The Papua New Guinea national basketball team is the team that represents Papua New Guinea in international basketball and is a member of FIBA Oceania. It is administered by the Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea.[2]
The team is yet to qualify for the Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup, FIBA Asia Cup, and Commonwealth Games.
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Melanesia Cup
Team
Current roster
At the 2019 Pacific Games:[3]
At the 2019 Pacific Games, Liam Wright played most minutes for Papua New Guinea and also recorded most steals for his team.
Depth chart
Past rosters
At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4]
Head coach position
Joel Khalu – 2013-present
Youth national teams
The country features several youth national teams such as the Papua New Guinea men's national under-18 basketball team and the Papua New Guinea men's national under-17 basketball team.[5]
Kit
Sponsor
2015: City Pharmacy
2017: Pepsi
See also
External links
- Papua New Guinea Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
- Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea Basketball - facebook presentation
- Papua New Guinea National Team at australiabasket.com
Videos
- New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea - Final - Full Game - FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup 2017 Youtube.com video
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
- ^ Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019 FIBA.com, accessed 8 June 2020.
- ^ 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Kevin Teme (9 July 2019). "PNG Names Youth Team Basketball". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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Joel Khalu – 2013-present