2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

Basketball championship the men's tournament 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship July 2015 May 2026 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship Oceania 2015 women Australia New Zealand MelbourneTauranga 15–17 August 2 1 2 2 AUS 15 NZL AUS Suzy Batkovic (15.5) AUS (70.5) NZL Penina Davidson (10.5) NZL (40.5) AUS Tessa Lavey (6.0) AUS (19.0) FIBA (Wayback Machine) 2013 2017 Asia Cup The 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship was the 16th and the last edition of the Oceanian women's basketball championship. Held in August 2015, it took the form of a two-game series between the Australian Opals and New Zealand Tall Ferns.https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20170621102814/https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015 dead 21 June 2017 The official website of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship FIBA It served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The first game was in Melbourne, Australia, on 15 August, the second in Tauranga, New Zealand, on 17 August. The Australian Opals won both games,https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1508/Australia-New-Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20190704230311/http://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1508/Australia-New-Zealand live 4 July 2019 2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - Australia v New Zealand FIBA 2 September 2015https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1708/New-Zealand-Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20190704233219/http://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/1708/New-Zealand-Australia live 4 July 2019 2015 FIBA Oceania Womens Championship - New Zealand v Australia FIBA 2 September 2015 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.http://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/Rio2016_Branslar/Basketbol.pdf Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 – International Basketball Federation – Basketball International Olympic Committee 24 July 2015 Venues MelbourneAustralia and New Zealand right 300 Australia and New Zealand 10 Blue pog.svg -37.821667 144.978333 Melbourne left Australia and New Zealand 10 Blue pog.svg -37.6833 176.1667 Tauranga leftTaurangaRod Laver Arena ASB arena150px Capacity: 14,820 capacity 3,116 Results AUS 141–104 NZL 61–41 80–63 |} Game 1 All times are local (UTC+10) #eee 15 August 2015 18:30 Boxscore 13,000 15–5 14–12 21–12 11–12 AUS 61 NZL 41 Batkovic 16 Lavey 11 Madgen 6 Cocks 7 Davidson 9 Cocks 3 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Nine Network Game 2 All times are local (UTC+12). #eee 17 August 2015 19:30 Boxscore 14–14 19–26 14–18 16–22 NZL 63 AUS 80 Cocks 21 Davidson 12 Cocks 3 Hodges 22 Hodges & Lavey 5 Lavey 7 ASB Arena, Tauranga Australia wins series 2–0 Nine Network Rosters AUS Australian Opals - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship Yellow Green Yellow Green y 4 Kelly Wilson G 1.70 1985 1 1 2015 8 15 Bendigo Spirit AUS y 5 Tessa Lavey G 1.71 1993 3 29 2015 8 15 Bendigo Spirit AUS y 6 Tess Madgen G 1.80 1990 8 12 2015 8 15 Melbourne Boomers AUS y 7 Stephanie Talbot G 1.86 1994 6 15 2015 8 15 Canberra Capitals AUS y 8 Suzy Batkovic G 1.93 1980 12 17 2015 8 15 Townsville Fire AUS y 9 Natalie Burton G 1.94 1989 3 23 2015 8 15 Perth Lynx AUS y 10 Rachel Jarry F 1.86 1991 12 6 2015 8 15 Melbourne Boomers AUS y 11 Laura Hodges F 1.90 1983 12 13 2015 8 15 Bourges Basket FRA y 12 Belinda Snell G 1.82 1981 1 10 2015 8 15 Bendigo Spirit AUS y 13 Katie-Rae Ebzery G 1.78 1990 1 8 2015 8 15 Sydney Flames AUS y 14 Alice Kunek F 1.87 1991 1 6 2015 8 15 Melbourne Boomers AUS y 15 Sara Blicavs F 1.89 1993 2 15 2015 8 15 Melbourne Boomers AUS |} | style="vertical-align:top;" | Head coach Brendan Joyce Assistant coach(es) Scott Richard Butler Lori Chizik Damian Cotter Legend Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 15 August 2015 |} NZL New Zealand Tall Ferns - 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship White Black White Black y 1 Australia Jessica Bygate F 1.85 1992 1 10 2015 8 15 Gladstone Power y 2 Australia Micaela Cocks G 1.74 1986 5 2 2015 8 15 Townsville Fire y 4 United States Kalani Purcell F 1.85 1995 1 13 2015 8 15 BYU Cougars y 6 United States Tessa Boagni F 1.88 1996 2 12 2015 8 15 Cal State Northridge Matadors y 7 New Zealand Jordan Hunter basketball, born 1990 G 1.72 1990 8 20 2015 8 15 Auckland Lady Hawks y 8 Australia Natalie Taylor basketball F 1.82 1982 12 24 2015 8 15 Gladstone Power y 9 United States Stella Beck G 1.80 1995 9 25 2015 8 15 Saint Mary's Gaels y 10 Australia Lisa Wallbutton F 1.83 1986 1 14 2015 8 15 Willetton Tigers y 11 New Zealand Samara Gallaher G 1.78 1992 10 2 2015 8 15 Otago Gold Rush (basketball)Otago Gold Rush y 12 United States Penina Davidson F 1.83 1995 9 2 2015 8 15 California Golden Bears y 14 Australia Chevanna Paalvast F 1.80 1991 9 1 2015 8 15 Southern Peninsula Sharks y 15 Australia Megan Craig C 2.03 1993 2 11 2015 8 15 Lakeside Lightning |} | valign="top" | Head coach New Zealand Kereama Kennedy Assistant coaches Australia Chris Lucas New Zealand Aik Ho Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 15 August 2015 |} Source: https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/players https://web.archive.org/web/20210506203428/https://www.fiba.basketball/oceaniawomen/2015/players live 6 May 2021 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women - Players FIBA 16 August 2015 Final rankings # Team W–L Qualification AUS 2–0 Qualified to the Olympics NZL 0–2 Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament References 30em External links Australia playing roster New Zealand playing roster Australia Sports New Zealand Olympics Category:FIBA Oceania Championship for Women Category:2015 in women's basketball Category:2015 in New Zealand basketball Women Category:2014–15 in Australian basketball Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Australia Category:International basketball competitions hosted by New Zealand Category:Australia women's national basketball team games Category:New Zealand women's national basketball team games Category:2015 in Australian women's sport basketball Category:August 2015 sports events in Oceania