The Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea (BFPNG) has announced its U18 men’s and women’s national teams that will head to Fiji this December for the FIBA Oceania Championships.
Players were selected from the BFPNG U18 national championships last week in the nation’s capital.
BFPNG Executive Officer Joel Khalu said that finalizing the selections was a tough challenge.
“Because the standard of play was so high and most games were very close, both the men’s and women’s selection panels had an extremely difficult time confirming their final squads.
“With competition for spots being so tight, I think that reflects just how much basketball talent we have throughout the country in this particular age-group.”
“It’s really exciting to also think that some of these players could quite possibly go on to earn selection into PNG senior sides when the 2019 Pacific Games rolls around,” said Khalu.
2016 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNDER 18 MEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM:
NAME: ASSOCIATION:
Conillus Muri NCDABA
Moses Kairi NCDABA
Esau Horo NCDABA
Anderson Hewe NCDABA
Ivan Tabua DARU
Brenneth Morris DARU
Nuga Vere PMBL
James Karulaka PMBL
Ravini Markaro PMBL
Liam Wright AUSTRALIA-BASED
MEN’S SHADOW – RESERVE PLAYERS
Zebulon Wamu DARU
Freddy Dickson PMBL
Douglas Pirika PMBL
Patrick Solomon KEREMA
Lukas Kawage KUPIANO
Mekere Tete NCDABA
2016 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNDER 18 WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM
NAME: ASSOCIATION:
Tina Dobunaba POMWBL
Deborah Solomon POMWBL
Margaret Kevin NCDABA
Sabatinah Henry POMWBL
Normalisa Dobunaba POMWBL
Millene Taule POMWBL
Donna Aisi KEREMA
Denienne Bray POMWBL
Jennifer Haro NCDABA
Tabitha Karulaka POMWBL
WOMEN’S SHADOW – RESERVE PLAYERS
McDalyn Passingan MT HAGEN
Stella Tepra MT HAGEN
Jane Avea KEREMA
Evia Kake NCDABA
Valerie Maikai POMWBL
Svetlana Arthur POMWBL
Erika Amos POMWBL