The Papua New Guinea national basketball team 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.FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
The team is yet to qualify for the Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup, FIBA Asia Cup, or Commonwealth Games.
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games Pacific Games recordYearRoundPosition 1963Third playoff3rd743 1966Semi-finals4th633 1969Final2nd853 1971Semi-finals3rd532 1975Playoff5th532 1979Semi-finals4th743 1983Playoff5th642 1987Playoff6th615 1991Playoff5th633 1995did not participate 1999Quarterfinals7th853 2003Group stage6th321 2007did not participate 2011Quarterfinals7th633 2015Semi-finals4th844 2019Semi-finals4th633 2023Playoff5th532Total0 Titles15/17975047
Melanesia Cup Melanesia Cup recordYearRoundPosition 2017Champions1st440 2022Runner-up2nd422Total1 Title2/2862
Team Current roster At the 2019 Pacific Games:Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019 FIBA.com, accessed 8 June 2020.
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Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 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
Past rosters At the 2015 Pacific Games:2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 3 July 2015
Head coach position Joel Khalu – 2013-present
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.
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Sponsor 2015: City Pharmacy
2017: Pepsi
See also 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
External links 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 New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea - Final - Full Game - FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup 2017 Youtube.com video
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