3×3 Senior Qualifiers
To provide four regional 3×3 national qualifying tournaments that are organised by Basketball New Zealand, and supported by local associations, for senior students (typically Y11-13) to qualify for 3×3 Nationals. Schools can only attend tournaments that are located within their zone.
Northern – (Northland and Auckland)
Mid North – (Waikato, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, Taupo)
Central – (New Plymouth, Hawkes Bay, Wellington)
Southern – (South Island)
Premier and Open grades will be available in each gender.
Schools will only be allowed to enter their Senior A teams into either Premier (National Qualifier) or Open (non-qualifier).
Senior B teams will be able to enter the waitlist, and if competitions are not full, then B teams may be asked to enter.
All Senior A teams will be cleared off the waitlist ahead of Senior B teams.
The top 3 teams in the premier grade, in each gender, from each of the 4 zones, will qualify for the 3×3 Nationals.
For 2026 School Sport New Zealand have made some changes to their eligibility rules & regulations.
All of the SSNZ eligibility regulations & important documentation can be found here.
The cost of Team Entry for Regionals is $300/team (plus GST).
All Tournament Entry Fees can be found here
3×3 Nationals Team Entry will be $450/team (plus GST).
For 2026, teams entering a BBNZ 3×3 tournament will only be permitted a maximum of 4 players per team, rather than the 5 allowed in previous years.
This is to align with the official FIBA 3×3 rules.
Registrations for all Senior 3×3 Regionals are now open.
A reminder when completing the team registration form, the tournaments fees will need to be made before the registration can be completed. If payment upon entry is an issue for your school, please email tournaments@nz.basketball to discuss alternative payment methods.
2026 Senior 3×3 Team Registration Form
2026 Secondary Schools Player Registration Form
All B-teams will need to register for the waitlist (at no cost) and once the registrations close on the 27th of February, if there is still space, BBNZ will reach out to those B teams to fill the waitlist spots.
2026 Senior 3×3 Team Waiting List Registration Form
Basketball NZ uses GameDay for all of our online draws and results.
All draws and results for school tournaments can be found here.
Alternatively, you can download the GameDay app, and follow these steps:
- Click on the Tshirt at the bottom of the page
- Search ‘BBNZ’ under ‘Leagues’
- Click on BBNZ Schools
- You can then find the tournament that you are wanting to follow
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.
Contact email: tournaments@nz.basketball | phone: (04) 498 5950
