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Nauru men's national basketball team

Nauru men's national basketball team

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

The Nauru national basketball team is the team that represents Nauru in international basketball. It is a member of FIBA Oceania. The national team was inactive in international competitive basketball for several years after participating at the 2001 Oceania Basketball Tournament in Fiji.[2][3] Nauru initially planned to send a squad to the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[4] Eventually, it returned for the 2015 Pacific Games.

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Nauru had its best performance at the 1969 Pacific Games when it beat the Solomon Islands, which have almost 60 times Nauru's population, and Fiji, which has almost 100 times Nauru's population.

Current roster

At the 2015 Pacific Games:[5] (last publicized squad)

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At Nauru's last game at the 2015 Pacific Games against the Solomon Islands, Heine Kanimea was his team's top scorer as he contributed 21 of Nauru's 71 total points.[6]

Competitions

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Greg (31 March 2007). "Nauru won't send any team to the South Pacific Games". Australia Basket. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. [3]
    Greg. "Overview of basketball in Nauru". Australia Basket.
  4. [4]
    Greg (1 July 2005). "Nauru won't be in Palau for the Mini-Games". Australia Basket. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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    2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Nauru - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. [6]
    2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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