1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1979
4th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	August 5 – August 8
Teams	2  (from 21 federations)
Venues	2  (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (4th title)
< 1978 1981 >

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1979 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia won the series 3–0 to win its fourth consecutive Oceania Championship.

Teams that did not enter[]

Results[]

August 5

Australia	65–41	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25

August 6

Australia	62–53	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32

August 8

Australia	115–73	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33

1979 Oceanian Champions
Australia Fourth title

References[]

• FIBA Archive