PROGRAMME $5 AdMondo 08/01/2009 09:56 Page 1 GLOBAL PARTNER COMMITMENT TO R & D: OUR WAY TO EXCELLENCE FIBA APPROVED PRODUCTS FAST BREAK SYSTEM MONDO ATHENS Where the Games come to play PEGASUS WWW.MONDOWORLDWIDE.COM MONDO S.p.A., ITALY +39 0173 23 21 11 MONDO IBÉRICA, SPAIN +34 976 57 43 03 MONDO UK LTD. +44 845 362 8311 MONDO AMERICA +1 450 967 5800 MONDO FRANCE S.A. +33 1 48264370 MONDO LUXEMBOURG S.A. +352 557078-1 MONDO RUSSIA +7 495 792-50-68 MONDO CHINA +86 10 6159 8814 CONTENTS 4 9 16 WELCOME HISTORY TOURNAMENT 4 National Welcome 9 History of New Zealand Basketball 16 Match Schedule 5 Message from FIBA President 10 Overview - FIBA U19 World Champs 19 Players to Watch & Secretary General 11 Heart Children New Zealand 20 Team Roster - Group A 6 Welcome to Auckland 1 History of the Event 22 Team Roster - Group B 7 Local Welcome 14 FIBA U19 World Championships 24 Team Roster - Group C Past Winners and Locations 26 Team Roster - Group D 15 Host Team - Junior Tall Blacks 29 Referees 0 Autograph Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship would like to acknowledge the support from the following: STAFF DIRECTOry • FIBA Global Partners - Molten, Mondo & Zepter Dave Mee Event Director • FIBA Main Sponsor - adidas Lauren Watson Event Director Assistant • FIBA Staff - Predrag Bogosavljev, Lubomir Kotleba, Trisha Webb Accommodation, Venues and Ticketing Manager Stephanie Mignot, Ana Brito, Wolfram Klug, Marcos Stefanie Ryan Accommodation, Venues and Ticketing Assistant Beltra, Florian Wanninger & Nicolas Chapart. Dean Wilson Marketing and Branding Director • Event Sponsors - Auckland City Council, North Shore Nicole Dunn Marketing, Branding and Volunteer Manager City Council, Tourism Auckland, NZ Major Events, Dave Worsley Media Director SKYCITY Hotel & SPARC Tom Waterhouse Transport and Team Liaison Manager • LOC Board Members - Patrick Dougherty, Peter Cox, Aaron Mattlage Transport and Team Liaison Assistant Burton Shipley & Michael Thomas Andrew Maehl Sponsorship Director Simon Keely Sponsorship • BBNZ Board - John Gallaher, Stephen Layburn, Mel Young, Jill Bolger, Kevin Smith & Barry Wilson. Gillian Peacock Volunteers Sandra Beacham Accounts and Special Events • FIBA Central Board Member - Barbara Wheadon Shane Goldfinch Accreditation & IT • Trusts - Four Winds Trust, Lion Foundation, Southern Colin Tilley Statistics Trust James Calver Health and Safety Manager We would also like to thank the 00 volunteers that gave Tania Karauria Entertainment and Court Services Manager their time and effort to make the 2009 FIBA U19 World Luvu Afemui Entertainment and Court Services Assistant Championship one to remember! Siti Katoa Programme Designer NATIONAL WELCOME Hon. John Key Prime Minister New Zealand Welcome to the FIBA U19 World Basketball Championship. I’d like to congratulate all the players and wish your teams the best of luck. Representing your country on the world stage is a great achievement and a huge honour. I hope that this tournament is another step on your path to success. I’d like to welcome the coaches, officials and supporters. New Zealand is proud to be hosting this event, one of the year’s highlights in world basketball and our national sporting calendar. I’d like to thank FIBA, the sponsors and the co-hosts. The government is very pleased to be working with you to support this tournament. And, on behalf of all New Zealanders, I’d like to warmly welcome all of you who are visitors to our country. I hope you will have the chance to explore a little bit of New Zealand and get a taste of our fantastic scenery, our fine food and wine, our rich Maori culture and our warm Kiwi hospitality. The 100% pure New Zealand experience is truly one of a kind. Best wishes for an exciting, memorable, and successful championship. Nau Mai, Haere Mai, Piki Mai 4 MESSAGE FROM FIBA PRESIDENT & SECRETARY GENERAL Bob Elphinston Patrick Baumann FIBA President FIBA Secretary General IOC Member U19 World Championship is pure excitement!! The FIBA U19 World Championship is the place where players are made and stars are born. That was the reason for FIBA deciding to move from a four-year cycle to staging the event every two years as of 2007. This will ensure that every generation of global basketball talent will have the chance to compete at the highest international level. Players are at their full athletic strength, but are not as coach driven as they will be in their future career. That will guarantee pure excitement and passion. Big stars like Vlade Divac, Arvydas Sabonis, Vince Carter, Toni Kukoc, Wang Zhi Zhi, Andrei Kirilenko, Andrew Bogut and Pau Gasol started their career at this championship. New Zealand and the city of Auckland have been awarded the organisation of the 9th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship for Men. The 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship marks the first time that New Zealand has hosted a global basketball event and it is a well deserved honour after the recent success of the senior teams on a global stage. We would like to extend our gratitude to Basketball New Zealand and the city of Auckland for hosting this event and to all our partners and the many helping hands which made this event possible. Welcome to Auckland and good luck to all teams, officials and visitors. 5 WELCOME TO AUCKLAND The Auckland region sprawls over a narrow isthmus between the sparkling waters of the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours. The cosmopolitan city is surrounded by beautiful beaches as well as a cloak of rainforest on the surrounding hills and 48 dormant volcanic cones to add to the stunning geography. More than just a great city – Auckland is a whole region full of things to see and do. Within half an hour of standing on a bustling city street you could be exploring one of the harbour’s islands, on a boat dolphin watching, walking through native forest or sipping wine at a vineyard in the countryside. Auckland’s sheer variety of activities is matched with its range of accommodation options, from luxury lodges and resorts to world-class hotels. Its people are a melting pot of ethnicities, including European, South Pacific and Asian cultures, with a strong indigenous Maori heritage. This diversity brings with it an abundance of unique dining and shopping experiences. Enjoy your Auckland Experience. To find out more visit: www.aucklandnz.com 6 LOCAL WELCOME Hon. John Banks, QSO Andrew Williams JP Mayor Mayor Auckland City North Shore City MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM MAYOR JOHN BANKS, AUCKLAND MAYOR ANDREW WILLIAMS, CITY NORTH SHORE CITY I would like to welcome teams from all corners of the world Kia Ora and Greetings from the Mayor of North Shore City. to Auckland – New Zealand’s most cosmopolitan city. I extend a very warm welcome to all of the players, coaches, We are privileged to be hosting the world’s third largest officials and supporters of the 16 teams participating in the basketball event, and one of the year’s sporting highlights. 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship. Earlier this year the world’s best yachties contested the North Shore City is extremely proud to be co-hosting a new Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in our harbour playground. tournament of this magnitude where the best young talent in Late last year we hosted the hugely successful FIFA U-17 international basketball is on show as they develop into the Women’s World Cup. superstars of the future. These are all important steps as Auckland establishes itself We are further honoured as the 9th World Championship as a major international events destination. marks the first time New Zealand has hosted a FIBA event, Auckland City Council is proud to partner with North Shore as well as the first time the New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks City Council and Tourism Auckland to support an event have featured in the competition. which is recognised as the breeding ground for future The Shore – as it is affectionately known to locals – is New global basketball stars. Zealand’s fourth largest city and one of the four metropolitan We have helped to host thousands of children at a schools cities that comprises urban Auckland. We are also a major day as well as running a streetball challenge in the city to hub for basketball in New Zealand, having produced NBA promote the event. players and regular vocal home support for the NZ Breakers as they compete in the Australian National Basketball These are all wonderful opportunities for the stars of League. Indeed, the people of our city are passionate tomorrow to get alongside the stars of today. about basketball, with over 10,000 players taking part in Major events are not just about the sporting contest, or the competitions and programmes across the city. significant economic benefits they bring to the city. They Our special Shore lifestyle is shaped by our fabulous beaches, allow Aucklanders to experience a world-class event. They cafes and shopping which we are delighted to share with encourage participation in sport. And most of all, they give the FIBA athletes and coaches who have travelled here to Auckland citizens something to be proud of. represent basketball and their countries with pride, and with the many supporters who cheer their team on from the sidelines. Our city is proud and thrilled to be part of the FIBA basketball family and of this spectacular event and we wish every team ‘good luck’ - may the best team win! 7 HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND BASKETBALL Basketball was introduced into New Zealand by the YMCA, encouraged by Mormon missionaries and popular among servicemen returning from the Pacific after World War II.The first national championships were held in 198 and continued until the early 1980s.