U23/D-League National Tournaments – All You Need to Know

More than 250 basketball players from 26 teams are set to take the court from Wednesday up in North Harbour

Wildcats photo courtesy BBNZ/Render Creative

The Canterbury Wildcats will be competing in the Women’s D-League, while our U23 Men are back in the tournament for the first time since 2019 (the 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID). All games are being held at Eventfinda Stadium or AUT on the North Shore, with Court Two bing live-streamed on Friday and Saturday

The Full Draw Can be accessed on BBNZ’s website: 2022 U23 and D-League Draw

Canterbury Team Schedules (court in parentheses):

  • Wednesday 17 August
    • 1:15pm Wildcats  112-66 Auckland Dream Blue (3)
    • 3:00pm Men 83-84Auckland (1)
    • 6:30pm Wildcats 66-73 Harbour Breeze (1)
    • 8:15pm Men vs Tauranga (4)
  • Thursday 18 August
    • 9:00am Wildcats 115-42 Manawatū (2) PQF
    • 12:30pm Men 82-98 Harbour (4)
    • 2:15pm Wildcats 95-62Southland (3) QF
    • 7:30pm Men 86-71 Waitakere West (1) 9-16 QF
  • Friday 19 August
    • 11:30am Wildcats vs Otago (1) SF – LiveStats
    • 1:15pm Men 102-93 Manawatū (AUT) 9-12 SF
  • Saturday 20 August
    • 10:45am Wildcats vs Harbour Breeze (2) 3rd Place -watch via nz.basketball/tv 
    • 12:30pm Men vs Franlin (1) 9th Place

Glory League Live Scoring when available:

We will be posting content on our social media channels – Facebook, and Instagram

Updated results and schedules can be seen on this page: BBNZ National Championships

More comprehensive information is also available on the BBNZ Website

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