The

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 ...

for Women

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was the qualifying tournament of

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for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and , was held in

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and

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. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its second consecutive Oceania Championship.

Results

Championship

References

FIBA Archive
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Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

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