For the first time ever, the TUPU League Women’s Finals are upon us, and all the action tips off this Friday in Tauranga.
12 teams will make their way towards the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre to try and become TUPU League Champions for 2024. The tournament runs from the 21st-23rd June 2024, and will feature 32 games played across two courts.
TEAMS COMPETING FINALISED
POOL A – Counties Manukau Lady Hawks, Waikato Wizards, Northland Phoenix
POOL B – Auckland Dream, Taranaki Thunder, Southland
POOL C – Tauranga City Coasters, Harbour Breeze, Pure Athletic Wellington
POOL D – Canterbury Wildcats, Gisborne, Franklin
Schedules and Results
GameDay is the easiest place to see the results online. Download the GameDay App from your phone’s app store and look for BBNZ Tournaments. From there, you’ll be able to access everything TUPU.
Alternatively, check our website for further information and direct links – https://bbnz.link/tupu
We will be frequently updating our social media with information, and is the best place for all instant information relevant to the tournament.
Live Stream
Basketball New Zealand will be streaming select games from the tournament. All games on Court 1 will be streamed on Day 2, while games on Court 1 on Day 3 from 10:45am will be streamed.
You can watch them at https://nz.basketball/tv
How TUPU League Will Work
The associations will run TUPU League qualifier events between 22 April – 31 May 2024 for the Women’s League, and 16 September – 25 October for the Men’s League. A minimum of six games per association must be played during this time, either over a six-week period or in a single tournament format; this is at the discretion of all associations within the zone.
Following this period, the 12 highest-placed men’s and women’s teams will be selected from the six zones to progress to the Tupu League National Finals, which are run by BBNZ.
The Tupu League Women’s Finals will run from 21-23 June at Mercury BayPark, Tauranga.
The Tupu League Men’s Finals will run from 14-16 November at Edgar Centre, Dunedin.
BBNZ will award a TUPU League Men’s and Women’s National Cup to the winning teams, as well as determine the Allstar Five teams and MVPs.
