FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1971
First season1971
Ceased2015
Replaced byFIBA Asia Cup
No. of teams2
CountryFIBA Oceania member nations
ContinentFIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Last
champion(s)
 Australia (19th title)
Most titles Australia (19 titles)
Related
competitions
Al Ramsay Shield
Official websitewww.FIBAOceania.com

FIBA Oceania Championship was the Oceania basketball championships that took place every two years between national teams of the continent. Through the 2015 edition, the Oceania Championship was also a qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Cups and Olympic Games.[1]

The first edition of the tournament was held in 1971.[2] When only Australia and New Zealand competed, the tournament was usually a best-of-three playoff; if other teams competed, a round-robin and a knockout stage was employed.[1] In 2009, the Oceania Basketball Federation changed this format to a two-game, home-and-away playoff between the two countries, with aggregate score as the tiebreaker should the teams split the series.[3]

Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for men were held on a four-year cycle, and the continental championships would no longer be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics.[4] The 2015 Oceanian Championships were the last to be held as from 2017, the tournament merged with the former FIBA Asia Championship to give way to a competition now known as the FIBA Asia Cup.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Australia Kings of Oceania Championship from Day One". FIBA. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Overview". FIBA. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Oceania championships take on new look". FIBA Oceania. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ^ Joaquin M. Henson (8 October 2015). "FIBA revises global formats". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition" (Press release). FIBA. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  6. ^ "5 reasons to get excited for the Western Region Pre-Qualifiers". FIBA. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2023. Now, after the merge of the FIBA Asia and Oceania Championships into the 'FIBA Asia Cup'...

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