Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team

The Papua New Guinea national basketball team is the team that represents Papua New Guinea in international basketball and is a member of FIBA Oceania. It is administered by the Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea.[2]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team.

Papua New Guinea
FIBA ranking169 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Oceania
National federationBasketball Federation of Papua New Guinea
CoachJoel Khalu
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
AppearancesNone

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World Cup

yet to qualify

FIBA Asia Cup

never participated

Pacific Games
See also: Basketball at the Pacific Games
  • 1963:
  • 1966: 4th
  • 1969:
  • 1971:
  • 1975: 5th
  • 1979: 4th
  • 1983: 5th
  • 1987: 6th
  • 1991: 5th
  • 1995: n/a
  • 1999: 7th
  • 2003: n/a
  • 2007: 6th
  • 2011: 7th
  • 2015: 4th
  • 2019: 4th
  • 2023: To be determined

Oceania Basketball Tournament
See also: Oceania Basketball Tournament
  • 1981-2001: ?
  • 2005: 4th
  • 2009-2013: ?

Melanesia Basketball Cup
See also: FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup
  • 2017 :
  • 2021 : To be determined

Commonwealth Games
See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games

never participated

Team

Current roster

At the 2019 Pacific Games:[3]

Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 1 Anderson Hewe 20 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Exodus BC
PG 3 Coni Muri 18 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) KSS Flames
SG 4 Lloyd Wright 22 – (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Hope International University
PG 5 Liam Wright 20 – (1999-03-06)6 March 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northeast Bushrangers
G 7 Moses Apiko 26 – (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KSS Flames
SF 9 Aron Farmer 22 – (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Cairns Marlins
C 10 Junior Banduru 22 – (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Moniplus
PF 11 Robert Kave 30 – (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Moniplus
SF 13 Marty Leahy 22 – (1997-03-09)9 March 1997 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ipswich Force
PF 14 Charles Parapa 33 – (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KSS Flames
SF 15 Apia Muri 31 – (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Moniplus
Head coach
  • Joel Khalu
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 8 July 2019

At the 2019 Pacific Games, Liam Wright played most minutes for Papua New Guinea and also recorded most steals for his team.

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Charles Parapa Junior Banduru
PF Aron Farmer Robert Kave
SF Moses Apiko Apia Muri
SG Lloyd Wright Moses Apiko
PG Liam Wright Coni Muri Anderson Hewe

Past rosters

At the 2015 Pacific Games:[4]

Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Lloyd James Wright –
5 Liam Allan Wright –
PG 6 Purari Muri –
7 Gabriel Frank Elavo –
8 Mika John Loko –
9 Moses Lune Apiko –
F 10 Wally Parapa – 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
11 Robert Avosa Kave –
12 Dia Muri (C) –
G/F 13 Matineng-Iakah Leahy – 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ipswich Force
14 Aron Genai Farmer –
F/C 15 Apia Muri – 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
  • Joel Khalu
Assistant coaches
  • Morris Asiba
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 July 2015

Head coach position
  • Joel Khalu – 2013-present

Youth national teams

The country features several youth national teams such as the Papua New Guinea men's national under-18 basketball team and the Papua New Guinea men's national under-17 basketball team.[5]

Kit

2015: City Pharmacy

2017: Pepsi

See also

Videos

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
  3. Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019 FIBA.com, accessed 8 June 2020.
  4. 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. Kevin Teme (9 July 2019). "PNG Names Youth Team Basketball". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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