| Country: | Nauru |
| Country Alt: | Naoero |
| Color1: | 002B7F |
| Color2: | FFFFFF |
| Joined Fiba: | 1975 |
| Fiba Zone: | FIBA Oceania |
| National Fed: | Nauru Island Basketball Association |
| Zone Appearances: | None |
| Zone Appearances2: | 8 |
| Zone Medals2: | None |
| Zone Appearances3: | 1 (2001) |
| Zone Medals3: | None |
| H Pattern B: | _bluesides |
| H Body: | FAD201 |
| H Shorts: | FAD201 |
| H Pattern S: | _bluesides |
| A Pattern B: | _whitesides |
| A Body: | 009 |
| A Shorts: | 009 |
| A Pattern S: | _whitesides |
The Nauru national basketball team is the team that represents Nauru in international basketball. It is a member of FIBA Oceania. The national team was inactive in international competitive basketball for several years after participating at the 2001 Oceania Basketball Tournament in Fiji.[1] [2] Nauru initially planned to send a squad to the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[3] Eventually, it returned for the 2015 Pacific Games.
Nauru had its best performance at the 1969 Pacific Games when it beat the Solomon Islands, which have almost 60 times Nauru's population, and Fiji, which has almost 100 times Nauru's population.
At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4] (last publicized squad)
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|}At Nauru's last game at the 2015 Pacific Games against the Solomon Islands, Heine Kanimea was his team's top scorer as he contributed 21 of Nauru's 71 total points.[5]
| FIBA Oceania Championship Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| Total | 0 medal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Pacific Games Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
| 11th place | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 8th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 5th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| 8th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 10th place | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 10th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| 8th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| 14th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 2003 to 2011 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 10th place | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | N/A | 46 | 3 | 43 | |||||
| Pacific Mini Games Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
| Not held | |||||||||
| 6th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Not held | |||||||||
| Withdrew | |||||||||
| 2009 to 2013 | Not held | ||||||||
| Total | N/s | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Oceania Tournament Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Year | width=30% | Position | width=8% | Pld | width=8% | W | width=8% | L |
| 1981 to 1997 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 11th place | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Did not enter | |||||||||
| Total | N/s | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||