3×3 Nationals

A Basketball New Zealand organised 3×3 tournament for top basketball students within schools to compete at a national 3×3 event. At the end of nationals there will be a boys’ and girls’ team that are crowned as national champions.

• Host Association: Wellington Basketball
• Venue: Ākau Tangi Sports Centre, Wellington – 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022
• Basketball NZ Event Lead: tbc

The 2026 fees for 3×3 Nationals are $450 + GST/team.

• 3X3 NZ Secondary Schools Nationals: 11 – 12 April

• Health & Safety Plan:
  • Approx 4 weeks prior to tournanment
• Draw Release:
  • Approx 2 weeks prior to tournament
• Team Rosters:
  • Will be uploaded here once the team rosters are finalised
• Technical Meeting: 
  • Link will be sent out to all participating schools, will also be posted here.
    

• A team consists of one coach, one referee and a minimum of three and a maximum of five players (teams are not required to have 5 players)
  • If your team has 4 players, you will have 3 players on court, and 1 sub
• Only players are allowed on the team bench
• A team may play between 1-5 games a day

2026 3×3 Secondary Schools Nationals Draw

2026 3×3 Secondary School Nationals Programme

2026 3×3 Secondary School Technical Meeting PowerPoint

2026 3×3 Secondary School Nationals Team Rosters will be posted once finalised.

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:

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

3×3 Secondary Schools Nationals – 2026 Health & Safety Form

• 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.

How to play 3×3

• Watch the easy how to play 3X3 here:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxxoT-PgQQA
• FIBA official rules:
  • https://fiba3x3.com/en/rules.html

The Molten B33T5000 3×3 FIBA Ball is used for all 3×3 competitions.

A 3×3 ball is the same size as a size 6, but has the weight of a size 7.

2025 Secondary Schools 3×3 Nationals Final Team Placings, All Star 4 & MVP’s

Secondary Schools 3×3 Nationals – Pool Grids

Secondary Schools 3×3 Nationals – Finals Grids

2026 3×3 Secondary School Nationals – Results Draw

All of the photos taken during the 2026 tournament can be found here.

Basketball NZ Tournaments: tournaments@nz.basketball