Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team

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
FIBA rankingNR (26 November 2024)[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
Medal record
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 1969 Port Moresby Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Suva Team
Bronze medal – third place 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

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea

Pacific Games

Pacific Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Fiji 1963 Third playoff 3rd 7 4 3
New Caledonia 1966 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3
Papua New Guinea 1969 Final 2nd 8 5 3
French Polynesia 1971 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 2
Guam 1975 Playoff 5th 5 3 2
Fiji 1979 Semi-finals 4th 7 4 3
Samoa 1983 Playoff 5th 6 4 2
New Caledonia 1987 Playoff 6th 6 1 5
Papua New Guinea 1991 Playoff 5th 6 3 3
French Polynesia 1995 did not participate
Guam 1999 Quarterfinals 7th 8 5 3
Fiji 2003 Group stage 6th 3 2 1
Samoa 2007 did not participate
New Caledonia 2011 Quarterfinals 7th 6 3 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 Semi-finals 4th 8 4 4
Samoa 2019 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3
Solomon Islands 2023 qualified
Total 0 Titles 14/17 92 47 45

Melanesia Cup

Melanesia Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Papua New Guinea 2017 Champions 1st 4 4 0
Fiji 2022 Runner-up 2nd 4 2 2
Total 1 Title 2/2 8 6 2

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 Anderson Hewe 20 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Exodus BC Papua New Guinea
PG 3 Coni Muri 18 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) KSS Flames Papua New Guinea
SG 4 Lloyd Wright 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 Moses Apiko 26 – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KSS Flames Papua New Guinea
SF 9 Aron Farmer 22 – (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Cairns Marlins Australia
C 10 Junior Banduru 22 – (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Moniplus Papua New Guinea
PF 11 Robert Kave 30 – (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Moniplus Papua New Guinea
SF 13 Marty Leahy 22 – (1997-03-09)9 March 1997 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ipswich Force Australia
PF 14 Charles Parapa 33 – (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KSS Flames Papua New Guinea
SF 15 Apia Muri 31 – (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Moniplus Papua New Guinea
Head coach
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 Lloyd James Wright –
5 Liam Allan Wright –
PG 6 Purari Muri –
7 Gabriel Frank Elavo –
8 Mika John Loko –
9 Moses Lune Apiko –
F 10 Wally Parapa – 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
11 Robert Avosa Kave –
12 Dia Muri (C) –
G/F 13 Matineng-Iakah Leahy – 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ipswich Force Australia
14 Aron Genai Farmer –
F/C 15 Apia Muri – 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 July 2015

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.[5]

Kit

2015: City Pharmacy

2017: Pepsi

See also

Videos

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  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.