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The New Zealand women's national team has taken part in three Olympic Games, and one FIBA Women's World Cup. Since participating at the FIBA Women's Asia Cup in 2017, their top performance is a fourth place finish in 2023. In the past, the Tall Ferns have also competed at the FIBA Oceania Women's Championship.
In December 2021, a new women's national basketball league was established for 2022 with five new franchises. [1] [2] The league's name Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa was announced in March 2022, with Tauihi meaning "to soar" and Aotearoa meaning New Zealand in Māori language. [3]
In 2021, Beck returned to New Zealand and played for the Capital Swish in the Women's NBL. [9] In 2022, she joined the Tokomanawa Queens and helped them win the inaugural Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship. [10] She re-joined the Queens in 2023. [11] With the Queens in 2024, she was named the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa Defensive Player of ...
The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for New Zealand basketball and many teams in the NZNBL, with reduced TV coverage, sponsorships, and crowd numbers. [2] With the success of the Tall Blacks at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the introduction of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL in 2003, basketball in New Zealand rose in ...
In December 2021, the Bay of Plenty Basketball Foundation were granted a license to enter a men's team into the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2024 season. The team was initially named the Bay of Plenty Stingrays. [1] [2] The team was rebranded as Whai in the lead up to their first season and then later officially branded Tauranga Whai.
South Africa take on New Zealand in the final of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup.. A thrilling tournament has proved unpredictable at virtually every turn with all three of the sport’s ...
In New Zealand, ESPN New Zealand will be the official league broadcaster. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification , the league took a break during the FIBA international windows of 21–24 November 2024 and 20–23 February 2025.
Brent Matehaere (born c. 1969) is a New Zealand basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Otago Nuggets in the National Basketball League (NBL). Early life [ edit ]