| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Ceased | 2010 |
| No. of teams | FIBA Oceania member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
| Last champion(s) |  Australia (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  New Zealand (4 titles) |
The FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament was a men's youth basketball tournament that debuted in 1997 and then took place every two years between 1998 and 2010. It featured under-20 national teams within the Oceania region. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1997 |  Fiji |  Fiji | 57–46 |  Tahiti |  Nauru | 67–60 |  Vanuatu | ||
| 1998 |  New Caledonia |  New Zealand | 70–58 |  New Caledonia |  Australia | 72–29 | Tahiti | ||
| 2000 |  Vanuatu | New Zealand | 76–59 | Australia | New Caledonia | 71–66 | Fiji | ||
| 2002 |  Tonga | Fiji | 86–76 | Australia | New Caledonia | 105–88 | New Zealand | ||
| 2004 | Australia | New Zealand | 86–74 | Australia |  Guam | 99–77 | Fiji | ||
| 2006 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 104–94 | Australia | New Caledonia | 70–67 | Tahiti | ||
| 2008 |  Guam | Australia | 95–48 | Tahiti | Guam | 92–60 | New Caledonia | ||
| 2010 | New Caledonia | Australia | 57–46 | New Zealand | New Caledonia | 67–33 | Guam | ||
| Nation | 1997 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | Participations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 7th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4 | ||||
| Australia | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 7 | |
 Cook Islands | 7th | 1 | |||||||
| Fiji | 1st | 5th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 8 |
| Guam | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4 | ||||
 Nauru | 3rd | 1 | |||||||
 New Caledonia | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 6 | ||
 Northern Mariana Islands | 6th | 1 | |||||||
 Palau | 8th | 1 | |||||||
 Papua New Guinea | 6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 5 | |||
 Samoa | 5th | 1 | |||||||
 Tahiti | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 7 | |
| Tonga | 8th | 1 | |||||||
| Vanuatu | 4th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 4 |
Note: In 1997, also participated the following teams: Fiji 2 (5th place) and Sanma (6th place).
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