1985 FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship 1985
7th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	24–27 October
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
	← 1983 1987 →

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1985 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1986 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Newcastle. Australia won the series 3–0 to win its seventh consecutive Oceania Championship.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

24 October

Australia	92–66	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49-29, 43-37

26 October

Australia	96–75	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-35, 52-40

27 October

Australia	98–62	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 45-19, 53-43

1985 Oceanian champions
Australia Seventh title

↑ "Oceania Championship for Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
↑ Scholes, Gary (25 October 1985). "Australia set for Spain Boomers flatten NZ challenge". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
↑ Scholes, Gary (27 October 1985). "BASKETBALL Boomers sight world titles". The Canberra Times. p. 25. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
↑ "Basketball WORLD TITLES QUALIFIER". The Canberra Times. 28 October 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 28 April 2025.