FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania
Formation 1969
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Southport, Gold Coast
Queensland, Australia
Membership
21 national associations
Official language
English
President
 Australia Bob Elphinston
Website FIBA Oceania

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 21 FIBA Federations and is headquartered in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The current FIBA Oceania President elect is Bob Elphinston of Australia.

Its prime event is the FIBA Oceania Championship, which was established in 1971 and has traditionally been dominated by Australia. Yet, on some occasions, New Zealand has defeated its rival, which was first accomplished in 1978.[1]

Members

Country Association National teams FIBA
affiliation
 American Samoa American Samoa Basketball Association 1976
 Australia Australian Basketball Federation Inc.

1947
 Cook Islands
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Fiji
 Guam Guam Basketball Confederation 1974
 Kiribati
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Marshall Islands Rep. of the Marshall Islands Basketball Federation Inc.
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 1987
 Nauru
 New Caledonia
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 New Zealand
 Norfolk Island
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Association of the Northern Mariana Islands
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 1981
 Palau
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 1988
 Papua New Guinea Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea 1963
 Samoa
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Amateur Basketball Federation
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 1987
 Tahiti
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Timor-Leste
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 2013
 Tonga
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Tuvalu
  • Men's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
  • Women's
    • U18/19
    • U16/17
 Vanuatu Vanuatu Amateur Basketball Federation 1966

Top two FIBA Oceania teams

Rank Team Points
10  AustraliaC 234
20  New Zealand 72

C Current zone champion


* updated 21 August 2016

Competitions

Current champions

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

References

  1. ↑ FIBA Oceania Championship - Overview, FIBA.com, Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

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