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 men's national basketball team, nicknamed the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition.
The China men's national basketball team represents the People's Republic of China in international basketball tournaments. The national team is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Based on the number of tournament titles, China is considered a major basketball powerhouse in Asia and has by far the most successful basketball program on the continent.
The Japan national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan, is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions and is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA),. As the 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions.
The Ireland men's national basketball team represents the island of Ireland in international basketball. It is governed by Basketball Ireland with players from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Ireland plays their home matches at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin.
Du Feng is a Chinese professional basketball coach and former player.
The Zhejiang Guangsha Lions are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. Guangsha is the name of the club's corporate sponsor, but to prevent confusion with the older Zhejiang Golden Bulls, many Chinese websites refer to the team as the Guangsha Lions. This is to avoid the issue of having two Zhejiang clubs on the same list when team names are shown in shortform, with Guangsha becoming the "geographical" designation, as Hangzhou seems to not be an option.
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 that did not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup. The tournament expanded from 24 to 32 teams.
Ryan Broekhoff is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Valparaiso Crusaders, where he was named an All-American in 2012. He represented the Australian Boomers on multiple occasions.
Wang Zhelin is a Chinese basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association. He was drafted in Round 2 in the 2016 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.
Rebecca Kate "Bec" Allen is an Australian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Zhao Jiwei is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Hu Jinqiu is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Wu Qian is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Abdusalam Abdurixit is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
The United States men's national basketball team competed in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and finished in seventh place. After winning the past two World Cups in 2010 and 2014, they were seeking to become the first country to capture three straight gold medals. With high-profile players electing not to participate, Team USA was devoid of A-list players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). They were also impacted throughout by injuries to players Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart. The Americans lost to France in the quarterfinals, ending their 58-game winning streak in FIBA and Olympic competition. Normally played every four years, the tournament was moved from its expected 2018 playing to avoid conflicting with soccer's World Cup schedule.
Zhao Rui is a Chinese basketball player for the Chinese national team and the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. He was included in the Chinese squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Fang Shuo is a Chinese basketball player who plays in the Point guard position for China and currently plays for Chinese club Beijing Ducks. He was included in the Chinese squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Tohiraukura Makaere Smith-Milner is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He has previously played in the Australian NBL for Melbourne United, South East Melbourne Phoenix and Adelaide 36ers, and has represented the New Zealand Tall Blacks.
Hu Mingxuan is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, and the national team. He plays the point guard position. He was included in the Chinese national team's squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
