TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR FIBA UNDER-17 OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The tournament, which will be held in New Caledonia from August 19-24, is the first step for the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cups.

These teams will be aiming to finish in the top two of the Under-17 Oceania Championships which will advance them to next year’s Under-18 Asian Championships and success there will see them earn qualification for the Under-19 World Cups in 2021.

Led by head coach Phil Brown, the women’s team features Gemma Potter and Jade Melbourne who will bring their experience from last year’s bronze medal win at the Under-17 World Cup.

Katie Deeble, Charlise Dunn, Shaneice Swain, Paige Price and Millie Prior have also worn the green and gold previously at the 2018 Under-15 Oceania Championships where Dunn and Price were named to the All-Star Five.

The men, led by head coach Mark Radford, have significant experience at the international level as well.

Tamuri Wigness has competed at the 2018 Under-17 World Cup, won gold at the 2018 Under-18 Asian Championships and is soon to represent the Emus at the 2019 Under-19 World Cup.

Blake Jones was a part of last year’s Under-17 World Cup as well while Wigness and Paul Tsapatolis participated at the 2017 Under-16 Asian Championships.

In addition, Tsapatolis was one of a trio of Victorians that claimed gold at the Australian Under-18 Championships earlier this year along with Leyi Adebayo and Josh Giddey.

Stay tuned for an announcement from FIBA with the tournament schedule.

The 2019 Australian men’s and women’s FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championships teams:

MEN’S TEAM	STATE	WOMEN’S TEAM	STATE
Ryan Abbott	New South Wales	Kate Deeble	Queensland
Leyi Adebayo	Victoria	Charlise Dunn	Victoria
Taran Armstrong	Tasmania	Jade Melbourne	Victoria
Biwali Bayles	New South Wales	Neferatali Notoa	Queensland
Joshua Giddey	Victoria	Olivia Pollerd	Victoria
Blake Jones	Queensland	Gemma Potter	Victoria
Lucas Schmidt	Queensland	Paige Price	Victoria
Reyne Smith	Tasmania	Millie Prior	New South Wales
Paul Tsapatolis	Victoria	Kelsey Rees	South Australia
Tamuri Wigness	Queensland	Shaneice Swain	Queensland
STAFF	ROLE	STAFF	ROLE
Mark Radford	Head Coach	Phil Brown	Head Coach
Jacob Jackomas	Asst. Coach	Jackie Lear	Asst. Coach
Michael Cassidy	Asst. Coach	Reece Potter	Asst. Coach
Mark Sainsbery	Team Manager	Lisa Page	Team Manager
Sathya Sankarasubramanian	Physiotherapist	Lauren Dixon	Physiotherapist
Dr Tim Echevarria – Delegation Physician

Following the weekend’s selection camp at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence, the men’s and women’s teams for the FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championships have been selected.