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 Men

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was the qualifying tournament of

FIBA Oceania The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...

for the

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. Australia did not enter this tournament because they took the host spot of the Olympic tournament. The tournament was a one-game playoff between Guam and New Zealand, held in

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. New Zealand won and qualified for the

Teams that did not enter

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Results

External links

FIBA Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oceania FIBA Oceania Championship

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1999 in New Zealand basketball 1999 in Guamanian sports International basketball competitions hosted by New Zealand New Zealand men's national basketball team games