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