Australia women's national under-19 basketball team

 Australia
FIBA ranking 11th
FIBA zone FIBA Oceania
National federation Basketball Australia
Coach Paul Goriss
Nickname(s) Gems
World Championships
Appearances 11
Medals Gold: 1993
Silver: 1997
Bronze: 1989, 2013, 2015
Oceania Championships
Appearances 7
Medals Gold: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-18 and under-19 women's basketball competitions, including the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women and FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship for Women. The team is nicknamed the Gems, an abbreviation for the word gemstone.[1] In 1993, the Gems (which won a gold medal) won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete (team) of the Year.[2]

Tournament record

World Championship

The first FIBA U19 World Championships were in 1985, and the Gems have participated in every tournament to date. From 1985, the under-19 World Championships were held every four years. From 2005, they are held every two years.

Statistics

Australia U-19 statistical leaders
Event PPG RPG APG SPG BPG
United States 1985 S. Gorman (12.5)
Soviet Union 1989 S. Gorman (23.1)
South Korea 1993 M. Brogan (18.3)
Brazil 1997 C. Emeagi (15.0) L. Jackson (9.9) K. Veal (2.3) N. Lindsay (0.4)
Czech Republic 2001 S. Hammonds (17.9) S. Hammonds (7.7) J. Mahony (3.3) S. Hammonds (2.2) L. Summerton (0.3)
Tunisia 2005 R. Camino (21.6) R. Camino (8.1) J-L. Samuels (1.8) R. Camino (1.5) J-L. Samuels (1.0)
Slovakia 2007 A. Bishop (12.8) A. Bishop (10.7) N. Hunt (2.7) N. Hunt (2.3) C. Francis (1.5)
Thailand 2009 E. Cambage (20.4) E. Cambage (6.8) T. Madgen (2.2) R. Jarry (1.4) E. Cambage (2.4)
Chile 2011 T. Roberts (15.9) T. Roberts (8.4) R. Cole (6.0) R. Allen (2.4) G. Tippett (1.0)
Lithuania 2013 C. Mijović (14.4) S. Talbot (7.8) S. Talbot (4.9) C. Samuels (1.8) C. Mijović (1.3)
Russia 2015 A. Smith (12.6) A. Sharp (7.0) K. Wallace (3.6) A. Smith (1.6) A. Smith (2.7)
Italy 2017 E. Magbegor (16.1) A. Maley (10.7) M. Rocci (4.0) E. Magbegor (2.0) E. Magbegor (1.5)

See also

References

  1. Basketball Australia. Australian Under 19 Gems. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  2. Australian Sports Commission. AIS Timeline. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
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