Al Ramsay Shield
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| First season | 2001 |
| Last season | 2015 |
| Folded | 2015 |
| No. of teams | 2 |
| Country |  Australia New Zealand |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
Last champion | Australia (8th title) |
| Most titles | Australia (8 titles) |
| Related competitions | FIBA Oceania Championship |
| Website | FIBA Oceania |
Al Ramsay Shield was an annual international men's basketball series played between the Australian Boomers and the New Zealand Tall Blacks. The competition was played in conjunction with the FIBA Oceania Championship.
The trophy is named after Australian basketball legend Alastair Ramsay, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004, and elevated to Legend by the Hall of Fame Honours Committee in 2006.
Series winners
[edit]Results highlighted in blue are FIBA Oceania Championship Series, with the exception of the 2006 series, which adds an extra game on top of the regular three-game Al Ramsay Shield series. Those which aren't highlighted are general Al Ramsay Shield series.
| Year | Hosts | Al Ramsay Shield Series | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Runners-up | |||
| 2001 Details |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
85–78 | 79–81 (overtime) |
89–78 | Australia | |
| 2003 Details |
Australia |
Australia |
79–66 | 90–76 | 84–75 | New Zealand | |
| 2005 Details |
New Zealand |
Australia |
82–69 | 82–71 | 91–80 | New Zealand | |
| 2007 Details |
Australia |
Australia |
79–67 | 93–67 | 58–67 | New Zealand | |
| 2009 Details |
Australia New Zealand |
New Zealand |
77–84 | 100–78 | Two-legged tie | Australia | |
| 2011 Details |
Australia |
Australia |
91–78 | 81–64 | 92-68 | New Zealand | |
| 2013 Details |
New Zealand Australia |
Australia |
70–59 | 76–63 | Two-legged tie | New Zealand | |
| 2015 Details |
Australia New Zealand |
Australia |
71–59 | 89–79 | Two-legged tie | New Zealand | |
| Year | Holders | Result | Challengers |
| 2001 | Tall Blacks |
2–1 | Boomers |
| 2002 | Tall Blacks |
Not held | Boomers |
| 2003 | Tall Blacks |
0–3 | Boomers |
| 2004 | Boomers |
2–1 | Tall Blacks |
| 2005 | Boomers |
3–0 | Tall Blacks |
| 2006 | Boomers |
2–2[note 1] | Tall Blacks |
| 2007 | Tall Blacks |
1–2 | Boomers |
| 2008 | Boomers |
2–0 | Tall Blacks |
| 2009 | Boomers |
1–1[note 2] | Tall Blacks |
| 2010 | Tall Blacks |
Not held | Boomers |
| 2011 | Tall Blacks |
0–3 | Boomers |
| 2012 | Boomers |
Not held | Tall Blacks |
| 2013 | Boomers |
2–0 | Tall Blacks |
| 2014 | Boomers |
Not held | Tall Blacks |
| 2015 | Boomers |
2–0 | Tall Blacks |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ The New Zealand Tall Blacks won the 2006 Al Ramsay Shield, defeating the Australian Boomers in the four-game international basketball series on a point differential. The historic victory marked their first-ever series win on Australian soil.[1]
- ↑ The New Zealand Tall Blacks won the 2009 Al Ramsay Shield, defeating the Australian Boomers in the two-game FIBA Oceania Championship Series on a point differential to claim both the continental title and the symbol of trans-Tasman basketball supremacy.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Choy, Harris (2006-08-27). "Basketball: Vucinic man for Tall Blacks says Baldwin". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ↑ Mooney, Paul (2016-05-14). "Basketball: Penney calls time on international career". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
External links
[edit]- FIBA Oceania official website
- Aussie Hoops Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine