FIBA has announced some changes to the Official Basketball Rules that took effect globally from 1 October 2022. Because this date falls within our normal season, the rule changes will apply in New Zealand from 1 January 2023.

Many of the changes are minor or improved wording to aid clarity.

All rule changes can be found here.

Basketball NZ 2023 Tournaments Calendar can be found here.

Tournaments in 2023:

• Aon U13 Regionals
• Aon U15 Nationals
• Aon U17 Nationals
• Aon U19 Nationals
• U23 Nationals and D-League

Team Registrations

Teams need to be entered through GameDay.

1. Go to your association Home Page on GameDay
2. Click on ‘Teams’
3. Click ‘Add’ in the top right hand corner
4. Then fill in the information to enter a team into the competition
5. You will receive a confirmation email once your team has been entered

Player Registrations

Players must self register to your association before they can be added to the team

Please send your players the following link to register for the correct tournament:

• Aon U13 Regionals
• Aon U15 Nationals
• Aon U17 Nationals
• Aon U19 Nationals
• U23 Men’s Nationals
• Women’s D-League

Once players have registered to the association, they can be added to each team by clicking on “Modify Team List” under each team.

For a full guide on how to register your team or add players to your teams, click here.

Regulation for Eligibility can be found here

Restrictions on Eligibility (page 5)

A player may play in only one of the Under 13 Regionals or Under 15 or Under 17 or Under 19 age group BBNZ Competitions, in any one year

An Under 17 or an Under 19 player may play in their age group in BBNZ competitions in any one calendar year, and also play in the Under 23 BBNZ Competitions in that same calendar year.

Age Eligibility (page 4)

Aon U13 Regionals – players must be aged either 11, 12 or 13 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held. In 2023 players may compete if born in 2010, 2011, 2012

Aon U15 Nationals – players must be aged either 13, 14 or 15 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held. In 2023 players may compete if born in 2008, 2009, 2010

Aon U17 Nationals – players must be aged either 15, 16 or 17 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held. In 2023 players may compete if born in 2006, 2007, 2008

Aon U19 Nationals – players must be aged at least 15 years on the first day that the competition commences, and must not be over 19 years as at 31 December in the year the competition is held. In 2023 players may compete if born in 2004, 2005, 2006

Men’s U23 Nationals – players must be aged at least 15 years on the first day that the competition commences and must not be over 23 years as at 31 December in the year the competition is held. In 2023 players may compete if born in 2000 and later

Women’s D-League – all players must be aged 15 years on the first day that the competition commences

Loans

There can be a maximum of 3 loan players per team at Nationals. Loans are used for players that:

• the players home association is NOT entering a team into Nationals Qualifiers
  • E.g. Mid Canterbury is not entering a team for U17 Nationals Qualifiers, so players can be loaned to Canterbury
• the player has trialed for their home association, and not been selected
  • E.g. Player trialed for Wellington but did NOT get selected, so can be loaned to Hutt Valley
• the players home association’s team did not make Nationals
  • E.g. Eastern Southland went to Nationals Qualifiers and did not make Nationals, but Southland did, so the player can be loaned to Southland for Nationals

Loans must between associations within the same zone, and be requested through GameDay, under a ‘Local Interchange’.

Transfers

Transfers are for players that have moved away from their association (moved from Waikato to Auckland for school), or live and school in two different association boundaries.

Once you transfer, you MUST remain with that association for a minimum of 2 years.

For all information about loans & transfers, click here.

U15/U17/U19

Results from Qualifying Tournaments will be used as the base for Nationals Seeding.

The final team placings from the previous years tournament are changed from the team name, to the zone they come from, for example:

• Canterbury won Aon U17 Boys Nationals in 2022, so Zone 5 will have the top spot for Aon U17 Boys Nationals in 2023
• The top spot will be taken by the first placed team at the Zone 5 boys qualifying tournament

Once all team names have been changed to the zone in which they come from, the results from each qualifying tournament will be loaded and the snake method will be used to place teams into pools.

U13/U23/D-League

As there are no Qualifying Competitions, seedings shall be based on the standing of teams from the previous year’s competition using the same principles as above.

Please note: BBNZ will establish the competition pool structure and the teams within each pool and the game schedule for all BBNZ Competitions. The structure for draws of BBNZ Competitions is subject to availability of court space, time, and the number of teams and days of the Competition. BBNZ has the right, in its complete discretion, to decide the structure, seedings and draw as required to meet the practical needs of any BBNZ Competition.

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

All draws and results for representative tournaments can be found here.

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 Tournaments
4. You can then find the tournament that you are wanting to follow

It is a requirement for anyone coaching at Basketball New Zealand sanctioned events to be registered on our database and complete 3 online modules (listed below). This initiative is based on creating safer and more secure basketball environments for tamariki, rangatahi, and vulnerable adults, as well as those charged with holding a duty of care and responsibility for our participants ie BBNZ, associations, and clubs.

The process

Step 1: Register with BBNZ as a coach via The Huddle (Game Day) here. Coaches will be required to renew their registration annually.

Step 2: Complete the following three online learning modules via Sport Tutor.

• Coaching Safety Net
• Basketball New Zealand Aktive: Good Sports Foundation Modules
• Thriving Under Fire

If you have already completed these modules, you will not be required to complete them again.

We also encourage all secondary school coaches and administrators to complete the DrugFree Sport NZ Level 1 E-Learning course, that is designed for support personnel who have never received anti-doping education.

It can be found at this link here.

• U13 Regionals
  • $750 plus 15% GST per team

• U15 / U17 / U19 / U23 Nationals / Women’s D-League
  • $1,300 plus 15% GST per team per tournament

Each association will be invoiced within 5 working days of the tournament entries closing.

The Tournament Entry Fees Quote can be found here under ‘Calendar and Fees’.

• 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
• The No Mouthguard, No Play Policy is 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)

Please click here to view the BBNZ Mouthguard Policy.

The Molten BG3800 Composite Leather Basketball is used for all association age group tournaments:

• Size 5 – B5G3800 (for U13 Girls only)
• Size 6 – B6G3800
• Size 7 – B7G3800

A reminder that if orders are received before the end of February, associations will received an additional 20% off all association pricing for selected Molten products!

Visit the BBNZ Shop to purchase basketballs for your club.

Contact email: tournaments@nz.basketball | phone:  (04) 498 5950