Nauru men's national basketball team

Nauru
FIBA rankingNR (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1975
FIBA zoneFIBA Oceania
National federationNauru Island Basketball Association
FIBA Oceania Championship
AppearancesNone
Pacific Games
Appearances8
MedalsNone
Oceania Basketball Tournament
Appearances1 (2001)
MedalsNone
Home jersey
Team colours
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Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The Nauru national basketball team is the team that represents Nauru in international basketball. It is a member of FIBA Oceania. The national team was inactive in international competitive basketball for several years after participating at the 2001 Oceania Basketball Tournament in Fiji.[2][3] Nauru initially planned to send a squad to the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[4] Eventually, it returned for the 2015 Pacific Games.

Nauru had its best performance at the 1969 Pacific Games when it beat the Solomon Islands, which have almost 60 times Nauru's population, and Fiji, which has almost 100 times Nauru's population.

Current roster

At the 2015 Pacific Games:[5] (last publicized squad)

Nauru men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Dick Royce –
5 Kaairo Tiaon –
6 Jencke Jeremiah –
7 Akash Radhakrishnan –
8 Heine Kanimea –
9 Johnson Hiram –
10 Rohit Krishnamurthy –
11 David Vorbach –
12 Gavrick Mwareow –
13 Martin Detenamo –
14 Kingson Akibwib –
15 Richart Daoe –
Head coach
  • Detswamo Cherno
Assistant coaches
  • Hubert Maika
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 July 2015

At Nauru's last game at the 2015 Pacific Games against the Solomon Islands, Heine Kanimea was his team's top scorer as he contributed 21 of Nauru's 71 total points.[6]

Competitions


FIBA Oceania Championship

FIBA Oceania Championship Record
Year Position Pld W L
1971 to 2015 Did not enter
Total 0 medal 0 0 0

Pacific Games

Pacific Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
Fiji 1963 11th place 7 0 7
New Caledonia 1966 8th place 5 0 5
Papua New Guinea 1969 5th place 7 2 5
French Polynesia 1971 Did not enter
Guam 1975 8th place 5 0 5
Fiji 1979 10th place 7 1 6
Samoa 1983 10th place 5 0 5
New Caledonia 1971 Did not enter
Papua New Guinea 1991 8th place 5 0 5
French Polynesia 1995 Did not enter
Guam 1999 14th place 5 0 5
2003 to 2011 Did not enter
Papua New Guinea 2015 10th place 6 0 6
Samoa 2019 Did not enter
Solomon Islands 2023 To be determined
Total N/A 46 3 43

Pacific Mini Games

Pacific Mini Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
1981 to 1993 Not held
American Samoa 1997 6th place 5 1 4
2001 Not held
Palau 2005 Withdrew
2009 to 2013 Not held
Total N/s 5 1 4

Oceania Basketball Tournament

Oceania Tournament Record
Year Position Pld W L
1981 to 1997 Did not enter
Fiji 2001 11th place 7 0 7
Northern Mariana Islands 2009 Did not enter
Total N/s 5 1 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ Greg (31 March 2007). "Nauru won't send any team to the South Pacific Games". Australia Basket. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ Greg. "Overview of basketball in Nauru". Australia Basket.
  4. ^ Greg (1 July 2005). "Nauru won't be in Palau for the Mini-Games". Australia Basket. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Nauru - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Retrieved 28 January 2020.

Videos

  • Pacific Games 2015 D5 BASKETBALL MEN KIRBATI vs NAURU Youtube.com video