Basketball Australia News

The 2021 Tokyo Paralympics Rollers Squad Announced The Paralympics, originally scheduled to take place late August 2020, will now run from August 24th, 2021 until September 25th, 2021. After bringing home the gold at the AOZ Qualifying Tournament in November 2019, the Rollers also secured their ticket to Tokyo. Australia is one of 12 nations…

The Basketball Network Creates Online Resource To Help Community Basketball Bounce Back The new initiative was created to help basketball administrators save time spent on resuming local community competitions and COVID-19 tracking of player match attendance in line with government and Basketball Australia’s Return to Basketball Guidelines. Providing State & Territory Associations with the necessary…

OPALS ASK AUSTRALIA TO “RISE UP” IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER Basketball Australia and the Australian women’s national team, the Opals, are asking the basketball community and community at large to RISE UP in support of Black Lives Matter. The Opals are asking all Australians to RISE UP with them in taking positive action…

Austria to host FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in May 2021 FIBA has announced that the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will take place in Graz, Austria on May 26-30, 2021. The event will mark the first-ever FIBA 3×3 competition official competition in Austria. The announcement was made yesterday, on Olympic Day, at a press…

COVID-19 Update On 2020 Australian Under-14 Club Championships Due to COVID-19 restrictions, States & Territories have been unable to hold the necessary qualifying competitions for representative teams. While sport has been able to resume in some states, there is insufficient time for the majority of states to be able to undertake a fair qualification process…

Joint statement from Basketball Australia and the Australian Opals Basketball Australia and the playing group stand unequivocally united in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of colour and diverse communities around the globe in affirming that Black Lives Matter. Together, we are committed to using our position and platform to engage, listen,…

BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES ROSTER AND COMPETITION SCHEDULE FOR INAUGURAL FIBA ESPORTS OPEN 2020 Basketball Australia has partnered with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, for consultation and to assemble a highly competitive roster of some of the country’s top esports athletes to represent Australia at the inaugural exhibition event. Final team selections for the FIBA…

Federal Government Invests $50.6 million into High Performance Sport This forms a part of the Government’s commitment to helping Australia’s sporting sector which has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially leading into major international sporting events such as the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the Birmingham…

Australia to Participate in Inaugural FIBA eSports Open 2020 FIBA and Basketball Australia are thrilled to be joining the esports movement together with other National member Federations as part of this pilot project. To support its move into esports, Basketball Australia has partnered with ESL, the world’s largest esports company, for consultation and assistance with…