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Men's national basketball team representing New Zealand This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see New Zealand women's national basketball team.
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| FIBA ranking | 22  (26 November 2024) | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1951 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Oceania | ||
| National federation | Basketball New Zealand | ||
| Coach | Pero Cameron | ||
| Nickname(s) | Tall Blacks | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA Asia Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals |  Bronze: (2022) | ||
| FIBA Oceania Championship | |||
| Appearances | 22 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: (1999, 2001, 2009) Silver: (1971, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||
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| First international | |||
 New Zealand 56–91 Australia  (Auckland, New Zealand; 7 August 1971) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
New Zealand 136–41 New Caledonia  (Wellington, New Zealand; 1 September 1997) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| New Zealand 59–115 Australia (Christchurch, New Zealand; 4 September 1987) | |||
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The New Zealand men's national basketball team (Template:Lang-mi) represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions. The team is governed by Basketball New Zealand. The team's official nickname is the Tall Blacks (Template:Lang-mi)..
Over their history, New Zealand has won three FIBA Oceania Championships, while also making seven appearances at the FIBA World Cup, and two at the Olympic Games. The team has made two appearances at the FIBA Asia Cup, with their best result being their bronze medal finish in 2022.
Haka
The Tall Blacks perform a traditional Haka (Māori challenge) before every game, influenced by Pāora Winitana and Paul Henare.
History
1986 FIBA World Championship
The Tall Blacks took part in 1986 tournment staged in Spain. Placed in Group D alongside the former Yugoslavia, Canada, Argentina, The Netherlands and Malaysia. Finishing with a 1–4 record (13th overall), picking up a single win 77–75 over Malaysia.
1999 Oceania Championship
The Championship was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania spot for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Boomers / Australia were not required to enter this tournament because they took the host spot of the Summer Olympics. The tournament was a one off game between New Zealand and Guam. Winning 125-43, the Tall Blacks qualified for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
2000 Sydney Olympic Games
Finishing 11th with a 1–6 record, the Tall Blacks picked up a win against Angola (70–60) in their first ever appearance at the Summer Games. Playing in Group A against the US, Italy, China, Latvija and France.
Sean Marks finished the Tournment with 13 ppg (Points) and 7.3 rpg (Rebounds, 2nd) with a game high 21 points vs. Latvija. Pero Cameron finished the Tournment 2nd in Steals (1.7spg) and also picked up a game high (4) steals vs. Latvija.
2001 Oceania Championship
The Tall Blacks bet the Boomers / Australia in a three-game series 2-1 to qualify for the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, United States.
2002 FIBA World Championship
Held in Indianapolis, The Tall Blacks stormed out of Group D into the 2nd round with a 2-1 record. Beating China and Russia but suffering a loss to the US.
Finding themselves in the 1/4 finals against Puerto Rico, They picked up the win 65-63, before losing the semifinal to Serbia and Montenegro 89-87.
Playing for the Bronze medal against Germany they lost 117-94 ending with a 4-5 record. To date this has been their best finish at a World Cup / World Championships.
Tall Blacks captain Pero Cameron was the only non-NBA player named to the All-Tournament team in Indianapolis.
Phil Jones was listed as 9th best scorer at 19.2 ppg
2004 Athens Olympics
Held in Athens Greece, playing Italy, China, Serbia and Montenegro, Argentina and Spain - The Tall Blacks finished with a 1–5 record defeated the then reigning 2002 FIBA World Championship gold medalists, Serbia and Montenegro, 90–87.
In the play off for 9th position they lost to Australia 98-80 finishing 10th.
Phil Jones (Points) with 21ppg finished 2nd. Mark Dickel (Assists) with 4.5 apg finished 3rd. Dillion Boucher (Steals) with 1.8 spg finished 5th.
2006 FIBA World Championship
Held in Japan, the Tall Blacks were not to repeat their fourth-place finish from 2002. After an 0–3 start, the Tall Blacks rallied into the second round, with two straight wins to close out the group stage. However, they would fall in the round of 16 to the defending Olympic gold medalists Argentina, 79–62. After that disappointment, Tab Baldwin resigned as the head coach of the Tall Blacks, and was replaced by Nenad Vučinić, his longtime assistant coach.
2009 Oceanica Championship
New Zealand once again defeated Australia to Qualify for the 2010 World Championship to be held in Türkiye.
2010 FIBA World Championship
Pitching up in group C (Held in Izmar) playing 5 group games, the TBs made it through to the round of 16 with 3-2 record. Beating Lebanon, Canada and France, but losing to Lietuva and Spain.
In the round of 16, The TBs drew Russia, losing 78-56.
Kirk Penny finished 2nd overall in ppg (24.7).
Their final rank was 12th with a 3-3 record.
2011 Stanković Cup
Competing at the 2011 Boris Stanković Cup in China. They played 3 games against China, Russia, and Angola. After going down to Russia in the first game by just 3 points, the Tall Blacks quickly put that behind them, smashing China in their second game, which led to a good win against a strong Angolan team. Playing Russia in the final who were no match for Tall Blacks star shooting guard Kirk Penney. He scored 30 points, to give the Tall Blacks the win and the gold medal for 2011 edition.
2014 FIBA World Cup
Held in Spain, New Zealand were placed in Group C and finished up with a 2-3 statline in pool play. Recording good wins over Ukraine and Finland, after narrowly losing to Türkiye in their opening match. The Tall Blacks other two loses game against the Dominican Republic and the US.
New Zealand made it through to the final 16, playing against Lietuva, but lost the match 76-71.
New Zealand finished in 15th place overall.
2017 FIBA Asia Cup
Landing in Group C, New Zealand gained top spot and made their way through to the finals round. Overcoming Jordan in the 1/4 final 98-70. However losing to Australia in the semi final 106-79. This placed them in the playoff for Bronze which saw them come up against South Korea.
Sadly for the Tall Blacks this was the end of the line coming up short 71-80 and finishing with a 3-3 record.
Shea Illi was named to the All Star Tournament team as PG.
2019 FIBA World Cup Qualification
Partial Qualifier results:
- 23 Nov 2017 vs Korea at TSB Bank Arena, Wellington. Tall Blacks lost 80-86
- 26 Nov 2017 vs Hong Kong at Southourn Stadium, Hong Kong. Tall Blacks won 133-74
- 23 Feb 2018 vs China at Dongguan Basketball Centre, China. Tall Blacks won 82-73
- 26 Feb 2018 vs Korea at Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea. Tall Blacks won 93-84
- 28 Jun 2018 vs Hong Kong at Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Tall Blacks won 124-65
- 1 Jul 2018 vs China at Spark Arena, Auckland. Tall Blacks won 67-57
- 13 Sep 2018 vs Syria, Nouhad Nawfal Stadium, Zouk Mikael, Lebanon Tall Blacks won 107-66
- 17 Sep 2018 vs Lebanon, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Tall Blacks won 63-60
- 29 Nov 2018 vs Jordan at Horncastle Arena, Christchurch. Tall Blacks won 95-69
- 2 Dec 2018 vs Syria, TSB Bank Arena, Wellington. Tall Blacks won 97-74
2019 FIBA World Cup
In the 2019 version held in China the Tall Blacks played a total of 5 games. Finishing 3rd in Group F with a 1-2 record, landing them in the 17-32 classification round.
Overall The Tall Blacks had notable wins over Japan 11-81, Turkey 102-101 (Class round) and Montenegro 93-83 (group play) to finish on a 3-2 record. The group losses came against Brazil and Greece.
A final ranking of 19th was picked up.
2022 FIBA Asia Cup
Starting in Group D - The Tall Blacks came out with a 3-2 record record, beating India and the Phippines but losing to Lebanon (72-86).
Setting up a playoff tilt against Syria which they won 97-58. After knocking over South Korea in the 1/4 finals (88-78) , the Tall Blacks faced Australia in the Semi finals. A loss 85-76 loss sent them to a 3rd place bronze play off with Jordan.
New Zealand were able to get past Jordan with a 83 - 75 win, picking up there first medal in 2 Attempts at the FIBA Asia Cup.
NZ lead the tourny (Rebounds) 49.6 rpg.
Finishing with a 5-2 record with their world ranking changing from 27th to 24th.
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualification
Post Covid restrictions The Tall Blacks played a game against the Philippines in Auckland on 3 July as part of the third window of the World Cup qualifying series. It was the first time the Tall Blacks played on home court since beating Syria 97–74 in Wellington in 2018.
New Zealand held 2 more games in Feb of 2023 beating Saudi Arabia in Christchurch 110-63 and then 2 days later toppling Lebanon 106-91 in Wellington. This locked in a spot for the 2023 Fiba World Cup.
2023 FIBA World Cup
Drawn in the same group as the USA, Greece and Jordan in Manilla. The Tall blacks made it through to the 17-32 place classification round after 2 losses to USA and Greece and hard fought OT win against Jordan.
New Zealand played a further 2 games against Mexico and Egypt, Splitting to a 1-1 record to end the Tournament in 22nd Position with a 2-3 record.
2024 Paris Olympics
In finishing 22nd overall and placing higher than five other teams in the Asia / Oceania region, the Tall Blacks will be one of 24 teams heading to a FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament. They are going to the Pireas, Greece Tournament.
They will play Hrvatska (Croatia) & Slovenija in pool play, the winner the crosses over to a final against either Eygpt, Hellas (Greece) or The Domincan Republic . From this tournament, the winner will earn a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics and be placed in Pool A alongside Australia, Canada and the winner of the Spanish OQT.
2025 FIBA Asia Cup
New Zealand has been drawn into pool B of the Asia 2025 Cup Qualifiers. The will complete alongside Chinese Taipei, The Philippines and Hong Kong. They will play each team twice, on a 1 away 1 home schedule over 3 windows, Feb 24, Nov 24, Feb 25.
Feb 2024 Window results:
- (A) Tall Blacks vs. Taipei W 89 - 69
- (H) Tall Blacks vs. Hong Kong W 88 - 49
Nov 2024 Window:
- (A) Tall Blacks vs. Philippines
- (H) Tall Blacks vs. Taipei
Feb 2025 Window:
- (A) Tall Blacks vs. Hong Kong
- (H) Tall Blacks vs. Philippines
Competitive record
Olympic Games
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 1948
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 1952
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 1988
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 1992
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| 2000
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Group stage | 11th | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
 2004
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9th | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||
 2008
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2012
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 2016
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 2020
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| 2024
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| Total | 0 Titles | 2/21 | 12 | 2 | 10 | ||||
FIBA World Cup
| FIBA World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 1950
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Not a FIBA member | ||||||||
 1954
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Did not participate | ||||||||
 1959
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 1963
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 1967
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 1970
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 1974
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 1978
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 1982
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| 1986
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Group stage | 21st | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 1990
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1994
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| 1998
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| 2002
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Fourth place | 4th | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 2006
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Round of 16 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
 2010
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12th | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 2014
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15th | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 2019
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Group stage | 19th | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
  2023
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22nd | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||
 2027
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To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 7/18 | 42 | 17 | 25 | ||||
FIBA Asia Cup
| FIBA Asia Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1960–2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||
 2017
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Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2022
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Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
 2025
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To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||||
FIBA Oceania Championship
| FIBA Oceania Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1971
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1975
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1978
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1979
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1981
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1983
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1985
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1987
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1989
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1991
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1993
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1995
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1997
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1999
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Champions | 1st | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2001
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Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2003
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2005
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2007
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2009
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2011
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Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2013
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2015
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Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 22/22 | 57 | 10 | 47 | ||||
Commonwealth Games
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2006
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2018
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Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | ||||
FIBA Stanković Cup
| FIBA Stanković Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2007
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Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2011
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2015
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Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 12 | 8 | 4 | |||||
William Jones Cup
| William Jones Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 2000
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Notable players
- Pero Cameron – 2002 FIBA World Championship All-Tournament Team, two-time assistant coach, FIBA Hall of Fame inductee 2017, Appointed Head Coach in December 2019 - Current.
- Glen Denham – Tall Blacks legend
- Mark Dickel – Tall Blacks legend
- Paul Henare – Former New Zealand Breakers Captain, Tall Blacks head coach 2015 - 2019
- Dillon Boucher – Former New Zealand Breakers player, GM of the New Zealand Breakers, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Current NZNBL CEO
- Stan Hill – Former Tall Blacks Captain
- Phill Jones – Former Cairns Taipans Captain
- Sean Marks – Former player and Assistant Coach with the San Antonio Spurs 2x NBA Champion as a player, 1x as assistant coach, current GM of the Brooklyn Nets
- Kirk Penney – Former NBA player, FIBA Hall of Fame inductee May 2024 , Tall Blacks Captain
- Paora Winitana – In 2006 crafted the current Tall Blacks Haka, Former New Zealand Breakers & Adelaide 36ers player
All time Stat Leaders
- Games played / Captained: Pero Cameron (227) / (170)
- Points scored: Kirk Penney (2079), Phil Jones (1080)
- Assists: Shea Ili (237), Pero Cameron (231)
- Steals: Mika Vukona (106), Kirk Penney 94
- Blocks: Thomas Abercrombie (48)
- Rebounds: Mika Vukona (791)
Past rosters
1986 World Championship: finished 21st among 24 teams
Gilbert Gordon, Peter Pokai, Stan Hill, Neil Stephens, Dave Edmonds, Ian Webb, Dave Mason, Tony Smith, Colin Crampton, Frank Mulvihill, Glen Denham, John Rademakers (Head Coach: Robert Bishop)
2000 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams
Sean Marks, Pero Cameron, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Kirk Penney, Robert Hickey, Nenad Vučinić, Tony Rampton, Paul Henare, Brad Riley, Ralph Lattimore, Peter Pokai (Head Coach: Keith Mair)
2002 World Championship: finished 4th among 16 teams
Sean Marks, Pero Cameron, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Kirk Penney, Robert Hickey, Dillon Boucher, Damon Rampton, Ed Book, Paul Henare, Paora Winitana, Judd Flavell (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2004 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams
Sean Marks, Mark Dickel, Phill Jones, Pero Cameron, Kirk Penney, Dillon Boucher, Ed Book, Paul Henare, Paora Winitana, Tony Rampton, Aaron Olson, Craig Bradshaw (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2006 World Championship: finished 16th among 24 teams
Kirk Penney, Pero Cameron, Phill Jones, Mark Dickel, Casey Frank, Paul Henare, Dillon Boucher, Paora Winitana, Tony Rampton, Craig Bradshaw, Aaron Olson, Mika Vukona (Head Coach: Tab Baldwin)
2010 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams
Thomas Abercrombie, Benny Anthony, Craig Bradshaw, Pero Cameron, Michael Fitchett, Casey Frank, Phill Jones, Jeremy Kench, Kirk Penney, Alex Pledger, Lindsay Tait, Mika Vukona (Head Coach: Nenad Vučinić)
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Kit
Manufacturer
2015: Peak
References
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- "Kapa Pango Tāroaroa - te Aka Māori Dictionary".
- https://nz.basketball/national-teams/tall-blacks/the-haka/
- https://nz.basketball/the-meaning-of-tu-kaha-and-the-tall-blacks-culture/
- https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2911/_/1986_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html
- https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/OMSM/sid/3063/_/1999_Oceania_Championship_for_Men/index.html
- https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2775/_/2001_Oceania_Championship_for_Men/schedule.html
- https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/3118/tid/337/_/2002_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html
- https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2014/New-Zealand
- "Tall Blacks to play first home game since 2018". Otago Daily Times Online News. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- https://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/greece/2024/team/New-Zealand#%7Ctab=games_and_results
- https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2025/qualifiers/team/New-Zealand#%7Ctab=games_and_results
- "Tall Blacks Name Final Squad of 12 For FIBA World Cup". Basketball New Zealand. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- "Team roster: New Zealand" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.
- https://nz.basketball/tall-black-kirk-penney-set-to-join-fiba-hall-of-fame/
- https://nz.basketball/statstool/?table=players&test=undefined&opponents=&tournaments=&team=M&dates=1948-2024&average=undefined&search=undefined
- 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship – New Zealand, FIBA.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
External links
| National basketball teams of Oceania (FIBA Oceania) | |
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