Australia has closed out the group phase of the FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championships with wins against New Zealand in New Caledonia. Both teams finished on top of Group A in their respective divisions and will play their semi-final games on Friday.
The Crocs and the Sapphires continued their dominance in the group stage of the FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship in New Caledonia, with both teams defeating determined Samoan squads.
Both the Sapphires and the Crocs began their FIBA U17 Oceania Championship campaigns in style. In tropical New Calendonia, both teams overran their plucky Guamese opponents and put the rest of the tournament on notice.
Following an initial camp at the AIS in Canberra earlier this year, the squads for the FIBA Asia Under-16 Men’s and Women’s Cup have been announced.
The Australian boys and girls have finished the FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships in style, each taking home gold medals with victories over New Zealand.
Completing their group stage undefeated, the Australian girls have booked a spot in the FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships gold medal game as well as earning their place at the Under-16 Asian Championships next year while the Aussie boys suffered a heartbreaking loss to New Zealand.
The Australian boys have navigated a double-header in the span of five hours and the Aussie girls got the better of New Zealand as they both remain undefeated at the FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships.
The Australian girls and boys teams have each claimed victories over Samoa to begin their FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships campaign in style.
The final tournament of the calendar year will be held in Papua New Guinea from December 4-8 as Australia competes in the FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships.
Basketball Australia is pleased to announced Tracy York and Justin Schueller have been appointed as the head coaches for the women's and men's 2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championships respectively, the first steps towards the Under-17 World Cups.
The Australian Sapphires have stormed home to claim Bronze with a 26-14 last quarter to defeat Hungary 57-51.
The Australian Sapphires’ hopes of winning back-to-back gold medals at the U-17 World Championships has ended at the hands of the French on Saturday night.
The Australian Sapphires have advanced to the Semi-Finals after defeating Italy 64-46 in the Quarter Finals on Friday night.
The Australian Sapphires have defeated New Zealand 77-37 overnight to advance to the quarter finals of the U-17 World Championships.
The Australian Sapphires have completed the group phase undefeated with a 64-48 win over FIBA America’s Runners up Canada.
The under-17 Sapphires have won their second game of the group phase with a 60-41 win over Latvia. In a game where both sides shot very poorly from the field, it was Australia’s defence that opened the gap between the two teams.
The Australian under-17 Sapphires began their World Cup campaign with a clinical 81-43 victory over FIBA Africa runners-up Angola.
The Australian Sapphires have landed in Belarus ahead of their 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup campaign where they will go in as defending Champions after winning their first ever gold medal at the tournament two years ago.
