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.
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
1963 | Third playoff | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
1966 | Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
1969 | Final | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
1971 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
1975 | Playoff | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
1979 | Semi-finals | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
1983 | Playoff | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
1987 | Playoff | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
1991 | Playoff | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
1995 | did not participate | ||||||||
1999 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
2003 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2007 | did not participate | ||||||||
2011 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2015 | Semi-finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
2019 | Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2023 | qualified | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 14/17 | 92 | 47 | 45 |
Melanesia Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||||
2017 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
2022 | Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
At the 2019 Pacific Games:[2]
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At the 2015 Pacific Games:[3]
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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]
2015: City Pharmacy
2017: Pepsi