title: Australia women's national under-19 basketball team
text: # Australia women's national under-19 basketball team
  
  The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-19, under-18, and under-17 women's basketball competitions, including the U19 Women's World Cup, Asian Championship, and the Oceania Championship. The team is nicknamed the Gems, an abbreviation for the word gemstone. In 1993, the Gems (which won a gold medal) won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete (team) of the Year.
  
  ## Competitive record
  
  ### U19 World Cup
  
  The first FIBA U19 World Championships were in 1985, and the Gems have participated in every tournament to date. From 1985, the under-19 World Championships were held every four years. From 2005, they are held every two years.
  
  U19 World Cup :
  
  | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | Coach |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1985 | Classification round | 6th of 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
  | 1989 | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
  | 1993 | Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
  | 1997 | Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
  | 2001 | Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
  | 2005 | Quarterfinals | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
  | 2007 | Quarterfinals | 5th of 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
  | 2009 | Quarterfinals | 5th of 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
  | 2011 | Fourth place | 4th of 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | Chambers |
  | 2013 | Third place | 3rd of 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Chambers |
  | 2015 | Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Goriss |
  | 2017 | Quarterfinals | 6th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Butler |
  | 2019 | Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Butler |
  | 2021 | Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Herbert |
  | 2023 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
  | 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
  | Total | | | 106 | 77 | 29 | |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  Australia U-19 statistical leaders :
  
  | Event | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1985 | S. Gorman (12.5) | – | – | – | – |
  | 1989 | S. Gorman (23.1) | – | – | – | – |
  | 1993 | M. Brogan (18.3) | – | – | – | – |
  | 1997 | C. Emeagi (15.0) | L. Jackson (9.9) | K. Veal (2.3) | N. Lindsay (0.4) | – |
  | 2001 | S. Hammonds (17.9) | S. Hammonds (7.7) | J. Mahony (3.3) | S. Hammonds (2.2) | L. Summerton (0.3) |
  | 2005 | R. Camino (21.6) | R. Camino (8.1) | J-L. Samuels (1.8) | R. Camino (1.5) | J-L. Samuels (1.0) |
  | 2007 | A. Bishop (12.8) | A. Bishop (10.7) | N. Hunt (2.7) | N. Hunt (2.3) | C. Francis (1.5) |
  | 2009 | E. Cambage (20.4) | E. Cambage (6.8) | T. Madgen (2.2) | R. Jarry (1.4) | E. Cambage (2.4) |
  | 2011 | T. Roberts (15.9) | T. Roberts (8.4) | R. Cole (6.0) | R. Allen (2.4) | G. Tippett (1.0) |
  | 2013 | C. Mijović (14.4) | S. Talbot (7.8) | S. Talbot (4.9) | C. Samuels (1.8) | C. Mijović (1.3) |
  | 2015 | A. Smith (12.6) | A. Sharp (7.0) | K. Wallace (3.6) | A. Smith (1.6) | A. Smith (2.7) |
  | 2017 | E. Magbegor (16.1) | A. Maley (10.7) | M. Rocci (4.0) | E. Magbegor (2.0) | E. Magbegor (1.5) |
  | 2019 | A. Fowler (9.0) | A. Fowler (10.0) | J. Shelley (3.7) | J. Shelley (1.7) | I. Anstey (0.9) |
  
  ## Head coaches
  
  * Paul Goriss – 2016
  * Deanne Butler – 2018–present
  