Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team.

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea.png
FIBA rankingNR (9 August 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Oceania
National federationBasketball Federation of Papua New Guinea
CoachJoel Khalu
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
AppearancesNone

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 .[2]

Competitive record[]

Summer Olympics[]

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup[]

yet to qualify

FIBA Asia Cup[]

never participated

Pacific Games[]

See also: Basketball at the Pacific Games
  • 1963: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1966: 4th
  • 1969: 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1971: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1975: 5th
  • 1979: 4th
  • 1983: 5th
  • 1987: 6th
  • 1991: 5th
  • 1995: n/a
  • 1999: 7th
  • 2003: n/a
  • 2007: 6th
  • 2011: 7th
  • 2015: 4th
  • 2019: 4th
  • 2023: To be determined

Oceania Basketball Tournament[]

See also: Oceania Basketball Tournament
  • 1981-2001: ?
  • 2005: 4th
  • 2009-2013: ?

Melanesia Basketball Cup[]

See also: FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup
  • 2017 : 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2021 : To be determined

Commonwealth Games[]

See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games

never participated

Team[]

Current roster[]

At the 2019 Pacific Games:[3]

Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 1 20 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Papua New Guinea
PG 3 18 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Papua New Guinea
SG 4 22 – (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Hope International University United States
PG 5 Liam Wright 20 – (1999-03-06)6 March 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northeast Bushrangers Australia
G 7 26 – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Papua New Guinea
SF 9 22 – (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Cairns Marlins Australia
C 10 22 – (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Papua New Guinea
PF 11 30 – (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Papua New Guinea
SF 13 22 – (1997-03-09)9 March 1997 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ipswich Force Australia
PF 14 33 – (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Papua New Guinea
SF 15 Apia Muri 31 – (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Papua New Guinea
Head coach
  • Australia
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 8 July 2019

At the 2019 Pacific Games, Liam Wright played most minutes for Papua New Guinea and also recorded most steals for his team.

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
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[]

At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4]

Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 –
5 –
PG 6 –
7 –
8 –
9 –
F 10 – 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
11 –
12  (C) –
G/F 13 – 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ipswich Force Australia
14 –
F/C 15 Apia Muri – 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
  • Australia
Assistant coaches
  • Papua New Guinea
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 July 2015

Head coach position[]

  • Australia – 2013-present

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 .[5]

Kit[]

[]

2015:

2017: Pepsi

See also[]

External links[]

Videos[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
  3. ^ Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019 FIBA.com, accessed 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. ^ Kevin Teme (9 July 2019). "PNG Names Youth Team Basketball". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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