How to watch, squads & more: Australia v New Zealand

It’s the Australian Boomers taking on the New Zealand Tall Blacks, with Tasmania and Wellington hosting a pair of World Cup Qualifiers this weekend.

The games
‍Friday, November 28, 2025 – 7:30pm AEDT – MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
Monday, December 1, 2025 – 5:00pm AEDT – TSB Arena, Wellington

How to watch
‍Both games will be available live on ESPN.

How to follow
‍The NBL will cover all games via its social media channels, as well as providing preview and review shows before and after each of the fixtures.

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Tickets
‍Tickets for the Australia/New Zealand clash in Hobart are available via Ticketek.

Tickets for the game in Wellington are available via Ticketmaster.

The group

Group A
‍Australia
Guam
New Zealand
Philippines

What it means
‍Australia and New Zealand face off in Group A of the FIBA World Cup Asia Qualifiers, joined by the Philippines and Guam.

The teams will play two games each across this weekend, before further games at the end of February, then in July to round out the first group stage.

Across four groups, the top three teams from each will advance to the second round.

In all, eight teams from the Asia Qualifiers (including hosts Qatar automatically qualifying) will proceed to the FIBA World Cup in Qatar, which begins in August, 2027.

The squads

Australia
‍Alex Ducas
Angus Glover
Ben Ayre
Dash Daniels
Elijah Pepper
Jack White
Jaylin Galloway
Jordan Hunter
Josh Bannan
Keanu Pinder
Nick Kay
Owen Foxwell (injured - replaced by Ayre)
William Hickey
Will Magnay (injured - replaced by Pinder)

New Zealand
‍Carlin Davison
Finn Delany
Flynn Cameron
Izayah Le’afa
Max Darling
Mojave King
Sam Mennenga
Shea Ili (injured - replaced by Murray)
Taine Murray
Taylor Britt
Tohi Smith-Milner
Tyrell Harrison
Yanni Wetzell

The coach
‍Melbourne United coach Dean Vickerman will take the reins of the Boomers’ squad in Adam Caporn’s absence.