The Australian national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is the junior boys'
basketball
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side that represents
Australia
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in international under-17 youth basketball competitions. The team is governed by the
Australian Basketball Federation Inc.Australia (AUS) – FIBA.com
/ref> Their greatest accomplishments were finishing as silver medalists at two FIBA Under-17 World Cups.
Competitive record
World Cup
Head coaches
* Mark Watkins
* Mark Radford - 2019–present
See also
* Australia men's national basketball team
The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition.
Since the late 1980s, Australia has been placed among the world elite ...
* Australia women's national basketball team
The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at offic ...
* Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team
The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers. Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralym ...
* Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team
The Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team is the women's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Gliders. The team hasn't won a gold medal for Australia since ...
* Australia national under-19 basketball team
* Australia women's national under-19 basketball team
The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-19, under-18, and under-17 women's basketball competitions, including the U19 Women's World Cup, Asian Champ ...
References
External links
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Men's national under-17 basketball teams
National youth sports teams of Australia
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