FIBA ranking | 21 (1 March 2024) [1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1951 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Oceania | ||
National federation | Basketball New Zealand | ||
Coach | Pero Cameron | ||
Nickname(s) | Tall Blacks | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 2 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA Asia Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 | ||
Medals | Bronze: ( 2022) | ||
FIBA Oceania Championship | |||
Appearances | 22 | ||
Medals | Gold: (
1999,
2001,
2009) Silver: ( 1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||
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First international | |||
New Zealand 72–64
Singapore ( Singapore, Singapore; 1 Sept 1962) | |||
Biggest win | |||
New Zealand 136–41
New Caledonia ( Wellington, New Zealand; 1 September 1997) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
New Zealand 59–115
Australia ( Christchurch, New Zealand; 4 September 1987) |
The New Zealand men's national basketball team ( Māori: Te kapa poitūkohu o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by Basketball New Zealand. The team's official nickname is the Tall Blacks ( Māori: Pango Tāroaroa). [2]
Over their history, New Zealand have won three FIBA Oceania Championships, made seven appearances at the FIBA World Cup and two at the Olympic Games. Recently Oceania was amalgamated with the Asian FIBA zone and the team has made two appearances at the FIBA Asia Cup. Their best effort resulting in a bronze medal finish in 2022. [3]
Tu Kaha O Pango Te Kahikatea - Composed and created by Don Hutana and former Tall Black Paora Winitana, is performed before every game. It tells the story of how the Tall Blacks overcome great odds and challenges through their adventures. Drawing from the story of Tāne and how he overcame adversity to gain the three baskets of knowledge. [4] [5] [6]
The Tall Blacks after beating The Boomers for the first time in a match, [7] headed to the United Kingdom for the newly formed Commonwealth Competition. Playing against England, Canada, Wales and Northen Ireland, they ended the tournament with a 2-3 record, losing the final to Canada 107-68.
The Tall Blacks were invited to the Cup in 81, 82 and 83. All played in Taiwan and coming away with mixed results at each tournamnet.
In 1983 New Zealand took a shot at hosting the Championships. They invited Gilbraltar, The Boomers, Fiji, Malaysia, England and Hong Kong. The Tall Blacks finished with a 2-3 record failing to medal. [7]
The Tall Blacks gained a wild card entry and headed to the tournament staged in Spain. Placed in Group D alongside Yugoslavia, Canada, Argentina, The Netherlands and Malaysia. The Tall Blacks finished 21st overall (1–4 record), picking up a single win 77–75 over Malaysia. [8] [7]
Throughout the 90's The Tall Blacks continuted to pick up invites to many tournaments that fell outside of the FIBA Oceania Championships. As basketball started to become a lot more popular in New Zealand. They made regular trips to Europe and Asia mixing it with tough competition in preperation for the ongoing series against Australia to determine the Oceania Champion and entry to the Olympics and World Cups.
in 1997 New Caledonia joined the Tall Blacks and The Boomers in the championship that was held in Palmerston North and Wellington, New Zealand. It was in this tournament that they registered their largest ever win margin and score. Defeating New Caledonia 136-41. However they finished second losing to The Boomers in pool play and the final.
The qualifying tournament for the FIBA Oceania spot at the 2000 Summer Olympics, The Boomers were not required to enter this tournament being the upcoming hosts. The tournament winner was decided in a one-off game between the Tall Blacks and Guam. Played in New Zealand and winning 125-43, the Tall Blacks for the first time qualified for the Olympic Games. [9] [10]
The Tall Blacks were invited to the 2000 version of the William Jones Cup held in Taiwain alongside South Africa, South Korea, Costa Rica, The Phillipines, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. They played 6 games going undefeated Noteably taking out South Korea in the Final 78-67.
The Tall Blacks where also invited to the Slam down under tournament - a warm up for the Sydney Olympics joining The Boomers, Canada and Russia. [12]
In their first ever appearance at the Summer Games the Tall Blacks were placed in Group A alongside US, Italy, China, Latvija and France. They finished 11th with a 1–6 record, picking up a win against Angola (70–60).
Held in Brisbane, Australia and placed in Group B playing against, Canada, Brazil and hosts The Boomers. Beating Canada and Brazil but losing to Australia in group play. In the 5th-8th playoffs they bet Cuba, but then lost to Canada finishing 6th overall with a 3-2 record. [13]
The Tab Baldwin coached squad bet The Boomers in a three-game series 2-1 to qualify for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, United States. [15] This was there first series win against The Boomers.
Held in Indianapolis, USA, the Tall Blacks stormed out of Group D into the 2nd round with a 2-1 record. Beating China and Russia but suffering a loss to the USA.
Finding themselves in the 1/4 finals against Puerto Rico, They picked up the win 65-63, before losing the semifinal to Serbia and Montenegro 89-87. Playing for the bronze medal against Germany they lost 117-94 ending with a 4-5 record. To date this has been their best finish at a World Cup / World Championship. [16] [17]
New Zealand was invited to a "World" Cup style tournmanet as such in Turkey. Placed in Group A alongside Italy and Serbia. They lost both their group matches and then also dropped their 5th place match against Lativa. [19]
Placed in group A and playing Italy, China, Serbia and Montenegro, Argentina and Spain. The Tall Blacks finished with a 1–5 record defeated the then reigning 2002 FIBA World Championship gold medalists, Serbia and Montenegro, 90–87. In the play off for 9th position they lost to The Boomers 98-80 finishing 10th. [20]
Twin tournaments featuring the same teams held in China and then later in Australia, [21] The Tall Blacks played a series of games coming up against China, The Boomers and Lithuania.
Held in Melbourne, Australia, the Tall Blacks, joined The Boomers (the hosts), England, South Africa, Scotland, Barbados, Nigeria and India. Teams were split into 2 groups for pool play.
The TB's came out on top in Pool B with a 3-0 record, moving through to a semi-final against Nigeria. Winning that 90-66, setting up yet another finals battle with The Boomers. Unfortunately they lost the gold medal match 81-76 coming away with a Silver Medal. [22]
Held in Japan, the Tall Blacks were placed in Group B alongside Japan, Spain, Panama, Angola and Germany. After an 0–3 start, the Tall Blacks closed out the group stage with two straight wins, over Japan and Panama. However, they would fall in the round of 16 to the defending Olympic gold medalists Argentina, 79–62 ending their tournament.
From this Tab Baldwin resigned as the head coach of the Tall Blacks, replaced by then assistant coach Nenad Vučinić. [23]
Shared between Guangzhou and Macao. The Tall Blacks finished with a 2-3 record in 5th place with mixed results. Angola 54-67 (L), NBA G League 84-87 (L), Slovenia 74-72 (W), China 63-93 (L), Venezuela 76-73 (W). [24]
The Jack Donoghue tournament was held in Canada, playing against Lebanon and Canada coming away with a 2-1 record. The Alpos Cup was held in Slovenia, with the Tall Blacks playing against Iran, Puetro Rico and Slovenia.They finished with 1-2 record.
The Tall Blacks entered the 12 team wildcard tournament held in Athens. Placed in Group B with Germany and Cape Verde, the Tall Blacks won their opener against Cape Verde 77-50, [25] but lost their second match 89-71 to Germany.
In the quarterfinals, they had a showdown with the host, Greece losing 75-48, ending the tournament and finishing 7th overall.
The TB's once again defeated The Boomers winning the Al Ramsey Shield to qualify with a higher seeding for the FIBA 2010 World Championship to be held in Türkiye. [26]
Pitching up in group C (Held in Izmir) playing 5 group games, the TBs made it through to the round of 16 with 3-2 record. Beating Lebanon, Canada and France, but losing to Lietuva and Spain. In the round of 16, The TBs drew Russia but lost this match 78-56 ending with a final ranking of 12th overall and a 3-3 record.
Competing at the 2011 Boris Stanković Cup in China. Playing 3 pool games against China, Russia and Angola. After losing to Russia in the first game 74-71, the Tall Blacks quickly put that behind them, smashing China in their second game 89-69. A third pool game saw them beat Angola 73-70.
Playing Russia in the final the Tall Blacks were led by 30 points performance from Kirk Penney, winning 80-77. [27]
Placed in Group D for this tournament, the Tall Blacks headed to Caracas, Venuzuela to play off for one of 3 spots on offer for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Poo play saw a loss to Macedonia 84-62 and a win over Angola 68-64. However, on points differential, the Tall Blacks finished 3rd in the pool and failed to make the next round. They finished the tournament in 10th spot.
Held in Spain, the Tall Blacks were placed in Group C and finished up with a 2-3 statline in pool play. Recording good wins over Ukraine and Finland, after narrowly losing to Türkiye in their opening match. The Tall Blacks other two losses came against the Dominican Republic and the US. They made it through to the final 16, playing against Lietuva, but lost the match 76-71. New Zealand finished in 15th place overall. [28]
In 2015 the Tall Blacks attended this tournament as warm up to the 2015 Oceania series against The Boomers and also using it as team preparations to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Tall Blacks cruised through pool play unbeaten, downing The U23 Chinese 89-82, Mexico 78-67 and Venezuela 72-65. A final was played against Mexico, which the Tall Blacks won 70-66. [29]
In 2015 the Tall Blacks lost what was the final FIBA Oceania Senior men's series 0-2 to The Boomers. Oceania would then look to merge with their Asian Counterpart, of which in 2017 they would compete for what would be called the FIBA Asia Cup.
After losing to The Boomers in the final FIBA Oceania series in 2015, the Tall Blacks found themselves heading to the Philippines for FIBA Qualifying tournament staged at the Mall of Asia Arena.
The Tall Blacks were placed in group B alongside France and the Philippines. The Tall Blacks won their opening battle against hosts 89-80, however lost to France in their second match in a low-scoring affair 59-66. In the semi-final crossover with pool A winners Canada, the Tall Blacks lost 72-78 ending their tournament. [30]
Held in Lebanon and landing in Group C, New Zealand gained top spot after a 2-1 effort in pool play, with wins against Kazakhstan 70-49 and Lebanon 86-82, but a loss to Korea 76-75.
This placed them in 1/4 final with Jordan of whom they overcame 98-70. The semi-final pitted them against eventual champions The Boomers of which they lost 106-79. Placing them in the playoff for bronze which saw them come up against Korea. Sadly for the Tall Blacks this was the end of the line coming up short 71-80 and finishing with a 3-3 record. [31]
Held on the Gold Coast, with some games also played in Carins and Townsville, the tournament once again saw the Tall Blacks join hosts The Boomers alongside Canada, Nigeria, England, Scotland, The Cameroon and India. [32] Placed in pool A, the TB's came through to the semi-finals with a 3-1 record. They lost their semi-final to Canada 88-86, sending them to the bronze medal match with Scotland. They then dispatched Scotland 79-69 to pick up a bronze medal.
With Oceania now aligned with Asia, a series of international windows were created for teams to compete for the World Cup spots and rankings. Qualifying matches started in late 2017.
Window 1 & 2 - Nov 2017 / Feb 2018:
Window 3 & 4 - Jun & Jul 2018 / Sept 2018:
Window 5 - Nov / Dec 2018
The finals tournament was held in China, with the Tall Blacks playing 5 games. Finishing 3rd in Group F with a 1-2 record, placing them into the 17-32 classification round. The Tall Blacks had notable wins over Montenegro 93-83 (group play), Japan 111-81, Türkiye 102-101 (Class round) with group losses coming against Brazil and Greece. A final ranking of 19th was picked up from an overall 3-2 record.
The Tall Blacks initially qualified for the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament through their ranking earned at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Due to ongoing COVID restrictions and budget costs, Basketball New Zealand decided that they would withdraw from the tournament concentrating on future endeavors. [33]
Through 2020-21 many matches were cancelled due to logistical and financial issues of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions regarding people gaining re-entry or leaving New Zealand. Initially the Tall Blacks were placed in Pool C alongside The Boomers, Guam and Hong Kong.
During this time former Tall Blacks Captain Pero Cameron was appointed as Head Coach after former Captain Paul Henare stepped down. [34]
Window 1 Feb 2020 Results:
A return leg vs. The Boomers was slated for Auckland, however the game was moved to Cairns, Australia again due to COVID-19 restrictions. 10 debutants were included in this series (selected from Australian-based players only) containing the likes of current TB's Taine Murray and Jordan Hunt. Mika Vukona who lead the team during this series would play his last game for the Tall Blacks. [36] They never played the series with Hong Kong or a return game with Guam.
The Cup Tournament itself was then moved to 2022 and played in Indonesia. The Tall Blacks came out of Group D with a 3-2 record record, beating India and The Philippines, but losing to Lebanon (72-86). Setting up a playoff tilt against Syria which they won 97-58. After knocking over South Korea in the 1/4 finals (88-78), the Tall Blacks once again faced The Boomers in the semi-finals. A loss 85-76 loss sent them to a 3rd place bronze playoff with Jordan. New Zealand were then able to get past Jordan with a 83-75 win, picking up there first medal in 2 attempts at the FIBA Asia Cup. [37]
The qualification road to the 2023 World Cup was a bit of a bizarre one for the Tall Blacks. Placed in Asia / Oceania Group A for the first round, They played several games overseas due to the heavy COVID restrictions in New Zealand at the time. A series of international windows was again created to host matches. However South Korea was disqualified by FIBA and forfeited the game points against the Tall Blacks due to COVID concerns. [38]
Feb 2022 Window: (held in the Philippines)
June 2022 Window:
Aug & Nov 2022 Windows:
Feb 2023 Window:
In 2023 the Tall Blacks embarked on short tour of Japan and played a couple of games in Europe along with attending the FIBA Solidarty Cup in China. During this tour they played Japan twice, China and Germany in Germany and then Italy. Pushing Italy to only lose 81-88, spliting the series with Japan but losing to both Germany and China. [39]
The 2023 finals tournament was held in Manila. The Tall Blacks were placed in the same group as the USA, Greece and Jordan. They suffered losses to Greece and the US but picked up a hard-fought overtime win against Jordan, placing themthem in the 17-32 place classification round.
Here they played 2 games against Mexico and Egypt, splitting the class round 1-1 to end the tournament in 22nd position with an overall record of 2-3. Finishing as the second highest FIBA asia team, they gained entry into one of the 2024 Olympic Qualifiing tournaments to be held in July of 2024.
In finishing 22nd overall and placing higher than five other teams in the Asia / Oceania region at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Tall Blacks were one of 24 teams invited to the FIBA Men's Oylmpic Qualifying Tournament 2024 held in Pireas, Greece.
Before the tournament, they will head to Europe to compete in two warm-up games against Finland and Polska. [40]
OQT pool play will see the Tall Blacks against Croatia and Slovenia. The top two teams in each pool will cross over to a semi-final bracket against either Egypt, Greece or the Dominican Republic. A 1 vs. 2 cross over, the winners progressing to a final.
The eventual tournament winner will punch a ticket through to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and be placed in Pool A alongside The Boomers, Canada and the winner of the Spanish OQT. [41]
New Zealand has been drawn into pool B of the Asia 2025 Cup Qualifiers. They will compete alongside Chinese Taipei, The Philippines and Hong Kong. A series of 3 international windows are scheduled in Feb 24, Nov 24 and Feb 25 on a 1 away, 1 home basis. [42]
Feb 2024 & Nov 2024 Windows:
Feb 2025 Window:
The tournament itself will be held in Jedda, Saudi Arabia in August 2025.
TBC & held in Qatar, Qualification for this will start after the 2025 Asia Cup has been completed.
Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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2000 | Group stage | 11th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
2004 | 9th | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||
2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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2024 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/21 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
FIBA World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
1950 | Not a FIBA member | ||||||||
1954 | Did not participate | ||||||||
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1982 | |||||||||
1986 | Group stage | 21st | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
1990 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1994 | |||||||||
1998 | |||||||||
2002 | Fourth place | 4th | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
2006 | Round of 16 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
2010 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
2014 | 15th | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
2019 | Group stage | 19th | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
2023 | 22nd | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 7/18 | 42 | 17 | 25 |
FIBA Asia Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
1960– 2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2017 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2022 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
FIBA Oceania Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
1971 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1975 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1978 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1979 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1981 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1983 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1985 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1987 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1989 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1991 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
1993 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1995 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1997 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
1999 | Champions | 1st | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2001 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2003 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
2005 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
2007 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
2009 | Champions | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
2013 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Total | 3 Titles | 22/22 | 57 | 10 | 47 |
Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
2018 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
FIBA Stanković Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
2007 | Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
2011 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2015 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 2 Titles | 12 | 8 | 4 |
William Jones Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
2000 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1 Title | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. [43] [44]
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1978 Commonwealth Championships finished 2nd
John Macdonald, Stan Hill, John Hill, John Van Uden, Gordon Reardon, Warwick Meehl, John Rademakers, Stuart Ferguson, John Fairweather, Paul Barrett, (Head Coach: Steve McKean, Assistant Coach: Peter Schmidt, Manager: Ivan Dominikovich)
1986 World Championship: finished 21st among 24 teams
Gilbert Gordon, Peter Pokai, Stan Hill, Neil Stephens, Dave Edmonds, Ian Webb, Dave Mason, Tony Smith, Colin Crampton, Frank Mulvihill, Glen Denham, John Rademakers (Head Coach: Robert Bishop)
2000 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams
Sean Marks, Pero Cameron, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Kirk Penney, Robert Hickey, Nenad Vučinić, Tony Rampton, Paul Henare, Brad Riley, Ralph Lattimore, Peter Pokai (Head Coach: Keith Mair)
2002 World Championship: finished 4th among 16 teams
Sean Marks, Pero Cameron, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Kirk Penney, Robert Hickey, Dillon Boucher, Damon Rampton, Ed Book, Paul Henare, Paora Winitana, Judd Flavell (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2004 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams
Sean Marks, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Pero Cameron, Kirk Penney, Dillon Boucher, Ed Book, Paul Henare, Paora Winitana, Tony Rampton, Aaron Olson, Craig Bradshaw (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2006 World Championship: finished 16th among 24 teams
Kirk Penney, Pero Cameron, Phill Jones, Mark Dickel, Casey Frank, Paul Henare, Dillon Boucher, Paora Winitana, Tony Rampton, Craig Bradshaw, Aaron Olson, Mika Vukona (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2010 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams
Thomas Abercrombie, Benny Anthony, Craig Bradshaw, Pero Cameron, Michael Fitchett, Casey Frank, Phill Jones, Jeremy Kench, Kirk Penney, Alex Pledger, Lindsay Tait, Mika Vukona (Head Coach: Nenad Vučinić)
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship
Corey Webster, Dion Prewster, Everard Bartlett, Isaac Fotu, Jarrod Kenny, Lindsay Tait, Mika Vukona (C), Reuben Te Rangi, Robert Loe, Shea Ili, Tai Wynyard, Thomas Abercrombie. (Head Coach Paul Henare), (Assisants Ross McMains, Mike Fitchett)
2019 World Championship: finished 19th among 32 teams
Tai Webster, Finn Delany, Shea Ili, Jarrod Kenny, Corey Webster (C), Thomas Abercrombie, Robert Loe, Tohi Smith-Milner, Jordan Ngatai, Ethan Rusbatch, Alex Pledger, Isaac Fotu. (head coach Paul Henare), (assistants Pero Cameron, Ross McMains)