2003 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2003 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Bendigo, Geelong and Melbourne. Australia won all three games to qualify for the Oceanic spot in the Olympics.

FIBA Oceania Championship 2003

16th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	September 1 – September 4
Teams	2 (from 21 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (14th title)

Teams that did not enter

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Guam
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Venues

Melbourne Bendigo Geelong 2003 FIBA Oceania Championship (Victoria)	Melbourne	Bendigo	Geelong
	State Netball and Hockey Centre	Bendigo Stadium	Geelong Arena
	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 2,000

Results

September 1 7:30 p.m.

Report

Australia	79–66	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25-14, 19-11, 16-21, 19-20
Pts: Anthony Ronaldson 19 Rebs: Chris Anstey 9 Asts: Shane Heal 7		Pts: Kirk Penney 22 Rebs: Pero Cameron 9 Asts: Phillip Jones 5

September 3 7:30 p.m.

Report

New Zealand	76–90	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 22-22, 13-25, 20-26
Pts: Phillip Jones 14 Rebs: Mark Dickel 10 Asts: Tony Rampton 5		Pts: Shane Heal 32 Rebs: Shane Heal 6 Asts: Shane Heal 6

September 4 7:30 p.m.

Report

Australia	84–75	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 21-19, 22-16, 17-20
Pts: Matt Nielsen 25 Rebs: Sam Mackinnon 13 Asts: Shane Heal 7		Pts: Phillip Jones 14 Rebs: Tony Rampton 7 Asts: Penney and Dickel 3
Australia wins series, 3-0

2003 Oceanian champions
Australia Fourteenth title

References

• FIBA Archive