1978 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1978 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1978 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Auckland, Lower Hutt and Christchurch. Australia won the series 2-1 to win its third consecutive Oceania Championship.

FIBA Oceania Championship 1978
3rd FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationNew Zealand
Dates1–8 April
Teams2 
(from 21 federations)
Venues3 
(in 3 host cities)
Champions Australia
(3rd title)
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Teams that did not enter

Results
Australia  93–71  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 47-30, 46-41
Australia  65–67  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 28-29, 37-38
Australia  76–69  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44-36, 32-33
 1978 Oceanian Champions 

Australia
Third title

References
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