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{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Nauru women's national basketball team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox national basketball team
| country = Nauru
| logo = Flag of Nauru.svg
| logo_width = 130px
| country_alt= ''Naoero''
| color1=002B7F
| color2=FFFFFF
| fiba_ranking= {{FIBA World Rankings|NAU}}
| joined_fiba=1975
| fiba_zone=FIBA Oceania
| national_fed=[[Nauru Island Basketball Association]]
| coach=
| nickname=
| zone_championship = [[FIBA Oceania Championship]]
| zone_appearances = None
| zone_medals =
| zone_championship2 = [[Basketball at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games]]
| zone_appearances2 = 8
| zone_medals2 = None
| zone_championship3 = [[Oceania Basketball Tournament]]
| zone_appearances3 = 1 (2001)
| zone_medals3 = None
| h_pattern_b=_bluesides
| h_body=FAD201
| h_shorts=FAD201
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}}

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]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Greg|title=Nauru won't send any team to the South Pacific Games|url=https://www.australiabasket.com/Nauru/basketball.aspx?NewsID=104136|accessdate=14 February 2015|work=Australia Basket|date=31 March 2007}}</ref><ref name=overview>{{cite web|author=Greg|title=Overview of basketball in Nauru|url=https://www.australiabasket.com/Nauru/basketball.aspx?NewsID=52585|website=Australia Basket}}</ref> Nauru initially planned to send a squad to the [[2005 South Pacific Mini Games]] but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{cite news|author=Greg|title=Nauru won't be in Palau for the Mini-Games|url=https://www.australiabasket.com/Nauru/basketball.aspx?NewsID=54878|accessdate=14 February 2015|work=Australia Basket|date=1 July 2005}}</ref>
Eventually, it returned for the [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015 Pacific Games]].

Nauru had its best performance at the [[Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games|1969 Pacific Games]] when it beat the [[Solomon Islands national basketball team|Solomon Islands]], which have almost 60 times Nauru's population, and [[Fiji national basketball team|Fiji]], which has almost 100 times Nauru's population.

==Current roster==

At the [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015 Pacific Games]]:<ref>[https://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/ShowTeam.aspx?Team_GUID=fd15815e-95c3-4a94-b71f-1264a838dc24&SetLanguage=en-GB 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Nauru - Team], Retrieved 19 October 2017.</ref> ''(last publicized squad)''

{{FIBA roster header|team=Nauru men's national basketball team

| color1 = yellow| bg1 = blue| color2 =white| bg2 = blue}}


{{FIBA player|df=y| num =4 | nat = | name = Dick Royce| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =5 | nat = | name = Kaairo Tiaon| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =6 | nat = | name = Jencke Jeremiah| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =7 | nat = | name = Akash Radhakrishnan| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =8 | nat = | name = Heine Kanimea| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =9 | nat = | name = Varun Radhakrishnan| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =10 | nat = | name = Rohit Krishnamurthy| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =11 | nat = | name = David Vorbach| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =12 | nat = | name = Gavrick Mwareow| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =13 | nat = | name = Martin Detenamo| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =14 | nat = | name = Kingson Akibwib| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num =15 | nat = | name = Richart Daoe| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}



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;Head coach
* [[Detswamo Cherno]]
;Assistant coaches
* [[Hubert Maika]]
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;Legend:

*'''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
*'''Age''' – describes age<br />on 3 July 2015

|}
At Nauru's last game at the [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015 Pacific Games]] against the [[Solomon Islands national basketball team|Solomon Islands]], [[Heine Kanimea]] was his team's top scorer as he contributed 21 of Nauru's 71 total points.<ref>[https://pg2015.gems.pro/gems_pictures/Game/cae5bd0a-99ba-422f-a181-edf7b9e32d6b.pdf?20200128072103 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea], Retrieved 28 January 2020.</ref>

==Competitions==
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===FIBA Oceania Championship===
{| class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align: center; font-size:95%;" width=60%
!colspan=9|[[FIBA Oceania Championship|FIBA Oceania Championship Record]]
|-
!width=25%|Year
!width=30%|Position
!width=8%|Pld
!width=8%|W
!width=8%|L
|-
||[[Oceania Championship 1971|1971]] to [[2015 FIBA Oceania Championship|2015]] ||colspan=4|''Did not enter''
|-
!'''Total'''||0 medal|| 0 || 0 || 0
|}
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===Pacific Games===
{| class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align: center; font-size:95%;" width=60%
!colspan=5|[[Pacific Games|Pacific Games Record]]
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!width=25%|Year
!width=30%|Position
!width=8%|Pld
!width=8%|W
!width=8%|L
|-bgcolor="#cc9966"
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|{{flagicon|Fiji|colonial}} [[1963 South Pacific Games|1963]] || 11th place|| 7 || 0 || 7
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|{{flagicon|New Caledonia|1853}} [[1966 South Pacific Games|1966]] || 8th place || 5 || 0 || 5
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|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea|1965}} [[1969 South Pacific Games|1969]] || 5th place|| 7 || 2 || 5
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|{{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[1971 South Pacific Games|1971]] ||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|Guam}} [[1975 South Pacific Games|1975]] || 8th place|| 5 || 0 || 5
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|{{flagicon|Fiji}} [[1979 South Pacific Games|1979]] || 10th place|| 7 || 1 || 6
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|{{flagicon|Samoa}} [[1983 South Pacific Games|1983]] || 10th place|| 5 || 0 || 5
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|{{flagicon|New Caledonia|1853}} [[1971 South Pacific Games|1971]] ||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[1991 South Pacific Games|1991]] || 8th place|| 5 || 0 || 5
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|{{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[1995 South Pacific Games|1995]] ||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|Guam}} [[1999 South Pacific Games|1999]] || 14th place|| 5 || 0 || 5
|-
|[[2003 South Pacific Games|2003]] to [[2011 Pacific Games|2011]]||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|PNG}} [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015]] || 10th place|| 6 || 0 || 6
|-
|{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games|2019]] ||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|SOL}} [[Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games|2023]] ||colspan=4| ''To be determined''
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!Total||N/A|| 46 || 3 || 43
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===Pacific Mini Games===
{| class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align: center; font-size:95%;" width=60%
!colspan=9|[[Pacific Mini Games|Pacific Mini Games Record]]
|-
!width=25%|Year
!width=30%|Position
!width=8%|Pld
!width=8%|W
!width=8%|L
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|[[1981 South Pacific Mini Games|1981]] to [[1993 South Pacific Mini Games|1993]] ||colspan=4| ''Not held''
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|{{flagicon|American Samoa}} [[1997 South Pacific Mini Games|1997]] || 6th place || 5 || 1 || 4
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|[[2001 South Pacific Mini Games|2001]] ||colspan=4| ''Not held''
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|{{flagicon|Palau}} [[2005 South Pacific Mini Games|2005]] ||colspan=4| ''Withdrew''
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|[[2009 South Pacific Mini Games|2009]] to [[2013 Pacific Mini Games|2013]]||colspan=4| ''Not held''
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!'''Total''' || N/s || 5 || 1 ||4
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===Oceania Basketball Tournament===
{| class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align: center; font-size:95%;" width=60%
!colspan=9|[[Oceania Basketball Tournament|Oceania Tournament Record]]
|-
!width=25%|Year
!width=30%|Position
!width=8%|Pld
!width=8%|W
!width=8%|L
|-
|[[1981 Oceania Basketball Tournament|1981]] to [[1997 Oceania Basketball Tournament|1997]]||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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|{{flagicon|Fiji}} [[2001 Oceania Basketball Tournament|2001]] || 11th place || 7 || 0 || 7
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|{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} [[2009 Oceania Basketball Tournament|2009]] ||colspan=4| ''Did not enter''
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!'''Total''' || N/s || 5 || 1 ||4
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==See also==
*[[Nauru women's national basketball team]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDpmx9N4-Dc Pacific Games 2015 D5 BASKETBALL MEN KIRBATI vs NAURU] Youtube.com video

{{National sports teams of Nauru}}
{{FIBA Oceania teams}}

[[Category:Men's national basketball teams]]
[[Category:National sports teams of Nauru|Basketball]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Nauru]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 1963]]
[[Category:National sports teams established in 1963]]

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