The FIBA Oceania Women's Championship was the women's
basketball
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continental championship of
Oceania
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, played biennially under the auspices of the
Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball
sport governing body
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Sports governing bodies come in various forms and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule i ...
, and the
Oceanian zone thereof. The tournament also serves to
qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial
FIBA World Championship for Women and the
Olympic basketball tournament.
Beginning in 2017, all FIBA continental championships for women will be held on a two-year cycle, and the continental championships will be part of the qualifying process for either the World Cup or Olympics. The 2015 Oceanian Championships were the last Oceanian Championships to ever be held as starting 2017, the tournament will merge with the
FIBA Asia Championship
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
to give way for the FIBA Asia-Pacific Championship
Summaries
Results highlighted in blue were Olympic qualifiers, those which are not were World Championship qualifiers.
As host nation for the 2000 Olympic Games in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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automatically qualified for the Olympics, and did not compete in 1999.
New Zealand
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were scheduled to play American Samoa, but American Samoa withdrew, meaning the 1999 tournament was scratched and New Zealand were awarded the championship, becoming the FIBA Oceania qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Medal table
Participating nations
See also
References
External links
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Oceanian championships
Recurring sporting events established in 1974
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015