15th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship | |
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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) |
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.
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 22 7:00 p.m. |
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. |
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 |
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New Zealand Second title |
- New Zealand qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
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