1985 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1985 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1986 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Sydney and Newcastle. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its seventh consecutive Oceania Championship.

FIBA Oceania Championship 1985

7th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	24–27 October
Teams	2
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
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Teams that did not enter

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  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

Results

24 October

Australia	92–66	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 49-29, 43-37

26 October

Australia	96–75	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-35, 52-40

27 October

Australia	98–62	New Zealand
Scoring by half: 45-19, 53-43

1985 Oceanian champions
Australia Seventh title

References

• FIBA Archive