2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

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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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. 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, 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.

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. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Wilson, Kelly – (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit G 5 Lavey, Tessa – (1993-03-29)29 March 1993 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Bendigo Spirit G 6 Madgen, Tess – (1990-08-12)12 August 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Melbourne Boomers G 7 Talbot, Stephanie – (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Canberra Capitals G 8 Batkovic, Suzy – (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Fire G 9 Burton, Natalie – (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Perth Lynx F 10 Jarry, Rachel – (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Boomers F 11 Hodges, Laura – (1983-12-13)13 December 1983 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bourges Basket G 12 Snell, Belinda – (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Bendigo Spirit G 13 Ebzery, Katie Rae – (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sydney Flames F 14 Kunek, Alice – (1991-01-06)6 January 1991 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Boomers F 15 Blicavs, Sara – (1993-02-15)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. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 1 Bygate, Jess – (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gladstone Power G 2 Cocks, Micaela – (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Townsville Fire F 4 Purcell, Kalani – (1995-01-13)13 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BYU Cougars F 6 Boagni, Tessa – (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cal State Northridge Matadors G 7 Hunter, Jordan – (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Auckland Lady Hawks F 8 Taylor, Natalie – (1982-12-24)24 December 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gladstone Power G 9 Beck, Stella – (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Saint Mary's Gaels F 10 Wallbutton, Lisa – (1986-01-14)14 January 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Willeton Tigers G 11 Gallaher, Samara – (1992-10-02)2 October 1992 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Otago Goldrush F 12 Davidson, Penina – (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) California Golden Bears F 14 Paalvast, Chevanna – (1991-09-01)1 September 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Peninsula Sharks C 15 Craig, Megan – (1993-02-11)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

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Final rankings

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