Seven aspirational athletes graduate from Centre of Excellence
A talented group from the Centre of Excellence class of 2024 were farewelled this week with a visit from program alumni and Australian Opal Jade Melbourne in Canberra.
A talented group from the Centre of Excellence class of 2024 were farewelled this week with a visit from program alumni and Australian Opal Jade Melbourne in Canberra.
Australia’s U18 Gems have gone back-to-back with an incredible stand against China in the final of the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup 2024.
Australia's U18 women are next up for the FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup 2024
The deal will see Basketball Australia's teams and athletes rep iAthletic kits for the next three years
A group of 12 will represent Australia at a tournament in China this June.
It’s been three decades since the Australian junior women’s team, now known as the Gems, etched its way into the history books winning the country’s first ever international gold medal at the 1993 junior championships.
The IWBF Women’s U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the top women’s under-25 national teams from around the world. Playing in Bangkok Thailand from the 3-9 October, The Australian Devils will represent the green and gold in Pool A where they will face USA, Great Britain, Spain and China.
The Gems have confirmed its final squad of 12 for the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup.
The U18 Gems defeated China 81-55 to end China’s run as five-time consecutive defending Champions.
The team features three 2021 Under 19 World Cup Silver medallists, Nyadiew Puoch, Dallas Loughridge and Isobel Borlase.
In the spirit of reconciliation Basketball Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.