The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-19, under-18, and under-17 women's basketball competitions, including the
U19 Women's World Cup,
Asian Championship
An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
;Aquatics
* Asia ...
, and the
Oceania Championship. The team is nicknamed the Gems, an
abbreviation
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for the word
gemstone
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. In 1993, the Gems (which won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
) won the
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
Athlete (team) of the Year.
[Australian Sports Commission]
AIS Timeline
. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Competitive record
U19 World Cup
The first FIBA U19 World Championships were in 1985, and the Gems have participated in every tournament to date. From 1985, the under-19 World Championships were held every four years. From 2005, they are held every two years.
Statistics
Head coaches
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Paul Goriss
Paul Goriss is an Australian basketball coach who coaches the University of Canberra Capitals. He is an assistant coach of the Australian women's national basketball team (the Opals) and for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.
Biography
Paul Goris ...
– 2016
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Deanne Butler – 2018–present
See also
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Australia men's national basketball team
The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition.
Since the late 1980s, Australia has been placed among the world elite ...
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Australia women's national basketball team
The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at offic ...
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Australia women's national under-17 basketball team
The Australia women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Australia and is governed by the Australian Basketball Federation Inc. Nickname the Sapphires, the team represents the country in international ...
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Australia men's national under-19 basketball team
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Basketball Australia
Basketball Australia is the governing and controlling body of basketball in Australia, responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels.
Basketball Australia sanctions Australia's two professional leagues, the Nation ...
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FIBA World Rankings
The FIBA Men's World Ranking are FIBA's rankings of national basketball teams. FIBA ranks both men's and women's national teams for both senior and junior competitions. It also publishes combined rankings for all mixed-sex competitions.
Not incl ...
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Timeline of women's basketball history
1881–1890
1885
* Formation of the Association for the Advancement of Physical Education
1891–1900
1891
* James Naismith, born in Almonte, Ontario, invents basketball while teaching at a school now known as Springfield College
1892
* S ...
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Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...
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Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
References
{{Basketball in Australia
Under-19
Women's national under-19 basketball teams