2005 FIBA Oceania Championship
| 17th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | August 17 – August 21 |
| Teams | 2 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (15th title) |
The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2005 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and 
New Zealand, was held in Auckland and Dunedin. Australia won all three games. Both teams qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Teams that did not enter
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Venues
[edit].svg)  Waitakere Manukau Dunedin 2005 FIBA Oceania Championship (New Zealand) |
Waitakere | Manukau | Dunedin |
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| The Trusts Arena | TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre | Edgar Centre | |
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| Capacity: 4,901 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |
Results
[edit]August 17
7:30 p.m. |
| New Zealand |
69–82 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 16-25, 20-16, 18-24 | ||
| Pts: Olson and Jones 14 each Rebs: Jones, Cameron, and Rampton 5 each Asts: Dickel and Cameron 4 each |
Pts: C.J. Bruton 25 Rebs: Saville and Nielsen 8 each Asts: C.J. Bruton 6 | |
August 20
3:00 p.m. |
| Australia |
82–71 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 16-9, 23-18, 25-24 | ||
| Pts: Glen Saville 20 Rebs: Matt Nielsen 10 Asts: Matt Nielsen 6 |
Pts: Pero Cameron 16 Rebs: Dillon Boucher 10 Asts: Tony Rampton 4 | |
August 21
3:00 p.m. |
| New Zealand |
80–91 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 22-22, 16-30, 25-27 | ||
| Pts: Phillip Jones 16 Rebs: Tony Rampton 8 Asts: Mark Dickel 5 |
Pts: Newley and Andersen 22 Rebs: David Andersen 6 Asts: Brad Davidson 6 | |
| Australia wins series, 3-0 | ||
| 2005 Oceanian champions |
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 Australia Fifteenth title |