2001 FIBA Oceania Championship

The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2001 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between  Australia and  New Zealand, was held in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton. New Zealand won the series 2-1 to claim its second Oceania Championship and first championship that Australia also participated in.

FIBA Oceania Championship 2001
15th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationNew Zealand
DatesSeptember 21 – September 23
Teams2 
(from 21 federations)
Venues3 
(in 3 host cities)
Champions New Zealand
(2nd title)
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Teams that did not enter

Results
September 21
7:30 p.m.
New Zealand  85–78  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 28-15, 25-29, 15-24, 18-10
September 22
7:00 p.m.
Australia  81–79 (OT)  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 22-23, 15-19, 15-10, Overtime: 11-9
September 23
1:00 p.m.
Australia  78–89  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 29-21, 22-24, 16-25, 11-19
New Zealand wins series, 2-1
 2001 Oceanian Champions 

New Zealand
Second title
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