title: Australia women's national under-17 basketball team
text: # Australia women's national under-17 basketball team
  
  The Australia women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Australia and is governed by the Australian Basketball Federation Inc. Nickname the Sapphires, the team represents the country in international under-16 and under-17 (under age 16 and under age 17) women's basketball competitions.
  
  ## Tournament record
  
  ### World Cup
  
  Australia participated in the inaugural FIBA Under-17 World Championship in 2010 in France. They have appeared in every edition since.
  
  World Cup :
  
  | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | Coach |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Quarterfinals | 7th of 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Lonergan |
  | 2012 | Quarterfinals | 5th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | Fillipou |
  | 2014 | Quarterfinals | 5th of 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Lucas |
  | 2016 | Champions | 1st of 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | Seebohm |
  | 2018 | Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Seebohm |
  | 2022 | Fifth place | 5th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | York |
  | 2024 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
  | 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
  | Total | 7/7 | | 43 | 32 | 11 | |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  Australia U-17 statistical leaders :
  
  | Event | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | G. Tippett (18.0) | G. Tippett (8.8) | S. Talbot (3.1) | S. Blicavs (1.6) | G. Tippett (0.8) |
  | 2012 | V. Panousis (11.0) | L. Brown (8.4) | T. Mangakahia (2.4) | T. Mangakahia (2.4) | A. Smith (1.8) |
  | 2014 | T. Tupaea (10.0) | A. Maley (11.4) | T. Tupaea (3.4) | T. Tupaea (2.0) | A. Sharp (0.6) |
  | 2016 | E. Magbegor (12.5) | J. Simmons (8.3) | J. Simmons (4.2) | J. Simmons (2.3) | E. Magbegor (2.8) |
  | 2018 | S. Heal (16.0) | A. Emma-Nnopu (7.9) | I. Palmer (2.9) | S. Heal (2.0) | I. Anstey (0.7) |
  
  ## Head coaches
  
  * Shannon Seebohm - 2017
  * Philip Brown - 2019-present
  