Al Ramsay Shield

Al Ramsay Shield

Current season, competition or edition: 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001
First season	2001
No. of teams	2
Country	Australia   New Zealand
Continent	FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (6th title)
Most titles	Australia (6 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Oceania Championship
Official website	FIBAOceania.com

Al Ramsay Shield is an annual international men's basketball series played between the Australian Boomers and the New Zealand Tall Blacks. The competition is played in conjunction with the FIBA Oceania Championship.

The trophy is named after Australian basketball legend Alastair Ramsay, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004, and elevated to Legend by the Hall of Fame Honours Committee in 2006.

Series winners

Results highlighted in blue are Oceania Championship Series, with the exception of the 2006 series, which adds an extra game on top of the regular three-game Al Ramsay Shield series. Those which aren't highlighted are general Al Ramsay Shield series.

Year	Hosts	Al Ramsay Shield Series
		Winners	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Runners-up
2001 Details	New Zealand	New Zealand	85–78	79–81 overtime	89–78	Australia
2003 Details	Australia	Australia	79–66	90–76	84–75	New Zealand
2005 Details	New Zealand	Australia	82–69	82–71	91–80	New Zealand
2007 Details	Australia	Australia	79–67	93–67	58–67	New Zealand
2009 Details	Australia /   New Zealand	New Zealand	77–84	100–78	Two-legged tie.	Australia
2011 Details	Australia	Australia	91–78	81–64	92-68	New Zealand
2013 Details	New Zealand /   Australia	Australia	70–59	76–63	Two-legged tie.	New Zealand
2015 Details	Australia /   New Zealand	Australia	71–59	89–79	Two-legged tie.	New Zealand

Year	Holders	Result	Challengers
2001	Tall Blacks	2-1	Boomers
2002	Tall Blacks	Not held	Boomers
2003	Boomers	3-0	Tall Blacks
2004	Boomers	2-1	Tall Blacks
2005	Boomers	3-0	Tall Blacks
2006 [1]	Tall Blacks	2-2	Boomers
2007	Boomers	2-1	Tall Blacks
2008	Boomers	2-0	Tall Blacks
2009 [2]	Tall Blacks	1-1	Boomers
2010	Tall Blacks	Not held	Boomers
2011	Boomers	3-0	Tall Blacks
2012	Boomers	Not held	Tall Blacks
2013	Boomers	2-0	Tall Blacks
2014	Boomers	Not held	Tall Blacks
2015	Boomers	2-0	Tall Blacks
2016	Boomers	Not held	Tall Blacks

See also

• FIBA Oceania
• FIBA Oceania Championship
• Australia men's national basketball team
• New Zealand men's national basketball team

References

1. Choy, Harris (2006-08-27). "Basketball: Vucinic man for Tall Blacks says Baldwin". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
2. Mooney, Paul (2016-05-14). "Basketball: Penney calls time on international career". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

External links

• FIBA Oceania official website
• Aussie Hoops Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine