Secondary Schools Nationals

Purpose of Secondary School Nationals

School Nationals

A tournament for top secondary school teams from the around the country, organised by Basketball New Zealand. Schools can only participate if they have attended qualifiers and finished in a qualifying spot. At the end of nationals there will be a boys’ and girls’ team that are crowned as national champions.

A National Tournament | Palmerston North: 30 September - 3 October 2024

A National Tournament: 30 September – 3 October
Host Association: Basketball Manawatu
Venue: Central Energy Trust Arena – 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Basketball NZ Event Lead: Jay Macdonald | 027 279 8804 | jay@nz.basketball
Registration Due: Wednesday the 11th of September

FIBA Live Stats

Live Stats will be done for the Top 4 Semi Finals, and Grand Finals for A and AA, in both boys and girls.

The links for these will be posted here before the games are due to be played.

2ND OCT – 5:45PM ‘A’ Boys Semi-Finals	Nga Taiatea Wharekura vs Central Southland College	https://bbnz.link/w2k40
2ND OCT – 7:30PM ‘A’ Boys Semi-Finals	Aquinas College vs Te Aroha College	https://bbnz.link/vvfwp
3RD OCT – 9:00AM ‘A’ Girls Semi-Final	Te Kura o Te Koutu vs Stratford	https://bbnz.link/gny7l
3RD OCT – 10:45AM ‘A’ Girls Semi-Final	Aquinas vs Te Kura Kokiri	https://bbnz.link/5cna1
3RD OCT – 5:45PM ‘A’ Girls Grand Final	Te Kura o Te Koutu vs Aquinas	https://bbnz.link/rzrm4
3RD OCT – 7:45PM ‘A’ Boys Grand Final	Aquinas vs Ngā Taiātea Wharekura	https://bbnz.link/55qz4

4TH OCT – 12:30PM ‘AA’ Girls Semi-Final	Westlake vs Tauranga	https://bbnz.link/ka2ae
4TH OCT – 2:15PM ‘AA’ Boys Semi-Final	Wellington vs Christ’s	https://bbnz.link/oa2iu
4TH OCT – 4:00PM ‘AA’ Girls Semi-Final	St Andrew’s vs St Peter’s	https://bbnz.link/k1ztl
4TH OCT – 5:45PM ‘AA’ Boys Semi-Final	Rosmini vs Napier	https://bbnz.link/e15o5

5TH OCT – 2:15PM ‘AA’ Girls Grand Final	Westlake vs St Andrew’s	https://bbnz.link/yg4to
5TH OCT – 4:00PM ‘AA’ Boys Grand Final	Christ’s vs Napier	https://bbnz.link/7ftux

AA National Tournament | Palmerston North: 30 September - 5 October 2024

AA National Tournament: 30 September – 5 October
Host Association: Basketball Manawatu
Venue: Central Energy Trust Arena – 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Basketball NZ Event Lead: Jay Macdonald | 027 279 8804 | jay@nz.basketball
Registration Due: Wednesday 11th of September

CoachMate App

CoachMate is Basketball New Zealand’s FREE app for coaches, managers, parents and players. The app has a full activity library with over 30 easy-to-follow practice plans and games all with ideas and progressions to make them easier, harder, or just different for your team each week.
With the schedule and team management feature you can also set your team’s practice and game schedules and add all your players and parents to one team chat. And don’t forget the extensive Learn Library with simple tips and tricks including:

Coaching fundamentals
How to interact with kids safely
Getting players to listen
Benefits of games-based learning
Inclusion and diversity
Responding to varied behaviour in children

Download Coachmate here – https://www.coachmate.sport/download-coachmate

Technical Meeting

The tech meeting will be held in person at the Central Energy Trust Arena at 6:30pm on Sunday the 29th of September

Draw & Competition Information

2024 Secondary School Nationals Draw With Scorebench

2024 Secondary School Nationals Draw Letter

Tournament Programme (incl. Rosters)

2024 AA Secondary School Nationals Programme

2024 ‘A’ National Premiership Programme

Ticketing Information

Secondary School Nationals is a ticketed event.

There are two ticketing options:

Day Pass for $6
Weekly Pass for $25

All spectators will need to purchase a ticket to gain entry into the venue.

Children 5 and under are free

Tickets can be pre-purchased before the tournament here

Content Creators

If you want to create content at the 2024 Secondary Schools Nationals, please fill out this form.

More information will be sent out to those who put their name down.

Online Fixtures & Results

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

Glory League - Public Leagues

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:

Broadcast & Live Stream Schedule

In 2024 we will have 3 livestream courts for the first 4 days of Secondary School Nationals. The games that will be live streamed will be highlighted on the draw.

The live stream links will be available here.

The Grand Finals for the AA, for Girls and Boys will be broadcast on Whakaata Maori.

Health & Safety Documents

‘A’ & ‘AA’ Secondary School Nationals 2024 | Health & Safety Form

Mouthguards

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.

Competition Ball