FIBA ranking | NR (15 August 2024)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1963 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Oceania | ||
National federation | Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea | ||
Coach | Joel Khalu | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
FIBA Asia Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
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Pacific Games | ||
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1969 Port Moresby | Team |
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1963 Suva | Team |
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1971 Papeete | Team |
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
[edit]A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
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Third playoff | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
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Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
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Final | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
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Playoff | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
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Semi-finals | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
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Playoff | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
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Playoff | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
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Playoff | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
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did not participate | ||||||||
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Quarterfinals | 7th | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
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Group stage | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
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Quarterfinals | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
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Semi-finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
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Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
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qualified | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 14/17 | 92 | 47 | 45 |
Melanesia Cup
[edit]Melanesia Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
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Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Team
[edit]Current roster
[edit]At the 2019 Pacific Games:[3]
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At the 2019 Pacific Games, Liam Wright played most minutes for Papua New Guinea and also recorded most steals for his team.
Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Charles Parapa | Junior Banduru | |
PF | Aron Farmer | Robert Kave | |
SF | Moses Apiko | Apia Muri | |
SG | Lloyd Wright | Moses Apiko | |
PG | Liam Wright | Coni Muri | Anderson Hewe |
Past rosters
[edit]At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4]
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Head coach position
[edit]Joel Khalu – 2013-present
Youth national teams
[edit]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
[edit]Sponsor
[edit]2015: City Pharmacy
2017: Pepsi
See also
[edit]- Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team
- Papua New Guinea national under-19 basketball team
- Papua New Guinea national under-17 basketball team
- Papua New Guinea national 3x3 team
External links
[edit]- 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
[edit]- New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea - Final - Full Game - FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup 2017 Youtube.com video
References
[edit]- ^ "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.