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.
| FIBA ranking | NR (15 February 2024)[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 | ||
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| Pacific Games | ||
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1969 Port Moresby | Team |
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1971 Papeete | Team |
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1979 Papeete | Team |
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1991 Port Moresby | Team |
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1966 Nouméa | Team |
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1975 Tumon | Team |
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1983 Apia | Team |
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1987 Nouméa | Team |
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2007 Apia | Team |
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 edit
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games edit
| Pacific Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 1966
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Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
 1969
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Final | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
 1971
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Final | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
 1975
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Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
 1979
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Final | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
 1983
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1987
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Playoff | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
 1991
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Final | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
 1995
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did not participate | ||||||||
| 1999
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Quarterfinals | 7th | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2003
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Group stage | 5th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2007
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Playoff | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 2011
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Quarterfinals | 5th | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2015
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Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2019
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Classification | 7th | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
 2023
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qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 4 Titles | 14/16 | 72 | 43 | 29 | ||||
Melanesia Cup edit
| Melanesia Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2017
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022
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Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 1 Title | 2/2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea, fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.
External links edit
- 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