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This weekend will see the beginning of BBNZ Secondary School Basketball tournaments, with students from across Aotearoa able to participate in regional school basketball tournaments in specific competitions dedicated to regional basketball. In total, close to 4,500 students and approximately 418 teams are expected to take to the court and represent their schools, with 13 tournaments being held throughout the country.

In comparison to last year, there’s a 13% increase in teams participating this year, which will see an estimate of an additional 500 students taking the court over the next two weeks.

Two different types of tournaments will be hosted around the country within the next two weeks; Non-Qualifiers and Qualifiers. Both are designed to cater for different age groups, experience levels and pathways, while giving everyone the opportunity to get involved and play basketball for their school.

All schedules, results and information can be found on听 the day before the tournament begins or by downloading the GameDay app, choose 鈥淔ind a Team鈥� and under 鈥淟eagues鈥� search BBNZ Schools. Hard copies of the draw, team rosters and other important information can be found by clicking the link next to the tournament down below.

Secondary Schools Non-Qualifiers (Juniors & Cups)

The Non-Qualifier events allow teams to participate, without the need to follow-up with a National Championship. Junior teams will play in one of four zone tournaments around the country, while senior teams who don鈥檛 want to qualify for the National Championships will play in one of three 鈥淐up鈥� tournaments.

Junior Premierships

Designed for Junior teams (Year 9-10) to participate

Non-Qualifier Cups

Designed for teams that want a tournament experience, schools may choose to enter a B team, or send a new team in the lead up to attending a qualifying tournament the following year.

Secondary Schools Nationals Qualifiers (Premierships)

These tournaments allow teams to qualify for the Secondary School National Championships held in October. Within the Secondary School National Qualifying tournaments, there are different qualifying paths depending on the size of your school. There will be four听鈥淎础鈥�听Zone qualifying tournaments played around the country, as well as two听鈥淎鈥�听qualifying tournaments.

鈥淎鈥� Qualification听鈥� 听These are tournaments for听smaller听secondary schools around the country. They must have a roll of听less than听300 students (in Years 9-13) for a single sex school, or听less than听600 students (in Years 9-13) for a co-ed school. There is both a North and a South island tournament.

鈥淎础鈥� Qualification听鈥� These are tournaments for听larger听secondary schools around the country. Schools should have a roll of听more than听300 students (in Years 9-13) for a single sex school, or听more than听600 students (in Years 9-13) for a co-ed school.听鈥淎鈥�听schools can attend听鈥淎础鈥�听Premierships if they choose to, however the school must commit to听鈥淎础鈥�听for the entire qualification process and will not be able to qualify for 鈥淎鈥� division at the National Championships.

Each qualifying tournament will have a certain amount of spots for teams to progress through to the National Championships. You can find a听flowchart here which explains the total number of teams able to qualify for Nationals from each tournament.

Senior Premierships