1979 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1979 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia won the series 3–0 to win its fourth consecutive Oceania Championship.

FIBA Oceania Championship 1979
4th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationAustralia
DatesAugust 5 – August 8
Teams2 
(from 21 federations)
Venues2 
(in 2 host cities)
Champions Australia
(4th title)
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Teams that did not enter

Results
August 5
Australia  65–41  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32-16, 33-25
August 6
Australia  62–53  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 25-21, 37-32
August 8
Australia  115–73  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-40, 68-33
 1979 Oceanian Champions 

Australia
Fourth title

References
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