The New Zealand men's national basketball team represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by Basketball New Zealand. The team's official nickname is the Tall Blacks.
The Australia women's national basketball team, nicknamed the Opals after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country, represents Australia in international basketball. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at official FIBA international tournaments, highlighted by a gold medal winning performance at the 2006 World Championship in Brazil. At the now-defunct regional Oceania Championship for Women, the Opals won 15 titles. In 2017, FIBA combined its Oceanian and Asian zones for official senior competitions; following this change, the Opals compete in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup.
FIBA Oceania Championship was the Oceania basketball championships that took place every two years between national teams of the continent. Through the 2015 edition, the Oceania Championship was also a qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Cups and Olympic Games.
FIBA Oceania is a zone within FIBA. It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Oceania is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international tournaments in Oceania. It has 22 FIBA Federations and is headquartered in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The current FIBA Oceania President is David Reid from Australia.
The New Zealand women's national basketball team represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions. They are nicknamed the Tall Ferns. The team has been coached by Guy Molloy since 2018.
The FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup is the under-17 men's world basketball championship organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The event was held for the first time in July 2010, and is held biennially.
The International Basketball Federation is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organizes international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 212 national federations are members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
The Australia men's national under-15, under-16 and under-17 basketball team, nicknamed the Crocs, is the junior boys' basketball side that represents Australia in international under-15, under-16 and under-17 men's basketball competitions. The team is governed by the Australian Basketball Federation Inc.
The Australia women's national under-15, under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Australia, governed by the Australian Basketball Federation Inc. Nicknamed the Sapphires, the team represents the country in international under-15, under-16 and under-17 women's basketball competitions.
The FIBA U15 Oceania Cup, formerly known as the FIBA Oceania Under-15 Championship, is an international boys' basketball tournament in the FIBA Oceania zone, inaugurated in 2009. The current champions are Australia.
The New Zealand men's national under-17, under-18 and under-19 basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents New Zealand in international under-17, under-18 and under-19 basketball competitions, including the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup and FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup. Nicknamed the Junior Tall Blacks, the team is governed by Basketball New Zealand. The national open men's team is called the Tall Blacks, which is one of many national team nicknames, similar to that of the All Blacks, and relating to the New Zealand silver tree fern. One of the Junior Tall Blacks' greatest accomplishments has been winning the 2016 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship, and therefore qualifying for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the first time in team history. The team did play in a 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship as hosts, because New Zealand hosted the event, but the team had not officially qualified for the tournament.
The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India. Before this edition, the tournament was known as the FIBA Asia Championship for Women, and only involved FIBA Asia members. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji competed in the tournament for the first time.
The 2017 FIBA Under-17 Women's Oceania Championship was an international under-17 women's basketball tournament held from 10 to 15 July 2017 by FIBA Oceania in Hagåtña, Guam. Australia defeated New Zealand in the Finals, 81–60, to take the gold medal and their eighth consecutive U17 title. Both teams qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship which in turn was the qualifying tournament for the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.
The FIBA U15 Women's Oceania Cup, formerly known as the FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship, is an international girls' basketball tournament in the FIBA Oceania zone, inaugurated in 2009. The current champions are Australia.
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship was originally to be the FIBA Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Canberra, Australia, from 5 to 10 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania. However, both Asian Championship and World Cup were cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Penina Davidson is a New Zealand professional basketball player.
Jazmin Pamela Shelley is an Australian professional basketball player for Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. A point guard, she began her college basketball career at Oregon before transferring to Nebraska after her sophomore season. In her first year with the Cornhuskers, Shelley was a second-team All-Big Ten selection, before making the coaches' first-team in her next season. She returned for a fifth college season and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. Shelley previously played for the Melbourne Boomers of the WNBL, where she was named Rookie of the Year in 2019. She plays for the Australian national team and is a three-time gold medalist at the junior level.
The 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship was an international under-16 basketball tournament that was held from 24 to 30 June 2022 in Amman, Jordan.
The New Zealand men's national under-15, under-16 and under-17 basketball team is the boys' national basketball team of New Zealand, governed by Basketball New Zealand. It represents the country in international under-15, under-16 and under-17 men's basketball competitions.
The New Zealand women's national under-17 and under-18 basketball team is the junior women's national basketball team of New Zealand, governed by Basketball New Zealand. It represents the country in international under-17 and under-18 women's basketball competitions.
Bronze: 1 (2023)
Silver: 7 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024)
Australia 84–48 New Zealand 
