TUPU League
A regionally focused basketball league, with national finals, to encourage representative players to continue playing for their associations after they finish Secondary School and/or University.
This league provides a platform of competitive basketball to bridge the gap between U20 Nationals and the NBL/Tauihi leagues
- The TUPU League is not about elite or HP competition (that is for NBL and Tauihi).
- The TUPU League is there to provide a competitive option for those who miss out on those leagues and bridges a gap that is currently seeing basketballers hang up their boots.
- The TUPU League is in place to encourage participation in the gap between U20 or age group reps, and NBL or Tauihi basketball.
- TUPU League is about participation and providing a safe place for those with a competitive edge to continue playing.
- All associations are eligible to enter, whether they have senior teams or not.
Basketball NZ uses GameDay for all of our online draws and results.
All draws and results for representative tournaments can be found here
All games for the tournament can be viewed here, once the game video has finished uploading to Glory League. All the links can be found below:
Men’s TUPU League Glory League Recordings
We will be using the Men’s TUPU League Finals to train our statisticians on live stats during the games – as a result all of the Men’s TUPU games will have live stats – see the links below:
Pool Games:
Otago Toroa v Manwatū
Taranaki Bombers v Nelson Suns
Harbour Heat v Southland
Porirua v North Otago
Manawatū v Kapiti/Wellington
Nelson Suns v Franklin Blitz
North Otago v North Canterbury
Southland v Tauranga City Mariners
Kapiti/Wellington v Otago Toroa
Franklin Blitz v Taranaki Bombers
North Canterbury v Porirua
Tauranga City Mariners v Harbour Heat
Prelim QFs:
Kapiti/Wellington v Franklin Blitz – Prelim QF1
Nelson Suns v Manawatū – Prelim QF2
Tauranga City Mariners v North Otago – Prelim QF3
North Canterbury v Southland – Prelim QF4
Quarter Finals:
Otago Toroa v Tauranga City Mariners – Quarter Final 1
Taranaki Bombers v North Canterbury – Quarter Final 2
Harbour Heat v Franklin Blitz – Quarter Final 3
Porirua v Manawatū – Quarter Final 4
Semi Finals
Otago Toroa v Porirua – Semi Final 1
Harbour Heat v North Canterbury – Semi Final 2
Tauranga City Mariners v Manawatū – 5-8 Semi Final 1
Taranaki Bombers v Franklin Blitz – 5-8 Semi Final 2
Final Placing Games
Otago Toroa v Harbour Heat – Grand Final
Porirua v North Canterbury – 3rd & 4th Playoff
Taranaki Bombers v Tauranga City Mariners – 5th & 6th Playoff
Manawatū v Franklin Blitz – 7th & 8th Playoff
Bottom 4 Round Robin:
Nelson Suns v North Otago
Kapiti/Wellington v Southland
North Otago v Kapiti/Wellington
Nelson Suns v Southland
Southland v North Otago
Kapiti/Wellington v Nelson Suns
Games on the show court on Days 2 and 3 of the tournament will be live streamed. The games that will be live streamed will be highlighted on the draw.
The live stream links will be available here.
FIBA LiveStats will be used for the Semi Finals & Finals of both grades[
[Semi-Final] Tauranga vs Canterbury LiveStats – https://bbnz.link/bx2zq
[3rd Place] Canterbury vs Auckland LiveStats – https://bbnz.link/72dpu
[Final] Tauranga vs Harbour LiveStats – https://bbnz.link/dlep9
There are no LiveStats for Auckland vs Harbour Semi-Final
The Molten BG3800 Composite Leather Basketball is used for all school and association age group tournaments
- Size 6 (Women) – B6G3800
- Size 7 (Men) – B7G3800
Basketball NZ Tournaments: tournaments@nz.basketball
