2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three way contest between:

It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.

 Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.

The higher ranked team at the championship out of  New Zealand and  Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).

The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.

Pacific Games

The Pacific Games basketball tournament will bewas held in Apia, Samoa from the 29th of August to the 7th of September.

The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand

Standings

Qualified for the gold medal game

Preliminary round

Team Pts. W L PCT
 Fiji 14 6 0 1.000
 American Samoa 13 5 1 .833
 Tahiti 12 4 2 .667
 Papua New Guinea 11 3 3 .500
 Samoa 10 2 4 .333
 New Caledonia 9 1 5 .167
 Solomon Islands 8 0 6 .000

Playoffs

September 6
5th place
Samoa  7254  New Caledonia
Court 1, Apia
September 7
Bronze
Tahiti  5970  Papua New Guinea
Court 2, Apia
September 7
Gold
Fiji  7062  American Samoa
Court 1, Apia

Schedule

Qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

Team Pts. W L PCT
 Australia 4201.000
 New Zealand 3110.500
 Fiji 2020.000
September 26
New Zealand  4678  Australia
September 27
Australia  13632  Fiji
September 28
New Zealand  11831  Fiji

Final

September 29
Australia  8746  New Zealand

Olympic qualification

Since Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.

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