FIBAs Media Accreditation Portal Now Open

The FIBA media accreditation process for the beginning of the Second Round (fourth window) of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers is now open.

The New Zealand MBO Tall Blacks will be playing one away game and one home game during the fourth window:

- AWAY: 13 September vs Syria. Played at Nouhad Nawfal Stadium, Zouk Mikael, Lebanon.

- HOME: 17 September vs Lebanon, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Tip off at 7pm.

Local and international media representatives wishing to attend are invited to apply for accreditation online, through the FIBA Media Portal.

Media representatives who have not previously registered via the Portal will need to create a profile before completing their application.

The deadline to apply is Monday, 10 September.

To apply for a specific game each media person must:

1. Log-in to the FIBA Media Portal (or create a new profile if they are a new user)

2. Select one of the Qualifiers from the event list: African Qualifiers, Americas Qualifiers, Asian Qualifiers or European Qualifiers (For Tall Blacks, select Asian Qualifiers)

3. Select the game(s) to attend during the first window (max two games per window) (The Tall Blacks are in Group E for this window)

Applicants are required to complete all steps and complete all required fields.

Accreditation procedure for Broadcast Partners (Rights-Holders) and Host Broadcasters will be communicated separately by FIBA Media (tv@fibamedia.com).

Media credentials will be awarded on the basis of the professional history, relevance to the event and basketball in general, as well as space availability in the venues.

Basketball New Zealand will ultimately be responsible for the delivery of the accreditation decisions and distribution of badges for any home Tall Blacks games, however applying media must initially proceed as described above.

For further queries on this process, please email accreditation@fiba.com

WORLD CUP 2019 QUALIFIERS

The Second Round of the Qualifiers will come to a close with 31 national teams booking their tickets to join tournament hosts China at the first-ever 32-team FIBA Basketball World Cup taking place from 31 August to 15 September, 2019.

MBO Tall Blacks FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, ROUND TWO

Date | Opponents | Home/Away

- AWAY: 13 Sep 2018 vs Syria, Nouhad Nawfal Stadium, Zouk Mikael, Lebanon

- HOME: 17 Sep 2018 vs Lebanon, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Tip off 7pm

- HOME: 29 Nov 2018 vs Jordan, Horncastle Arena, Christchurch

- HOME: 2 Dec 2018 vs Syria. (Venue TBA)

- AWAY: 21 or 22 Feb 2019 vs Lebanon in Lebanon

- AWAY: 24 or 25 Feb 2019 vs Jordan in Jordan

MBO Tall Blacks FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, ROUND ONE

Date | Opponents | Home/Away

- 23 Nov 2017 vs Korea at TSB Bank Arena, Wellington. Result: Tall Blacks lost 80-86

- 26 Nov 2017 vs Hong Kong at Southourn Stadium, Hong Kong. Result: Tall Blacks won 133-74

- 23 Feb 2018 vs China at Dongguan Basketball Centre, China. Result: Tall Blacks won 82-73

- 26 Feb 2018 vs Korea at Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea. Result: Tall Blacks won 93-84

- 28 Jun 2018 vs Hong Kong at Energy Events Centre, Rotorua. Result: Tall Blacks won 124-65

- 1 Jul 2018 vs China vs Spark Arena, Auckland. Result: Tall Blacks won 67-57

More information

- Learn more about the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers (Asia Zone) here.

- Tall Blacks supporters gear can be purchased here.

- Follow the Tall Blacks social media channels: @TallBlacks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Hashtags: #TuKaha #TallBlacks #FIBAWC #ThisIsMyHouse

- Tall Blacks website

- Read about Tu Kaha and the Tall Blacks culture

- The games will be broadcast live by the Host Broadcaster, Maori Television

- This story has been automatically published using a media release from Basketball New Zealand