International basketball competition
| 8th FIBA Oceanian Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Dates | 31 August – 4 September |
| Teams | 3 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (8th title) |
| ← 1985 1989 → | |
The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 1987 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Timaru and Christchurch. For the first time, a team other than Australia and New Zealand competed after French Polynesia decided to send a team to the tournament. Australia won its 8th consecutive Oceania Championship to qualify for Olympics.
Teams that did not enter
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Micronesia
Fiji
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Results
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 224 | 106 | +118 | 4 | Championship |
| 2 |  New Zealand (H)
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 141 | +53 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Tahiti
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 255 | −171 | 2 |
(H) Hosts
| 31 August |
| Australia |
136–31 | Tahiti |
| 1 September |
| Australia |
88–75 | New Zealand |
| 2 September |
| New Zealand |
119–53 | Tahiti |
Championship
| 4 September |
| Australia |
115–59 | New Zealand |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
3–0 |
| 2 | New Zealand
|
1–2 |
| 3 | Tahiti
|
0–2 |
Australia qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.