Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team explained

Country:Papua New Guinea
Fiba Zone:FIBA Oceania
Joined Fiba:1963
National Fed:Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea
Coach:Joel Khalu
Zone Appearances:None
Zone Championship:FIBA Asia Cup
Oly Appearances:None
Wc Appearances:None
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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.[1]

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

Pacific Games record
YearRoundPosition
1963Third playoff3rd743
1966Semi-finals4th633
1969Final2nd853
1971Semi-finals3rd532
1975Playoff5th532
1979Semi-finals4th743
1983Playoff5th642
1987Playoff6th615
1991Playoff5th633
1995did not participate
1999Quarterfinals7th853
2003Group stage6th321
2007did not participate
2011Quarterfinals7th633
2015Semi-finals4th844
2019Semi-finals4th633
2023qualified
Total0 Titles14/17924745

Melanesia Cup

Melanesia Cup record
YearRoundPosition
2017Champions1st440
2022Runner-up2nd422
Total1 Title2/2862

Team

Current roster

At the 2019 Pacific Games:[2]

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Head coach
Assistant coaches

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Legend:

|}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:[3]

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Head coach
Assistant coaches

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Legend:

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Head coach position

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.[4]

Kit

Sponsor

2015: City Pharmacy

2017: Pepsi

See also

External links

Videos

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/2609/nfProf.html FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea
  2. http://www.fiba.basketball/pacificgames/2019/team/Papua-New-Guinea#|tab=roster Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019
  3. http://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/ShowTeam.aspx?Team_GUID=4b5dc3a7-0e06-4dda-bfb0-eaf8d193e163&SetLanguage=en-GB 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team
  4. News: Kevin Teme . PNG Names Youth Team Basketball . 22 September 2020 . Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 9 July 2019 .