lavey	12	1	Tessa Lavey	6.0
2	Tess Madgen	9	2	Tess Madgen	4.5
3	Rachel Jarry	5	3	Rachel Jarry	2.5
4th	Laura Hodges	4th	4th	Laura Hodges	2.0
	Natalie Taylor	4th		Natalie Taylor	2.0

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Suzy Batkovic	3	1	Suzy Batkovic	1.5
2	Kalani Purcell	1	2	Kalani Purcell	1.0
3	Natalie Burton	1	3	Natalie Burton	0.5
	Micaela Cocks	1		Micaela Cocks	0.5
	Megan Craig	1		Megan Craig	0.5

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Tessa Lavey	5	1	Tessa Lavey	2.5
	Kalani Purcell	5		Kalani Purcell	2.5
2	Micaela Cocks	3	2	Micaela Cocks	1.5
3	Laura Hodges	2	3	Laura Hodges	1.0
	Rachel Jarry	2		Rachel Jarry	1.0

Collective Statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	141	1	Australia	70.5
2	New Zealand	104	2	New Zealand	52.0

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	New Zealand	81	1	New Zealand	40.5
2	Australia	74	2	Australia	37.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	38	1	Australia	19.0
2	New Zealand	21st	2	New Zealand	10.5

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	6th	1	Australia	3.0
	New Zealand	6th		New Zealand	3.0

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Australia	15th	1	Australia	7.5
2	New Zealand	11	2	New Zealand	5.5

Final placement

rank	team
1	Australia
2	New Zealand

Australia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil by winning 2-0 in the series . New Zealand, on the other hand, qualified for the relevant qualifying tournament.

Web links

• 2015 Oceanian Championship for Women - competition page in the FIBA archive ( English )
• 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Players - Official Player Overview ( English )
• 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Official Website - Official site of the tournament ( English )