1983 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1983

6th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	30 August – 3 September
Teams	2
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1983 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1984 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Whangārei, New Zealand. Australia won the series 2–0.

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

30 August

Australia	89–52	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 37-22, 52-30

3 September

Australia	87–76	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 48-36, 39-40

1983 Oceanian champions
Australia Sixth title

References

• FIBA Archive