FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship

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FIBA Oceania Under-17 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Basketball current event.svg 2021 FIBA Oceania Under-17 Championship
Sport Basketball
No. of teams8
Countries FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (7th title)
Most titlesFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (7 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Official website FIBA Oceania

The FIBA Oceania Under-17 Championship is an under-17 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Oceania zone. [1]

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Since 2017, the competition previously known as FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship, which was a qualifier for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, is now an under-17 competition for Oceania teams to qualify to the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship (from which they can then qualify for the World Cup).

Summary

Oceania Under-18 Championship

Summaries
YearHostFinalBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
2002
Details
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Sydney
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Australia
2–0
78–55 / 112–50
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New Zealand
No other teams competed
2008
Details
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Adelaide
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Australia
3–0
94–67 / 84–71 / 81–60
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New Zealand
2010
Details
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Palmerston North
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Australia
3–0
109–82 / 107–51 / 94–46
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New Zealand
2012
Details
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Porirua
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Australia
3–0
85–64 / 95–70 / 93–60
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New Zealand
2014
Details
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Suva
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
84–81Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
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New Caledonia
63–56Flag of French Polynesia.svg
Tahiti
2016
Details
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Suva
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
57–51Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
87–68Flag of FLNKS.svg
New Caledonia

Oceania Under-17 Championship

Summaries
YearHostFinalBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
2017
Details
Flag of Guam.svg
Hagåtña
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
93–55Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of Guam.svg
Guam
105–70Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
2019
Details
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg
Nouméa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
85–56Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa
87–59Flag of French Polynesia.svg
Tahiti
2021 [lower-alpha 1]
Details
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TBA
  1. Postponed to April 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa. [2]

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7108
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1708
3Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 0022
4Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 0011
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0011
Totals (5 nations)88420

Participation details

Nation Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2002
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2008
Flag of New Zealand.svg
2010
Flag of New Zealand.svg
2012
Flag of Fiji.svg
2014
Flag of Fiji.svg
2016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2017
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg
2019
Total
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 81
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg8
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 81
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 762
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 5Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg54
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 81
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia Bronze medal icon.svg4664
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg8
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 71
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 972
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 654Bronze medal icon.svg4
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 101
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 47544
No. of teams222210788

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References

  1. "OCEANIA: COMPETITIONS". FIBA.basketball.
  2. "FIBA U17 Oceania Championships postponed to April 2022". FIBA. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.