FIBA Oceania Championship 1978

FIBA Oceania Championship 1978
3rd FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	1 – 8 April
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
< 1975 1979 >

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1978 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Auckland, Lower Hutt and Christchurch. Australia won the series 2-1 to win its third consecutive Oceania Championship.

Teams that did not enter

Results

Australia	93–71	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-30, 46-41

Australia	65–67	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 28-29, 37-38

Australia	76–69	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-36, 32-33

1978 Oceanian Champions
Australia Third title

References

FIBA Archive

FIBA Oceania Championship

Tournaments

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Oceania (FIBA Oceania)

American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Federated States of Micronesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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