Papua_New_Guinea_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.
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]
Quick Facts FIBA ranking, Joined FIBA ...
| FIBA ranking | NR (1 March 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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Quick Facts Medal record, Pacific Games ...
| Medal record | ||
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| Pacific Games | ||
 | 1969 Port Moresby | Team |
 | 1963 Suva | Team |
| 1971 Papeete | Team |
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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
More information Pacific Games record, Year ...
| Pacific Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 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 | ||||
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Melanesia Cup
More information Melanesia Cup record, Year ...
| Melanesia Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2017 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 |
Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
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Current roster
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
At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4]
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Joel Khalu – 2013-present
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]
Sponsor
2015: City Pharmacy
2017: Pepsi
- 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
- 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
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 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.