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 . The current FIBA Oceania President is David Reid from Australia .
4-624: 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. 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
8-553: 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 . FIBA Oceania was founded by Al Ramsey in 1967. Known as the Oceania Basketball Confederation at the time, FIBA Oceania was recognized as a FIBA zone in 1968 during
12-771: The FIBA Congress in Mexico City . Current zone champions * updated 28 November 2017 FIBA Oceania Championship FIBA Oceania Championship was the Oceania basketball championships that took place every two years between national teams of the continent. Through the 2015 edition, the Oceania Championship was also a qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Cups and Olympic Games . The first edition of
16-569: The tournament was held in 1971. When only Australia and New Zealand competed, the tournament was usually a best-of-three playoff; if other teams competed, a round-robin and a knockout stage was employed. In 2009, the Oceania Basketball Federation changed this format to a two-game, home-and-away playoff between the two countries, with aggregate score as the tiebreaker should the teams split the series. Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for men were held on
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