• Venue: Parakiore Recreation & Sport Centre, 50 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch
• UTSNZ Event Lead: Tiwai Wilson| 027 623 0824 | tiwai.wilson@utsnz.co.nz
• Basketball NZ Event Coordinator/Lead: Kieran Thomas| 022 035 0542 | kieran@nz.basketball
• Basketball NZ Events Coordinator & Te Ao Māori Lead: Tori Williams| 027 269 3339 | tori@nz.basketball

•  National Tertiary Championships: 11 – 13 September
  • Games will have start times between 8am and 8pm each day. Please make sure your team is available for all game times over the 3 days of competition.
• Player Registrations: Due by 5pm, Friday the 28th of August
• Health & Safety Plan: 4 weeks prior to the beginning of the tournament – Approximately Friday 13 August
• Draw Release: Approximately Friday 4th of September

• 2026 UTSNZ 5×5 Championships Draw
• 2026 UTSNZ 5×5 Championships Draw Letter

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

All draws and results for representative tournaments can be found here.

Games on the show court on all 3 days of the tournament will be live streamed. The games that will be live streamed will be highlighted on the draw.

The live stream links will be available here.

• Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/Nl1R9ux1gSc?feature=share
• Day 2: https://youtube.com/live/WUWZSgIka2w?feature=share
• Day 3: https://youtube.com/live/KbBqRqocD0Y?feature=share

Live Stats will be done for the Top 4 Semi Finals, and Grand Finals for both men and women. The Live Stats game links will be posted here.

Girls Semi Final 1            Waikato Uni v Vic Uni                                 Live Stats Link here

Girls Semi Final 2            Uni of Otago v Uni of Auckland                 Live Stats Link here

Boys Semi Final 1            Uni of Auckland v Uni of Otago                 Live Stats Link here

Boys Semi Final 2            Lincoln Uni v Uni of Canterbury               Live Stats Link here

Boys Grand Final             Uni of Auckland v Lincoln Uni                  Live Stats Link here

Girls Grand Final             Uni of Waikato v Uni of Otago                   Live Stats Link here

• 2026 National Tertiary Basketball Championships Health And Safety Plan

The Molten BG3800 Composite Leather Basketball is used for all school and association age group tournaments

• Size 6 – B6G3850
• Size 7 – B7G3850

All photos taken at the 2026 tournament can be found here.

2026 UTSNZ 5×5 Championships Final Team Placings & All Star Five

2026 UTSNZ 5×5 Championships Results Grids

Basketball NZ Event Lead: Kieran Thomas – kieran@nz.basketball

Basketball NZ Tournaments: tournaments@nz.basketball