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
File:Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea.png
FIBA rankingNR (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Oceania
National federationBasketball Federation of Papua New Guinea
CoachJoel Khalu
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Oceania Championship
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 Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea.[2]

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup

yet to qualify

FIBA Oceania Championship

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

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 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

Kit

2015: City Pharmacy

2017: Pepsi

See also

External links

Videos

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 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.
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