2001 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2001 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton. New Zealand won the series 2-1 to claim its second Oceania Championship and first championship that Australia also participated in.

FIBA Oceania Championship 2001

15th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	September 21 – September 23
Teams	2
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)

Teams that did not enter

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• Micronesia
• Fiji
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Results

September 21 7:30 p.m.

Report

New Zealand	85–78	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 28-15, 25-29, 15-24, 18-10

September 22 7:00 p.m.

Report

Australia	81–79 (OT)	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 22-23, 15-19, 15-10, Overtime: 11-9

September 23 1:00 p.m.

Report

Australia	78–89	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 29-21, 22-24, 16-25, 11-19
New Zealand wins series, 2-1

2001 Oceanian champions
New Zealand Second title

• New Zealand qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

External links

• FIBA Archive