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{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{ Infobox national basketball team
|country=Papua New Guinea {{flagicon|PNG}}
| logo =
| logo_width = 180px
|fiba_ranking= {{FIBA World Rankings|PNG}}
|fiba_zone=FIBA Oceania
|joined_fiba=1963
|national_fed=Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea
|coach=Joel Khalu
|captain=
|zone_appearances=None
|zone_championship=[[FIBA Asia Cup]]
|oly_appearances=None
|wc_appearances=None
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{{MedalTableTop|name=no}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Pacific Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1969 South Pacific Games|1969 Port Moresby]]|[[Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games#Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1963 South Pacific Games|1963 Suva]]|[[Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1971 South Pacific Games|1971 Papeete]]|[[Basketball at the 1971 South Pacific Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

The '''Papua New Guinea national basketball team''' is the team that represents [[Papua New Guinea]] in international [[basketball]] and is a member of [[FIBA Oceania]]. It is administered by the [[Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231216064053/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/2609/nfProf.html FIBA National Federations – Papua New Guinea], fiba.com, accessed 25 Sept 2016.</ref>

The team is yet to qualify for the [[Olympic Games]], [[FIBA World Cup]], [[FIBA Asia Cup]], and [[Commonwealth Games]].

==Tournament history==
''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea''

===Pacific Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|[[Basketball at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|Fiji|colonial}} [[Basketball at the 1963 South Pacific Games|1963]]
|Third playoff
|3rd
|7
|4
|3
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|NCL|1853}} [[Basketball at the 1966 South Pacific Games|1966]]
|Semi-finals
|4th
|6
|3
|3
|- style="background:silver;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea|1965}} [[Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games|1969]]
|Final
|2nd
|8
|5
|3
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|French Polynesia|1946}} [[Basketball at the 1971 South Pacific Games|1971]]
|Semi-finals
|3rd
|5
|3
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Basketball at the 1975 South Pacific Games|1975]]
|Playoff
|5th
|5
|3
|2
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Basketball at the 1979 South Pacific Games|1979]]
|Semi-finals
|4th
|7
|4
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Basketball at the 1983 South Pacific Games|1983]]
|Playoff
|5th
|6
|4
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|NCL|1853}} [[Basketball at the 1987 South Pacific Games|1987]]
|Playoff
|6th
|6
|1
|5
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|PNG}} [[Basketball at the 1991 South Pacific Games|1991]]
|Playoff
|5th
|6
|3
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[Basketball at the 1995 South Pacific Games|1995]]
| colspan="6"|''did not participate''
|-
|{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Basketball at the 1999 South Pacific Games|1999]]
|Quarterfinals
|7th
|8
|5
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Basketball at the 2003 South Pacific Games|2003]]
|Group stage
|6th
|3
|2
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Basketball at the 2007 South Pacific Games|2007]]
| colspan="6"|''did not participate''
|-
|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Basketball at the 2011 Pacific Games|2011]]
|Quarterfinals
|7th
|6
|3
|3
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|PNG}} [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015]]
|Semi-finals
|4th
|8
|4
|4
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games|2019]]
|Semi-finals
|4th
|6
|3
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|SOL}} [[Basketball at the 2023 Pacific Games|2023]]
|Playoff
|5th
|5
|3
|2
|-
!Total!!0 Titles!!15/17!!97!!50!!47
|}

===Melanesia Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=10|[[FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup|Melanesia Cup record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|PNG}} [[2017 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup|2017]]
|'''Champions'''
|1st
|4
|4
|0
|- style="background:silver;"
|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[2022 FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup|2022]]
|Runner-up
|2nd
|4
|2
|2
|-
!Total!!1 Title!!2/2!!8!!6!!2
|}

==Team==
===Current roster===
At the [[Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games|2019 Pacific Games]]:<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/pacificgames/2019/team/Papua-New-Guinea#|tab=roster Papua New Guinea Pacific Games Tournament for Men 2019] FIBA.com, accessed 8 June 2020.</ref>
{{FIBA roster header|team=Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team

| color1 = black| bg1 = red| color2 =black| bg2 = red}}


{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 1 | nat =PNG | name =Anderson Hewe| pos =PG | m =1.60 | year =1998 | month =8 | date =12 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Exodus BC }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 3 | nat =PNG | name =Coni Muri| pos =PG | m =1.81 | year =2001 | month =3 | date =1 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =KSS Flames }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 4 | nat =USA | name =Lloyd Wright| dab =basketball| pos =SG | m =1.99 | year =1997 | month =4 | date =18 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Hope International University }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 5 | nat =AUS| name =Liam Wright| dab =basketball| pos =PG | m =1.88 | year =1999 | month =3 | date =6 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =
Northeast Bushrangers }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 7 | nat =PNG | name =Moses Apiko| pos =G | m =1.84 | year =1993 | month =2 | date =12 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =KSS Flames }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 9 | nat =AUS | name =Aron Farmer| pos =SF | m =1.97 | year =1997 | month =5 | date =21 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Cairns Marlins }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 10 | nat =PNG | name =Junior Banduru| pos =C | m =2.05 | year =1997 | month =2 | date =9 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Moniplus }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 11 | nat =PNG | name =Robert Kave| pos =PF | m =1.91 | year =1989 | month =5 | date =9 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Moniplus }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 13| nat =AUS | name =Marty Leahy| pos =SF | m =2.00 | year =1997 | month =3 | date =9 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =
Ipswich Force }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 14 | nat =PNG | name =Charles Parapa| pos =PF | m =1.88 | year =1986 | month =4 | date =20 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =KSS Flames }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 15 | nat =PNG | name =Apia Muri| pos =SF | m =1.90 | year =1988 | month =5 | date =14 | compyear = 2019 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 8 | club =Moniplus }}



|}

| valign="top" |

;Head coach
*{{player||AUS|[[Joel Khalu]]}}
;Assistant coaches

----

;Legend:

*'''Club''' – describes last<br />club before the tournament
*'''Age''' – describes age<br />on 8 July 2019

|}
At the [[Basketball at the 2019 Pacific Games|2019 Pacific Games]], [[Liam Wright (basketball)|Liam Wright]] played most minutes for Papua New Guinea and also recorded most steals for his team.

===Depth chart===
{{Basketball depth chart
|line_color = f00
|alt_color = 000
|starter_c = Charles Parapa
|starter_pf = Aron Farmer
|starter_sf = Moses Apiko
|starter_sg = Lloyd Wright
|starter_pg = Liam Wright
|bench 1_c = Junior Banduru
|bench 1_pf = Robert Kave
|bench 1_sf = [[Apia Muri]]
|bench 1_sg = Moses Apiko
|bench 1_pg = Coni Muri
|bench 2_c =
|bench 2_pf =
|bench 2_sf =
|bench 2_sg =
|bench 2_pg = Anderson Hewe
|bench 3_c =
|bench 3_pf =
|bench 3_sf =
|bench 3_sg =
|bench 3_pg =
|inactive_c =
|reserve_pf =
|reserve_sf =
|reserve_sg =
|reserve_pg =
}}

==Past rosters==
At the [[Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games|2015 Pacific Games]]:<ref>[http://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/ShowTeam.aspx?Team_GUID=4b5dc3a7-0e06-4dda-bfb0-eaf8d193e163&SetLanguage=en-GB 2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Team], Retrieved 19 October 2016.</ref>

{{FIBA roster header|team=Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team

| color1 = yellow| bg1 = black| color2 =white| bg2 = red}}


{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 4 | nat = | name =Lloyd James Wright| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 5 | nat = | name =Liam Allan Wright| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 6 | nat = | name =Purari Muri| pos =PG | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 7 | nat = | name =Gabriel Frank Elavo| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 8 | nat = | name =Mika John Loko| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 9 | nat = | name =Moses Lune Apiko| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 10 | nat = | name =Wally Parapa| pos =F | m =1.91 | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 11 | nat = | name =Robert Avosa Kave| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 12 | nat = | name =Dia Muri| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = |note=C}}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 13 | nat =AUS | name =Matineng-Iakah Leahy| pos =G/F | m =1.90 | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club =Ipswich Force }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 14 | nat = | name =Aron Genai Farmer| pos = | m = | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}
{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 15 | nat = | name =Apia Muri| pos =F/C | m =1.96 | year = | month = | date = | compyear = 2015 | compmonth = 7 | compdate = 3 | club = }}


|}

| valign="top" |

;Head coach
*{{player||AUS|[[Joel Khalu]]}}
;Assistant coaches
*{{player||PNG|[[Morris Asiba]]}}
----

;Legend:

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

|}

==Head coach position==
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joel Khalu]] – 2013-present

==Youth national teams==
The country features several youth national teams such as the [[Papua New Guinea men's national under-18 basketball team]] and the [[Papua New Guinea men's national under-17 basketball team]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kevin Teme |title=PNG Names Youth Team Basketball |url=https://postcourier.com.pg/png-names-youth-team-basketball/ |accessdate=22 September 2020 |work=[[Papua New Guinea Post-Courier]]|date=9 July 2019 }}</ref>

==Kit==

===Sponsor===
2015: [[City Pharmacy]]

2017: [[Pepsi]]

==See also==
* [[Papua New Guinea women's national basketball team]]
* [[Papua New Guinea national under-19 basketball team]]
* [[Papua New Guinea national under-17 basketball team]]
* [[Papua New Guinea national 3x3 team]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009142814/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//tid/2609/_//teams.html Papua New Guinea Basketball Records] at FIBA Archive
*[https://www.facebook.com/BFPNG/ Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea Basketball] - facebook presentation
*[https://www.australiabasket.com/Papua-New-Guinea/basketball-National-Team.aspx Papua New Guinea National Team] at australiabasket.com

===Videos===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU0KSOgzmU0 New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea - Final - Full Game - FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup 2017] Youtube.com video

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{FIBA Oceania teams}}
{{National sports teams of Papua New Guinea}}

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

Papua New Guinea men's national basketball team - Revision history

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