Live stream: How to watch the 2025 Basketball Australia U18 and Junior Wheelchair National Championships
Australia’s best are heading to the Sunshine State as the Under-18 and Junior Wheelchair National Championships take centre stage in Brisbane. See how to watch every match LIVE here.
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Future professional stars, college hopefuls and those looking to make their mark on the national stage are set to descend on Queensland for a week of elite junior basketball.
The Basketball Australia Under-18 National Championships and Junior Wheelchair Championships return to the courts of Brisbane from April 6-13.
And for the third consecutive year KommunityTV will be there to live stream every match from across all of News Corp Australia’s digital mastheads.
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It is the second of five national junior pathways events on the Basketball Australia calendar, following the under-20 nationals earlier this year.
The Southpine Sports Complex will again be the scene of the action with athletes from every state and territory in Australia set to feature.
The Junior Wheelchair Championships will also be contested as part of the week-long tournament as the best wheelchair athletes battle to be crowned Kevin Coombs Cup champions.
HOW TO WATCH
There are two main ways to watch the 2025 Basketball Australia Under-18 National Championships and Junior Wheelchair Championships.
KommunityTV will run each of the three courts’ live stream in an individual story each day of the tournament. The links for those stories will appear above.
Each day’s stream story will also contain the replays from the same day.
Alternatively you can head to www.kommunitytv.com.au, and use the video player at the top of the site to watch all the action live and scroll through the most recent replays.
Make sure to check out the streaming schedule to find out when your team is playing.
Only News Corp full digital subscribers will have exclusive access to watch the action.
Click here to sign up now before the tournament.
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WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia will be the hunted in Queensland as they look to defend their gold medals from a year ago.
And on an individual level, there will be a string of talents looking to impress scouts as they look to break into professional hoops or head down the US college route
Victoria Metro came up clutch against South Australia Metro a year ago to claim the U18 boys national title in a top quality contest.
Many of those who starred in that win – including Ryder Cheesman, Austin Foxwell and Marcus Krasnadamskis – went on to claim U20 gold with Victoria Navy in February.
Now the likes of Denver Warry and Charles Webb return from the 2024 winning side to keep the crown in Victorian hands.
On the girls side, New South Wales Metro took gold last year with the stars from that side also going on to U20 success.
A new-look NSW outfit will once again be in contention but should face plenty of stiff competition from talented sides out of SA, WA and of course Victoria.
Then there’s the hosts.
Queensland comes into the home tournament with a stack of rising stars in both their North and South rosters.
They include Taryn Bond, Cheyenne Bobongie and Olivia Olechnowicz who will provide headaches for opposition sides in the girls draw.
In the Junior Wheelchair Championships, the WA took down reigning champions Victoria last year and now look to defend their crown.
Jordan Mouritz, Weston Tedcastle and Michael McDonald return from that winning Black Ducks team to take on the competition in 2025.
Queensland, NSW and SA will also send teams to compete in the Junior Wheelchair Championships, which are open to eligible athletes under 23.
Originally published as Live stream: How to watch the 2025 Basketball Australia U18 and Junior Wheelchair National Championships
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