2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship

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2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship
2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
City Port Moresby
Dates2–7 October 2023
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (8th title)
Runners-upFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Third placeFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2019
2025

The 2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship was the ninth edition of the U17/U18 Oceanian basketball championship. The tournament was played in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 2 to 7 October 2023. [1]

Contents

Australia won their third straight U17 title, and eighth championship overall after they defeated New Zealand in the final, 96–49. On the other hand, Samoa notched their second straight podium finish after winning the bronze medal match against Guam, 132–63. [2] [3]

Participating teams

Group phase

In this round, the teams played a round-robin tournament in one group. The top two teams advanced to the final; the next two teams advanced to the third place match.

All times are local (Papua New Guinea Standard TimeUTC+10).

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 440496197+2998Final
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 431419238+1817
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 422406387+1963rd place match
4Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4132655082435
5Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 4042304862564
Source: FIBA
2 October 2023
15:45
Guam  Flag of Guam.svg24143Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 6–37, 5–38, 9–32, 4–36
Port Moresby
2 October 2023
18:00
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg12666Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 34–11, 30–19, 35–21, 27–15
Port Moresby
3 October 2023
14:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg12063Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 33–14, 21–21, 35–12, 31–16
Port Moresby
3 October 2023
16:45
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg32108Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 7–32, 7–26, 10–30, 8–20
Port Moresby
4 October 2023
12:15
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg13499Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 31–20, 46–33, 38–20, 19–26
Port Moresby
4 October 2023
19:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7284Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 21–18, 23–27, 12–21
Port Moresby
5 October 2023
14:30
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg83102Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 20–17, 24–31, 27–29
Port Moresby
5 October 2023
19:00
Guam  Flag of Guam.svg10394Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 33–25, 21–11, 22–32, 27–26
Port Moresby
6 October 2023
13:30
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg13739Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 33–5, 32–10, 31–11, 41–13
Port Moresby
6 October 2023
15:45
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg38149Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–36, 9–39, 8–41, 10–33
Port Moresby

Playoffs

3rd place match

7 October 2023
12:15
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg13263Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 37–15, 36–15, 32–19
Port Moresby

Final

7 October 2023
16:45
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9649Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 27–8, 22–12, 17–11
Port Moresby

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
4Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
5Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup

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