2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women

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FIBA Oceania Championship
for Women 2007
12th FIBA Oceanian Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates26–29 September
Teams3 (from 21 federations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (12th title)
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FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three-way contest between:

Contents

It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.

The higher ranked team at the championship out of Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand and Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).

The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.

Pacific Games

The Pacific Games basketball tournament was held in Apia, Samoa from 29 August to 7 September.

The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand

Standings

Qualified for the gold medal game

Preliminary round

Team Pts. WL PCT
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 14601.000
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1351.833
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1242.667
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1133.500
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1024.333
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia 915.167
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 806.000

Playoffs

6 September
5th place
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg72–54Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia
Court 1, Apia
7 September
Bronze
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg59–70Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Court 2, Apia
7 September
Gold
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg70–62Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Court 1, Apia

Schedule

Qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

Team Pts. WL PCT
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4201.000
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3110.500
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2020.000
26 September
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg46–78Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
27 September
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg136–32Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
28 September
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg118–31Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

Final

29 September
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg87–46Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Olympic qualification

Since Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.

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