FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania

Founded	1967
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Suite 1801, Level 8, Tower 1, 56 Scarborough Street, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Membership	22 national associations
Official language	English
President	David Reid
Website	FIBA Oceania
Formerly called	Oceania Basketball Confederation

FIBA Oceania is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Oceania is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international tournaments in Oceania. It has 22 FIBA Federations and is headquartered in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.^[1] The current FIBA Oceania President is David Reid from Australia.^[2]

Its prime events were the FIBA Oceania Championship for men and the FIBA Oceania Women's Championship. The men's championship, established in 1971, was dominated by Australia. Yet, on some occasions, New Zealand defeated its rival, which was first accomplished in 1978.^[3] Australia was even more dominant in the women's tournament, first held in 1974; the Opals won all but one of its editions, with New Zealand winning only the 1993 edition. Both Oceania Championships held their last editions in 2015. Since then, FIBA Oceania and FIBA Asia national teams compete for a single championship for each sex—the men's FIBA Asia Cup and the FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

History

FIBA Oceania was founded by Al Ramsey in 1967.^[4] Known as the Oceania Basketball Confederation at the time, FIBA Oceania was recognized as a FIBA zone in 1968 during the FIBA Congress in Mexico City.^[5][6]

Members

Country	Association	National teams	FIBA affiliation
American Samoa	American Samoa Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1976
Australia	Basketball Australia	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1947
Cook Islands		Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1985
East Timor	National Basketball Federation of East Timor	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	2013
Fiji	Fiji Amateur Basketball Federation	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1979
Guam	Guam Basketball Confederation	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1974
Kiribati		Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987
Marshall Islands	Rep. of the Marshall Islands Basketball Federation Inc.	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1986
Nauru	Nauru Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1975
New Caledonia	Région Fédérale de Nouvelle Calédonie de Basketball	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1974
New Zealand	Basketball New Zealand	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1951
Norfolk Island		Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1999
Northern Mariana Islands	Basketball Association of the Northern Mariana Islands	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1981
Palau	Palau Amateur Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1988
Papua New Guinea	Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1963
Samoa	Samoa Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1982
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Amateur Basketball Federation	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987
Tahiti		Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1960
Tonga		Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Basketball Association	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1987
Vanuatu	Vanuatu Amateur Basketball Federation	Men's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 Women's U20 U19 U18 U17 U16	1966

Top two FIBA Oceania teams

Men's teams Rank Team Points 3  AustraliaC 673.6 24  New Zealand 425.5

Women's teams Rank Team Points 2  AustraliaC 714.5 34  New Zealand 171.1

^C Current zone champions

* updated 28 November 2017

Competitions

Organized by FIBA Oceania

• FIBA Oceania Championship
• FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
• FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament (Under-20)
• FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament for Women (Under-20)
• FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Women
• FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship
• FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women

Organized by FIBA Oceania subzones

• FIBA Melanesian Basketball Cup
• FIBA Micronesian Basketball Cup
• FIBA Polynesian Basketball Cup

Current champions

Men's	Women's	U-18 Men's	U-18 Women's	U-16 Men's	U-16 Women's
Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Australia	Australia	Australia

See also

References

External links

• FIBA Oceania official website