FIBA Oceania Championship 2005

FIBA Oceania Championship 2005
17th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	New Zealand
Dates	August 17 – August 21
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Australia (15th title)
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The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2005 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Auckland and Dunedin. Australia won all three games. Both teams qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Teams that did not enter

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• F.S. 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

August 17 7:30 p.m.

Report

New Zealand	69–82	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 16-25, 20-16, 18-24
Pts: Olson and Jones 14 each Rebs: Jones, Cameron, and Rampton 5 each Asts: Dickel and Cameron 4 each		Pts: C.J. Bruton 25 Rebs: Saville and Nielsen 8 each Asts: C.J. Bruton 6

Waitakere, Auckland

August 20 3:00 p.m.

Report

Australia	82–71	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 16-9, 23-18, 25-24
Pts: Glen Saville 20 Rebs: Matt Nielsen 10 Asts: Matt Nielsen 6		Pts: Pero Cameron 16 Rebs: Dillon Boucher 10 Asts: Tony Rampton 4

Counties Manukau, Auckland

August 21 3:00 p.m.

Report

New Zealand	80–91	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 22-22, 16-30, 25-27
Pts: Phillip Jones 16 Rebs: Tony Rampton 8 Asts: Mark Dickel 5		Pts: Newley and Andersen 22 Rebs: David Andersen 6 Asts: Brad Davidson 6
Australia wins series, 3-0

Dunedin

2005 Oceanian Champions
Australia Fifteenth title

References

• FIBA Archive