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FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three way contest between:
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji (The winner of the Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa)
It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from the 26th-29th of September.
Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.The higher ranked team at the championship out of
New Zealand and Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.
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Pacific Games
The Pacific Games basketball tournament will bewas held in Apia, Samoa from the 29th of August to the 7th of September.
The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand
Standings
Qualified for the gold medal game Preliminary round
Team Pts. W L PCT Fiji14 6 0 1.000 
American Samoa13 5 1 .833 
Tahiti12 4 2 .667 
Papua New Guinea11 3 3 .500 
Samoa10 2 4 .333 
New Caledonia9 1 5 .167 
Solomon Islands8 0 6 .000 Playoffs
September 6 5th place Samoa 72–54 New CaledoniaCourt 1, Apia September 7 Bronze Tahiti 59–70 Papua New GuineaCourt 2, Apia September 7 Gold Fiji 70–62 American SamoaCourt 1, Apia Schedule
Qualified for the finals Preliminary round
Team Pts. W L PCT Australia4 2 0 1.000 New Zealand3 1 1 0.500 Fiji2 0 2 0.000 September 26 New Zealand 46–78 AustraliaEdgar Centre, Dunedin September 27 Australia 136–32 FijiEdgar Centre, Dunedin September 28 New Zealand 118–31 FijiEdgar Centre, Dunedin Final
September 29 Australia 87–46 New ZealandEdgar Centre, Dunedin Olympic qualification
Since Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.
- Australia qualified as world champions.
- New Zealand qualified as Oceanian runners-up.
- Fiji qualified to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.
External links
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