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 in the 2001 Oceania Basketball Tournament in Fiji. Nauru initially planned to send a squad to the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Eventually, it returned for the 2015 Pacific Games.
Nauru had its best performance at the 1969 Pacific Games when it beat the Solomon Islands, which has almost 60 times Nauru's population, and Fiji, which has almost 100 times Nauru's population.
Current roster
At the 2015 Pacific Games:2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Nauru - Team, Retrieved 19 October 2017. (last publicized squad)
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Head coach Detswamo Cherno Assistant coaches Hubert Maika
Legend
Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 3 July 2015
At Nauru's last game at the 2015 Pacific Games against the Solomon Islands, Heine Kanimea was his team's top scorer as he contributed 21 of Nauru's 71 total points.2015 Pacific Games - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Retrieved 28 January 2020.
Competitions
FIBA Oceania Championship FIBA Oceania Championship RecordYearPositionPldWL1971 to 2015 Did not enter Total0 medal 0 0 0
Pacific Games Pacific Games RecordYearPositionPldWL 1963 11th place 7 0 7 1966 8th place 5 0 5 1969 5th place 7 2 5 1971 Did not enter 1975 8th place 5 0 5 1979 10th place 7 1 6 1983 10th place 5 0 5 1971 Did not enter 1991 8th place 5 0 5 1995 Did not enter 1999 14th place 5 0 52003 to 2011 Did not enter 2015 10th place 6 0 6 2019 Did not enter 2023 To be determinedTotalN/A 46 3 43
Pacific Mini Games Pacific Mini Games RecordYearPositionPldWL1981 to 1993 Not held 1997 6th place 5 1 42001 Not held 2005 Withdrew2009 to 2013 Not heldTotal N/s 5 1 4
Oceania Basketball Tournament Oceania Tournament RecordYearPositionPldWL1981 to 1997 Did not enter 2001 11th place 7 0 7 2009 Did not enterTotal N/s 5 1 4
See also Nauru women's national basketball team
References
Videos Pacific Games 2015 D5 BASKETBALL MEN KIRBATI vs NAURU Youtube.com video