New Zealand men's national wheelchair basketball team

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IWBF zone IWBF Asia+Oceania
National federationWheelchair Basketball New Zealand
CoachGlenn McDonald
Paralympic Games
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The New Zealand Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team [1] known as the Roller Blacks [2] is the wheelchair basketball team that represents New Zealand in international competitions for men as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

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Current roster

The team's current roster is:

Head coach: Glenn McDonald Flag of New Zealand.svg

Assistant Coach: Daniella Egle-Bast Flag of New Zealand.svg / Flag of Germany.svg

Assistant Coach: Connor Gibbs Flag of New Zealand.svg

Manager: Pauline Cant Flag of New Zealand.svg

#Name Class.
0 Luke McDowall 2.5
3Wayne Chase2.0
6Travis Moffat1.0
7Panchpreet Dhillon2.5
9Kauri Murray4.0
11Ricardo Gozon4.0
12Tyler Belcher3.0
13Jaimie Tapp1.0
18Nikia Fa'atau4.0
33Sage Vaughters2.5
14 Eamon Wood 2.0

Competitions

The New Zealand men's team has not competed at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship or at the Summer Paralympics.

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Asia Oceania Zone

YearPositionWL
Flag of South Korea.svg 20116th [3]
Flag of Thailand.svg 2013
Flag of Japan.svg 2015DNC
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 201711th [4] [ circular reference ]
Flag of Thailand.svg 202411th

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References

  1. "Home | WBNZ". www.wbnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. "Roller Blacks Home".
  3. "Basketball New Zealand".
  4. 2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships