New Zealand national basketball team

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The New Zealand national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Blacks, is the country's senior men's team that competes in major international tournaments such as the FIBA World Cup and the Olympic Games.

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Tall Blacks 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf men's basketball team ⓘ
national basketball team ⓘ
associatedWomen'sTeam New Zealand women’s national basketball team ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand women's national basketball team
associatedYouthTeam New Zealand men's national under-17 basketball team ⓘ
New Zealand men's national under-19 basketball team ⓘ
bestWorldCupResult 4th place at the 2002 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
category Men's national basketball teams ⓘ
New Zealand national sports teams ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand men's national sports teams
competition FIBA Asia Cup ⓘ
FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ
FIBA Oceania ⓘ
surface form: FIBA Oceania Championship

Olympic Games basketball tournament ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
federation FIBA Oceania ⓘ
fibaMember FIBA ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody Basketball New Zealand ⓘ
governingBodyType national federation ⓘ
homeConfederation FIBA Oceania ⓘ
homeCountryCapital Wellington ⓘ
homeRegionConfederation Oceania ⓘ
jerseyColorAway white ⓘ
jerseyColorHome black ⓘ
nationalAnthem God Defend New Zealand ⓘ
nickname New Zealand national basketball team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tall Blacks
notableCoach Nenad Vučinić ⓘ
Tab Baldwin ⓘ
notablePlayer Kirk Penney ⓘ
Pero Cameron ⓘ
Sean Marks ⓘ
Steven Adams ⓘ
olympicDebut 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
olympicZone FIBA Oceania ⓘ
preGameRitual haka ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
represents New Zealand ⓘ
representsInCompetition FIBA Continental Championships ⓘ
surface form: FIBA competitions

Olympic basketball tournaments ⓘ
rival Australia men's national basketball team ⓘ
shortName New Zealand national basketball team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tall Blacks
sport basketball ⓘ
teamType senior national team ⓘ
usesFIBA3x3Team yes ⓘ
usesHaka yes ⓘ
worldCupDebut 1986 FIBA World Championship ⓘ
worldCupZone FIBA Asia ⓘ
surface form: FIBA Asia (qualifiers)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand national sports teams → bestKnownTeam → New Zealand national basketball team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tall Blacks
New Zealand national basketball team → nickname → New Zealand national basketball team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tall Blacks
New Zealand national sports teams → notableTeam → New Zealand national basketball team ⓘ
Sean Marks → playedForNationalTeam → New Zealand national basketball team ⓘ
New Zealand national basketball team → shortName → New Zealand national basketball team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tall Blacks