School Nationals

A tournament for top secondary school teams from the around the country, organised by ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿. Schools can only participate if they have attended qualifiers and finished in a qualifying spot. At the end of nationals there will be a boys’ and girls’ team that are crowned as national champions.

• A National Tournament: 22- 25 September
• Host Association:ÌýBasketball Manawatu
• ³Õ±ð²Ô³Ü±ð:ÌýCentral Energy Trust Arena – 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
• Basketball NZ Event Lead: Jay Macdonald | 027 279 8804 | jay@nz.basketball
• Registration Due: Wednesday the 3rd of September

Live Stats will be done for the Top 4 Semi Finals, and Grand Finals for A and AA, in both boys and girls.

The links for these will be posted here before the games are due to be played.

• AA National Tournament: 22 – 27 September
• Host Association:ÌýBasketball Manawatu
• ³Õ±ð²Ô³Ü±ð:ÌýCentral Energy Trust Arena – 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
• Basketball NZ Event Lead: Jay Macdonald | 027 279 8804 | jay@nz.basketball
• Registration Due: Wednesday 3rd of September

CoachMate is ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s FREE app for coaches, managers, parents and players. The app has a full activity library with over 30 easy-to-follow practice plans and games all with ideas and progressions to make them easier, harder, or just different for your team each week.
With the schedule and team management feature you can also set your team’s practice and game schedules and add all your players and parents to one team chat. And don’t forget the extensive Learn Library with simple tips and tricks including:

• Coaching fundamentals
• How to interact with kids safely
• Getting players to listen
• Benefits of games-based learning
• Inclusion and diversity
• Responding to varied behaviour in children

Download Coachmate here –

The tech meeting will be held in person at the Central Energy Trust Arena.

This will be held at 6:30pm on Sunday the 21st of September at Court 4.

2025 Secondary School Nationals Draw with Scorebench

2025 Secondary School Nationals Draw Letter

Team Rosters will be uploaded here once finalised

Secondary School Nationals is a ticketed event.

There are two ticketing options:

• Day Pass for $7
• Weekly Pass for $25

All spectators will need to purchase a ticket to gain entry into the venue.

Children 10 and under are free

Tickets can be pre-purchased before the tournament

Basketball NZ uses GameDay for all of our online draws and results.

All draws and results for school tournaments can be found .

Alternatively, you can download the GameDay app, and follow these steps:

1. Click on the Tshirt at the bottom of the page
2. Search ‘BBNZ’ under ‘Leagues’
3. Click on BBNZ Schools
4. You can then find the tournament that you are wanting to follow

In 2025 we will have 3 livestream courts for the first 4 days of Secondary School Nationals and then 1 court for days 5 & 6. The games that will be live streamed will be highlighted on the draw.

The live stream links will be availableÌý.

The Grand Finals for the AA, for Girls and Boys will be broadcast on Whakaata Maori.

‘A’ & ‘AA’ Secondary School Nationals – 2025 Schools Health & Safety Form

• It is compulsory for all players participating in all age grade (under 19’s and younger) competitions, leagues and tournaments run by BBNZ and its members to wear a protective mouthguard when they are on court and the game is in play
• °Õ³ó±ðÌýNo Mouthguard, No Play PolicyÌýis to be firmly enforced
• Players are not permitted to share mouthguards
• Mouthguards of any colour may be worn (except in FIBA events where they must be non-coloured/transparent)

±Ê±ô±ð²¹²õ±ðÌýclick hereÌýto view the BBNZ Mouthguard Policy.

°Õ³ó±ðÌýMolten BG3800ÌýComposite Leather Basketball is used for all school and association age group tournaments

• Size 6 (Girls) – B6G3800
• Size 7 (Boys) – B7G3800

All photos taken at the 2024 tournament can be found .

2024 ‘A’ Secondary School Nationals Final Placings & Tournament Teams

2024 ‘AA’ Secondary School Nationals Final Team Placings & Tournament Teams

2024 ‘A’ Secondary School Nationals Pool Grids

2024 ‘A’ Secondary School Nationals Finals Grids

2024 ‘AA’ Secondary School Nationals Pool Grids

2024 ‘AA’ Secondary School Nationals Finals Grids

2024 Secondary School Nationals Manual Results Draw

‘A’ Finals Report 2024

‘AA’ Finals Report 2024

Contact email:ÌýÌýtournaments@nz.basketballÌý| phone:Ìý (04) 498 5950