Basketball Australia

BA Limited, trading as Basketball Australia,[1] is a not-for-profit company[2][3] promoting basketball in Australia at all levels.[4] It is recognised by FIBA as the national body organising international basketball in Australia.

Further information: Basketball in Australia

BA Limited
SportBasketball
JurisdictionAustralia
AbbreviationBA
Founded1939 (1939), current company registered 1996
AffiliationFIBA
Affiliation date1949
Regional affiliationFIBA Oceania
HeadquartersState Basketball Centre, Wantirna South, Victoria
ChairmanNed Coten
CEOMatt Scriven
Official website
australia.basketball
Australia

It is funded through membership, sponsorship, fund raising and government grants. It sanctions Australia's two professional competitions, the National Basketball League (NBL), which it previously owned, and the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) as well as the semi-professional leagues that were once part of the Australian Basketball Association (ABA). Basketball Australia also fields representative teams in FIBA and Olympic competition. It operates its National Intensive Training Centre Program and it's Aussie Hoops program is a grass roots program for primary school children launched in 2002. It provides juniors with the opportunity to compete in national representative competitions from the U16 age group, with the National Junior Championships providing a high level of competition between state teams. U14 Club Championships and the National Schools Basketball Tournament provide elite level competition for younger players.

History

Its predecessor, the Australian Basketball Federation was formed in 1939 and constituted in 1946, became a member of FIBA in 1949 and was incorporated in 1982.. After a succession of national basketball organisations,[2] the current company operating as Basketball Australia was registered in 1996.[2]

Jo Juler became its chief executive in 2021.[5]

National Teams
Team Competition World Cup Year Olympics Year
Boomers Men 4th 2019 4th 2016
Opals Women 2nd 2018 5th 2016
Rollers Wheelchair Men 3rd 2018 6th 2016
Gliders Wheelchair Women 9th 2018 DNP 2016
Emus U-19 Men 9th 2019 DNP 2014[lower-alpha 1]
Gems U-19 Women 2nd 2019 DNP 2014[lower-alpha 1]
Crocs U-17 Men 6th 2018 N/A
Sapphires U-17 Women 3rd 2018 N/A

Each national team and their performance at the most recent international events are listed above.

  1. The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was the last in which full-court basketball was contested. From 2018 forward, the only form of basketball contested is the half-court 3x3 variant.

Leagues
Main article: Basketball in Australia

Partnership with Japan

Since 2018, there has been an ongoing partnership with the Japan Basketball Association.[5]

See also

References
  1. Unregistered trading name of BA Limited see https://abr.business.gov.au/
  2. Australian Securities and Investments Commission registers https://www.asic.gov.au
  3. BA Limited constitution April 2022, https://australia.basketball/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BA-Constitution-Effective-April-2022.pdf
  4. "About BA – Basketball Australia". australia.basketball.
  5. Basketball Australia makes high-level appointment and renews partnership with Japan Duncan Mackay (Inside the Games), 27 April 2021. Accessed 30 April 2021.
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