Important – Schools can only enter one Senior Team per gender. Any additional teams will need to register for the waitlist, and once the registrations close, BBNZ will reach out to teams on the waitlist to fill any available spaces in our tournaments.

AA Premierships 

AA teams are competing to gain a place at Nationals which is held in the first week of the October school holidays. Each Zone has a different number of teams that qualify for Nationals. Qualifying numbers can be found here.

AA Premierships are tournaments for larger secondary schools around the country. Schools should have a roll of more than 300 students* (in Years 9-13) for a single sex school, or more than 600 students* (in Years 9-13) for a co-ed school. The four tournaments available for ‘AA’ schools are:

• Zone 1 – Northern (Northland and Auckland)
• Zone 2 – Mid North (Waikato, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, Taupo)
• Zone 3 – Central (New Plymouth, Hawkes Bay, Wellington)
• Zone 4 – Southern (South Island)

‘A’ schools can attend ‘AA’ Premierships if they choose to, however the school must commit to ‘AA’ for the whole season. Schools cannot play in a ‘AA’ Premiership, then switch to ‘A’ for Nationals.

A Premierships 

A teams are competing to gain a place at Nationals which is held in the first week of the October school holidays. Each tournament has a different number of teams that qualify for Nationals. Qualifying numbers can be found here.

A Premierships are tournaments for smaller secondary schools around the country. They must have a roll of less than 300 students (in Years 9-13) for a single sex school, or less than 600 students (in Years 9-13) for a co-ed school. The two tournaments available for ‘A’ schools are:

• North Island
• South Island

Regional Cups

Regional Cups are non-qualifying tournaments that are put on by Basketball NZ, and supported by local associations, to give secondary school students the opportunity to play within a tournament, in a less competitive setting. Schools may choose to send their B teams or send a new team in the lead up to attending Premierships the following year.

There are 3 Cups nationwide, and you can choose which cup to send your team to (schools are not bound by zones like for other tournaments):

• Northern
• Central
• Southern

If more schools register for a tournament than the maximum team numbers permitted before the registrations close, then Basketball New Zealand will apply the following process:

As per the BBNZ Regulations found here – Book 3, Page 7, xvii.

Where the number of entries received exceeds the maximum number of teams allowed for any tournament, BBNZ reserves the right to determine which teams will be permitted to participate in the tournament. In deciding on which teams will be accepted into any tournament (where entries exceed the maximum number allowed) BBNZ may take into account any of the following
criteria;
• Entries received and payments made by the advertised due dates
• Prior history of the school in both participation and performance at the particular
tournament
• Relative performance of schools in regional competitions in the same year as the
particular tournament
• The total number of teams entered into the particular tournament by one school
(if there is more than one school team entered into a competition, the lower
graded teams may be moved to a different grade within that particular
tournament if space is available)
• Teams that are excluded through the above process will, where possible and
numbers permit, be offered an opportunity to participate in an alternative
tournament

2025 BBNZ Tournament Entry Fees Quote (as At 13 January 2025)

It is a condition of entry to our Premiership tournaments, that each team provides a referee. This has been a requirement for many years and is designed to ensure an adequate supply of referees for the events as well as provide an opportunity for student referees to represent their school.

To make the rostering of referees to games more efficient, teams must provide their referee details at the time of entry. Your team entry is subject to providing all the required details including your referee.

Please note that on the first day of the tournament each team’s referee will be rostered to officiate the game immediately before or after your schools game. The Technical Commissioner will then roster referees to games for the remainder of the tournament based on merit.

Please note:

• Failure to provide a referee at the tournament, may result in your school being excluded from the following years Premiership.
• Referees must be available for the entire duration of the tournament and are there solely for the purpose of refereeing  – i.e. they are not playing or coaching. This reduces the demands on them mentally and physically.
• It is recommended that referees are students from the school. This has proved the most successful means to ensure schools can provide referees for tournaments.
• Student referees, as is the case with players, are representatives of their school.  It is hoped that this is the incentive for student referees to attend.
• Each referee will be required to officiate at least two games per day.
• Referees should have completed, as a minimum, the Level 1 Refereeing Course, but more importantly be up to the level of game.
• It is the responsibility of each team to make arrangements (eg. accommodation, transport, meals) for your referee to attend the tournament.  No game fees will be paid to referees at the tournament.
• Tournament information for referees will be sent to school contacts and the provided referee email.
• For development of referees please speak to your local Association or refer to our website here.

Basketball NZ 2025 Tournaments Calendar can be found here.

Tournaments in 2025:

• Regional Cups 
• A Premierships 
• AA Premierships
• Secondary Schools Nationals 

Player Registrations

After registering a team, you will be sent an email containing a team code and a link to register. That link can be distributed to players, through which they can register themselves to the team using the team code.

The player registration form can also be found here.

For any questions on the registration process please contact tournaments@nz.basketball

Schools can only enter one Senior Team per gender. Any additional teams will need to register for the waitlist, and once the registrations close, BBNZ will reach out to teams on the waitlist to fill any available spaces in our tournaments.

School Registrations for the 2025 Winter Tournament Week are now open and will close on Friday 18 July.

Tournament Registration Forms:

AA Premierships Team Registration Form

A Premierships Team Registration Form

Regional Cups Team Registration Form

Winter Tournament Week Waitlist Team Registration Form

Registrations are now open and will close on Friday 18 July

Current Team Registrations for our Tournaments will be updated here periodically

AA Premiership Registrations (As at 25th June)

A Premiership Registrations (As at 25th June)

Regional Cup Registrations (As at 25th June)

2025 BBNZ Tournament Entry Fees Quote (as At 13 January 2025)

In a change for our school tournaments in 2025, when completing the team registration form, the tournaments fees will need to be made before the registration can be completed.

If you exit off the registration form without making payment, then your team will not have been registered.

This will also apply when registering teams onto the waitlist. If after registrations have closed, we can’t move teams off the waitlist into our tournaments, then they will be entitled to a full refund of the tournament fees.

Our BBNZ Returns Policy can be found here

If payment upon entry is an issue for your school, please email tournaments@nz.basketball to discuss alternative payment methods.

All of the following School Sport NZ Rules and Regulations and more can be found here.

Basketball New to School Student Quota
Basketball – 2
Basketball 3×3 – 2

Non-Domestic students must be included in your NTS quota, this is a maximum of 2.

A MAXIMUM of 2 PCRE’s issued in any calendar year may be included in any team that has a SSNZ NTS quota. (includes 3×3 and Premierships/Nationals.)

A & AA Qualifiers

• The first seeded Team (for each gender) shall be the team representing the Affiliated Association or School (as applicable) that had the highest placing at the Nationals in the previous year.
• The second seeded team shall be the team representing the Affiliated Association or School (as applicable) with the next highest placing at the Nationals the previous year.
• The third and subsequent seeded Teams shall be those teams representing the Affiliated Association or School (as applicable) with the next highest placing at the Nationals the previous year.
• Once seedings can no longer be done on results from the previous year’s Nationals, the highest placed team from the Qualifying Competitions from the previous year’s competition shall be considered the next highest seed.
• If an Affiliated Association or School (as applicable) did not compete at the previous year’s Qualifying Competitions, then they will be given the lowest seeding.
• If there is more than one Team that did not compete at the Qualifying Competitions in the previous year, BBNZ will seed the teams.

A & AA Nationals

• The first seeded Team (for each gender) shall be the Team that is the highest qualifier from the Qualifying Competition of the Zone from which the national champion Team at the previous year’s Nationals came from.
• The second seeded Team (for each gender) shall be the Team that is the highest qualifier from the Qualifying Competition of the Zone from which the runner up Team at the previous year’s Nationals came from. If the first and second seeded Teams competed in the same Qualifying Competition, then the second seeded Team, will be the Team that was the second highest qualifier from the Zone Qualifying Competition.
• The third and subsequent seeds will be found using the same principles as above.
• If a Team from a Zone did not compete at the previous year’s Nationals, then they will be given the lowest seeding.
• If there is more than one Team that did not compete at the Nationals in the previous year BBNZ will seed the teams.

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.

In the ‘AA’ Competitions, 24 teams per gender will compete at the National Championships. Below are the current (as of 2018) qualifying spots per zone.

Qualification Spots for ‘AA’ National Championships – BOYS
• AA Zone 1 – 7 spots
• AA Zone 2 – 5 spots
• AA Zone 3 – 6 spots
• AA Zone 4 – 6 spots

Qualification Spots for ‘AA’ National Championships – GIRLS
• AA Zone 1 – 6 spots
• AA Zone 2 – 6 spots
• AA Zone 3 – 6 spots
• AA Zone 4 – 6 spots

In the ‘A’ Competitions, 12 teams per gender will compete at the National Championships. Below are the current (as of 2018) qualifying spots per zone.

Qualification Spots for ‘A’ National Championships
• A North Island – 7 spots
• A South Island – 5 spots

If the allocation of a spot is not filled due to a team withdrawal, BBNZ will fill the spot at their discretion.

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

All draws and results for schools 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 Schools
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.

• It is compulsory for all players participating in all age grade (under 20’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 BBNZ school tournaments:

• 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!

To order basketballs for your school, please fill in the form below, and email it through to orders@bernsport.co.nz

BBNZ STANDARD ORDER FORM 2024

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