The New Zealand's elite women's basketball team is affectionately known to their home fans as the Tall Ferns. The team has been coached by Guy Molloy since 2018. The assistant coaches are Aik Ho and Jody Cameron. The Tall Ferns have a FIBA world ranking of 34. The team includes both young and experienced Kiwi athletes, who are involved in a variety of leagues or colleges in the US, Australia and Europe. The Tall Ferns form once a year to represent their county.

Results

Summer Olympics

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

– 11th place *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

– 8th place *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– 10th place

FIBA World Championship

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

– 15th place

Commonwealth Games

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– 2nd place *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

– 3rd place

FIBA Asia Cup

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

– 6th place *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– 5th place *

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

– 5th place

Current squad

Roster for the

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup The 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A was the 29th edition of the tournament, held from 27 September to 3 October 2021 in Amman, Jordan. The tournament was originally set to be hosted by India. It served as the Asian and Oceanian qualificatio ...

Notable past players

* Lisa Wallbutton, (2008 Olympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games) *

Leanne Walker Leanne Walker (born 17 July 1968) is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), o ...

, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) * Gina Farmer, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) * Tania Tupu, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) * Kirstin Daly-Taylor, (1994 World Championship and 2000 Olympic Games) * Leone Patterson, (1994 World Championship and 2000 Olympic Games) * Rebecca Cotton, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games) * Donna Loffhagen, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games) *

Julie Ofsoski Julie Ofsoski (born 4 April 1973) is a former basketball player from New Zealand who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References

1973 births Living people New Zealand women's basketball players New ...

, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) *

Megan Compain Megan Helen Compain (born 18 September 1975) is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) * Sally Farmer, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games) * Aneka Kerr, (2004 & 2008 Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games) *

Angela Marino Angela Marino (born 3 February 1986) is a former New Zealand professional women's basketball. She has previously represented the Adelaide Lightning, Canberra Capitals and the Perth Lynx. She has the WNBL championship once in the 2007–08 seas ...

, (2004 & 2008 Olympic Games)

References

External links

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FIBA profile
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