FIBA ranking | 11th |
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FIBA zone | FIBA Oceania |
National federation | Basketball Australia |
Coach | Deanne Butler |
Nickname(s) | Gems |
U19 World Cup | |
Appearances | 14 |
Medals | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Asian Championship | |
Appearances | 3 |
Medals | ![]() ![]() |
Oceania Championship | |
Appearances | 7 |
Medals | ![]() |
The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-19, under-18, and under-17 women's basketball competitions, including the U19 Women's World Cup, Asian Championship, and the Oceania Championship. The team is nicknamed the Gems, an abbreviation for the word gemstone.[1] In 1993, the Gems (which won a gold medal) won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete (team) of the Year.[2]
Competitive record
[edit]U19 World Cup
[edit]The first FIBA U19 World Championships were in 1985, and the Gems have participated in every tournament to date. From 1985, the under-19 World Championships were held every four years. From 2005, they are held every two years.
U19 World Cup | ||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | Coach |
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Classification round | 6th of 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
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Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
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Quarterfinals | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
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Quarterfinals | 5th of 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
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Quarterfinals | 5th of 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
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Fourth place | 4th of 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | Chambers |
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Third place | 3rd of 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Chambers |
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Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Goriss |
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Quarterfinals | 6th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Butler |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Butler |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Herbert |
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Qualified | |||||
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TBD | |||||
Total | 106 | 77 | 29 |
Statistics
[edit]Head coaches
[edit]Paul Goriss – 2016
Deanne Butler – 2018–present
See also
[edit]- Australia men's national basketball team
- Australia women's national basketball team
- Australia women's national under-17 basketball team
- Australia men's national under-19 basketball team
- Basketball Australia
- FIBA World Rankings
- Timeline of women's basketball history
- Women's National Basketball League
- Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
References
[edit]- ^ Basketball Australia. Australian Under 19 Gems. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Australian Sports Commission. AIS Timeline Archived 21 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 February 2015.