Basketball New Zealand

April 23, 2008

The 56 teams for the Oreo Under-17 and Under-19 National Basketball Championships have been found after eight zone premierships around the country were completed Monday.

Three associations – Harbour, Waitakere and Canterbury - qualified five teams for the national tournaments, while two others – Waikato and Nelson – qualifed a team in all four championships. Harbour, in zone one, was the only association to win all four zone titles, while Waikato in zone two and Wellington in zone three each brought three premierships home.

Harbour qualified two under-17 boys teams, Waitakere two under-19 boys teams and Canterbury two under-17 boys teams.

The Under-17 nationals will be held at the Edgar Centre, Dunedin, and the Under-19 nationals at the Queen Elizabeth Events Centre, Tauranga, both from May 30-June 2. The Under-17s will feature 32 teams (16 boys and 16 girls) and 24 teams (12 boys and 12 girls) will contest the Under-19s.

Associations have until Friday, May 2 to confirm their national championship entry.

Full premiership tournaments results and standings

2008 Oreo Under-17 Premierships final placings

(National championship teams in bold)

Zone 1

Boys
Final Placings
1 Harbour Maroon
2 Basketball Waitakere Green
3 Massey
4 Harbour Development
5 Auckland White
6 Whangarei
7 Basketball Waitakere Silver
8 Harbour White
9 Auckland Blue

Girls
Final Placings
1 Harbour
2 Auckland
3 Basketball Waitakere Green
4 Massey
5 Whangarei

Zone 2

Boys
Final Placings
1 Waikato
2 Rotorua
3 Counties Manukau
4 Ngati Porou
5 Cambridge
6 Western Bay of Plenty
7 Thames Valley

Girls
Final Placings
1 Waikato
2 Rotorua
3 Counties-Manukau
4 Thames Valley
5 Western Bay of Plenty

Zone 3

Boys
Final Placings
1 Wellington A
2 Porirua
3 Palmerston North
4 Hawke’s Bay
5 Hutt Valley A
6 Wellington B
7 New Plymouth
8 Taranaki Country
9 Hutt Valley B
10 Kapiti

Girls
Final Placings
1 Wellington
2 Hutt Valley
3 Hawke’s Bay
4 Palmerston North
5 New Plymouth

Zone 4

Boys
Final Placings
1 Canterbury Black
2 Nelson
3 Canterbury Red
4 North Otago
5 Otago A (As host association)
6 South Canterbury
7 Southland
8 North Canterbury
9 Mid Canterbury
10 Otago B
11 Marlborough
12 Otago Country
13 West Coast
14 Buller

Girls
Final Placings
1 Otago A
2 Nelson
3 Canterbury Black
4 North Canterbury
5 Southland
6 Marlborough
7 Eastern Southland
8 West Coast
9 South Canterbury
10 Otago B
11 Mid Canterbury

2008 Oreo Under-19 Premierships final placings

(National championship teams in bold)

Zone 1

Boys
Final Placings
1 Harbour Maroon
2 Waitakere Green
3 Waitakere Black
4 Auckland
5 Harbour White
6 Waitakere Silver

Girls
Final Placings
1 Harbour
2 Waitakere
3 Auckland

Zone 2

Boys
Final Placings
1 Waikato Gold
2 Rotorua
3 Counties Manukau Red
4 Western Bay of Plenty (As host association)
5 Waikato Black
6 Counties Manukau Black

Girls
Final Placings
1 Waikato
2 Counties-Manukau
3 Western Bay of Plenty
4 Rotorua

Zone 3

Boys
Final Placings
1 Wellington
2 Porirua
3 Palmerston North
4 New Plymouth
5 Taranaki Country
6 Hutt Valley

Girls
Final Placings
1 New Plymouth
2 Porirua
3 Hutt Valley
4 Taranaki Country

Zone 4

Boys
Final Placings
1 Otago
2 Canterbury
3 Nelson
4 North Canterbury
5 Southland
6 South Canterbury

Girls
Final Placings
1 Canterbury
2 Nelson
3 Otago
4 Southland
5 North Canterbury
6 South Canterbury