Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team
| FIBA ranking | NR (9 February 2025)[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Joined FIBA | 1963 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Oceania | ||
| National federation | Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea | ||
| Coach | Moi Muri | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA Oceania Championship for Women | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Games | ||
| 1969 Port Moresby | Team | |
| 1971 Papeete | Team | |
| 1979 Papeete | Team | |
| 1991 Port Moresby | Team | |
| 1966 Nouméa | Team | |
| 1975 Tumon | Team | |
| 1983 Apia | Team | |
| 1987 Nouméa | Team | |
| 2007 Apia | Team | |
The Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team is the women's national basketball team of Papua New Guinea. It is managed by the Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea "BFPNG".[2] It has been the most successful team at the Pacific Games where it won the gold medal four times.
The team is yet to qualify for the Olympic Games, FIBA Women's World Cup, FIBA Women's Asia Cup, and Commonwealth Games.
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
| Pacific Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1966 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1969 | Final | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1971 | Final | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | Final | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1983 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1987 | Playoff | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1991 | Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1995 | did not participate | ||||||||
| 1999 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2003 | Group stage | 5th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2007 | Playoff | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2011 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2019 | Classification | 7th | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2023 | qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 4 Titles | 14/16 | 72 | 43 | 29 | ||||
Melanesia Cup
| Melanesia Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2017 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
See also
- Papua New Guinea women's national under-19 basketball team
- Papua New Guinea women's national under-17 basketball team
- Papua New Guinea women's national 3x3 team
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
External links
- Papua New Guinea Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
- Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea Basketball - facebook presentation
- Papua New Guinea National Team at australiabasket.com