In 2014, Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) advised that from 2015 onward, there would be three regional under 13 championship events (made up by two zones each):

• Northern (North & Mid-North Zones)
• Central (Central & Capital Zones)
• Southern (Mainland & Southern)

Please see the tournament pages below for details specific to each tournament.

Under 13 games:

• Boys will use a size 6 ball (Molten B6G3800)
• Girls will use the size 5 ball (Molten B5G3800)
• The use of zone defences is banned. All criteria can be found here
• Playing time is 4 x 8 minute quarters with stop clock.
• Each Affiliated Association must supply and name a referee for each Team when registering a Team. The referee must have agreed to be the team’s referee and has had previous officiating experience at this level. A referee cannot hold any position in the team as a player, coach, manager or otherwise. The Affiliated Association must cover all reasonable expenses of the referee to attend the competition.
• The No Mouthguard, No Play Policy is to be firmly enforced. The full policy can be found here.

Players that competed at the Under 15 National Championships are NOT eligible to play in the Under 13 Regional Championships as per the limitation on multiple championship participation.

Players age regulations can be found a the Age Definitions for BBNZ National Competitions document 

All other BBNZ competition rules can be found here (page 8).

• 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.

A reminder to all associations that all team entries must be processed through The Huddle competition management system (GameDay). When entering players please make sure you either use the ‘modify team list’ to add members that are already active in your association. When adding new players please clarify that they have not played representative basketball for another association, as they may require a transfer or loan.

When adding new players, a reminder that you need to enter the following details:

• First name
• Family name
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Passport nationality

To login to your passport please click here, if you’re a new administrator at an association please email tournaments@nz.basketball to activate your passport.

Please click here for entry fees for 2022 BBNZ Tournaments

Final team placings will be uploaded at the completion of the tournaments.

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