National Tertiary Championship - All You Need To Know - Canterbury Basketball Canterbury Basketball

16 Basketball Teams are coming to Parakiore to compete in the UTSNZ National Championship, which tips off September 11

Photograph and Images courtesy UTSNZ

2026 Tournament Information

Dates: September 11-13 2026

Hosts: UTSNZ; Lincoln University; University of Canterbury

Draw and Results

2026 UTSNZ Draw (BBNZ Website link)
Results and Team Schedules: These can be seen directly below (or on the GameDay app iOS, or GameDay app Play)
- Tertiary Men
- Tertiary Women

Live Scoreboards

In venues with suitable wifi connections, live scoring will be available (there isn’t an indication of how much time is left in a game though)

Live Stats (for selected games):

These will be recorded for the semi-finals, and finals for both men’s and women’s competitions. Links will be available from the BBNZ Tournament landing page

Live Streaming

Games on the show court on all 3 days of the tournament will be live streamed. The games that will be live streamed will be highlighted on the draw.

The live stream links will be available via BBNZ TV, or directly below:

Stadium/ParkingDetails

Parakiore Rec and Sports Centre
Address – 50 St Asaph Street
Car Parking – people will need to utilise the public system for parking (two hours free parking when validated, $5 per hour, up to a maximum of $30 per day, after two hours is redeemed in a day). To learn more, click here and scroll down to “Carparking Information”

BBNZ’s full page of information relating to the Tertiary National Championships can be seen here