2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

The 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women will be the 16th edition of the basketball tournament. In 2015 it took the form of a two-game series between the Australian Opals and New Zealand Tall Ferns.[1] It served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] The first game was in Melbourne, Australia, on 15 August, the second in Tauranga, New Zealand, on 17 August.[1] The Australian Opals won both games,[3][4] and qualified for the Olympics, while the losing Tall Ferns qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, the final qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.[2]

FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2015
16th FIBA Oceanian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	New Zealand Australia
Dates	15–17 August
Teams	2  (from 1 federations)
Venues	2  (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Australia (14th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Suzy Batkovic (15.5)  Australia (70.5) Rebounds Penina Davidson (10.5)  New Zealand (40.5) Assists Tessa Lavey (6.0)  Australia (19.0)
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Venues

Melbourne	Melbourne Tauranga 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship (Australia and New Zealand)	Tauranga
Rod Laver Arena		ASB arena
Capacity: 14,820		capacity 3,116

Results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	141–104	New Zealand	61–41	80–63

Game 1

All times are local (UTC+10)

Nine Network

15 August 2015 18:30

Boxscore

Australia	61–41	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 14–12, 21–12, 11–12
Pts: Batkovic 16 Rebs: Lavey 11 Asts: Madgen 6		Pts: Cocks 7 Rebs: Davidson 9 Asts: Cocks 3

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Attendance: 13,000

Game 2

All times are local (UTC+12).

Nine Network

17 August 2015 19:30

Boxscore

New Zealand	63–80	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 19–26, 14–18, 16–22
Pts: Cocks 21 Rebs: Davidson 12 Asts: Cocks 3		Pts: Hodges 22 Rebs: Hodges & Lavey 5 Asts: Lavey 7
Australia wins series 2–0

ASB Arena, Tauranga

Rosters

 Australia

Australian Opals - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Wilson, Kelly 30 – 1 January 1985 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit G 5 Lavey, Tessa 22 – 29 March 1993 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit G 6 Madgen, Tess 25 – 12 August 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Melbourne Boomers G 7 Talbot, Stephanie 21 – 15 June 1994 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Canberra Capitals G 8 Batkovic, Suzy 34 – 17 December 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Fire G 9 Burton, Natalie 26 – 23 March 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Perth Lynx F 10 Jarry, Rachel 23 – 6 December 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Boomers F 11 Hodges, Laura 31 – 13 December 1983 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bourges Basket G 12 Snell, Belinda 34 – 10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Bendigo Spirit G 13 Ebzery, Katie-Rae 25 – 8 January 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sydney Flames F 14 Kunek, Alice 24 – 6 January 1991 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Boomers F 15 Blicavs, Sara 22 – 15 February 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Boomers	Head coach Brendan Joyce Assistant coach(es) Scott Richard Butler Lori Chizik Damian Cotter Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 August 2015

 New Zealand

New Zealand Tall Ferns - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 1 Bygate, Jessica 23 – 10 January 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gladstone Power G 2 Cocks, Micaela 29 – 2 May 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Townsville Fire F 4 Purcell, Kalani 20 – 13 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BYU Cougars F 6 Boagni, Tessa 19 – 12 February 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cal State Northridge Matadors G 7 Hunter, Jordan 24 – 20 August 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Auckland Lady Hawks F 8 Taylor, Natalie 32 – 24 December 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gladstone Power G 9 Beck, Stella 19 – 25 September 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Saint Mary's Gaels F 10 Wallbutton, Lisa 29 – 14 January 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Willeton Tigers G 11 Gallaher, Samara 22 – 2 October 1992 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Otago Goldrush F 12 Davidson, Penina 19 – 2 September 1995 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) California Golden Bears F 14 Paalvast, Chevanna 23 – 1 September 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Peninsula Sharks C 15 Craig, Megan 22 – 11 February 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Lakeside Lightning	Head coach Kereama Kennedy Assistant coaches Chris Lucas Aik Ho Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 August 2015

Source: "2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Players". FIBA. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

Final rankings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Australia	2–0	Qualified to the Olympics
	New Zealand	0–2	Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References

1. "The official website of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship". FIBA. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 – International Basketball Federation – Basketball" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - Australia v New Zealand". FIBA. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
4. "2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - New Zealand v Australia". FIBA. Retrieved 2 September 2015.