Live stream: Watch the Day 5 grand final action from Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup 2025
Champions were crowned in Albury-Wodonga on Saturday as Australia’s best junior country basketball players battled it out for gold medal glory. Watch all the grand final replays here.
The 2025 Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup champions were decided on Saturday with both thrilling results, blow out margins and upsets all taking place throughout the final day of action.
In an under 14 grand final battle full of twists and turns, it was the NZ Weka that secured a memorable 56-54 victory over Vic Goldminers that went right down to the wire.
After a foul on Cornelius Elisara, Goldminers young gun Buster Argall was sent to the free throw line for a chance to drag the margin back to one.
He wasn’t able to find the back of the net but he somehow once again had a chance at glory when he ended up with the ball off an inbound pass with four seconds on the clock.
Argall got his long range shot off but it was wide of the net, denying his side a famous victory and leaving the Weka side to produce a memorable post-game celebration.
In the first of the all Victorian deciders, the under 18 girls Bushrangers secured one of the upsets of the tournament to comfortably knock off the previously undefeated Goldminers 52-34.
The underdogs led at every change with the tandem duo of Meg Cooper (11 points) and Mia Harvey (10 points) too much for the Goldminers to handle.
The Bushrangers also claimed victory in the all-Victorian under 18 boys decider with a hard-fought 57-40 triumph.
In a game that looked destined to go right down to the wire, the Bushrangers broke away with a huge 21 point final term domination.
Just four points separated the two sides at the final break but the strong offensive showing, combined with holding the Goldminers to just 10 points, was enough to see the Bushrangers take home gold.
The Bushrangers also claimed victory in the earlier girls under 14 battle, knocking off NSW Waratahs by 17 points.
The 58-41 victory was off the back of a dominating second and third-quarters from the eventual victors with the Waratahs dragging the margin back with a 12-12 final term.
The Waratahs also went down in the girls under 16 battle with a tough 46-40 loss to interstate rivals NSW Kookaburras.
In a tight and contested battle, some strong first quarter dominance proved to be the difference in the end result with a 14-5 opening term getting the Kookaburras off to a hot start.
REPLAYS
WODONGA COURT 1
Vic Bushrangers v Vic Goldminers (U18 Boys Grand Final)
Vic Bushrangers v Vic Goldminers (U18 Girls Grand Final)
Vic Goldminers v NZ Wheka (U14 Boys Grand Final)
Vic Emus v Vic Bushrangers (U14 Boys 6th Place Play-Off)
WODONGA COURT 4
NSW Kookaburras v NSW Waratahs (U16 Girls Grand Final)
NSW Waratahs v Vic Bushrangers (U14 Girls Grand Final)
Tas Devils v Vic Goldminers (U14 Girls 3rd Place Play-Off)
PREVIEW
An action-packed week of basketball all comes down to one last shot in Albury-Wodonga on Saturday.
Champions will be crowned as the country’s best junior regional players fight it out for gold medals at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup.
And KommunityTV will exclusively live stream seven from Courts 1 and 4 at the Wodonga Sports and Leisure Centre from 8am.
Victoria will be guaranteed at least three titles with a trio of all-Victorian deciders set to play out.
They include the boys and girls under-18 grand finals which will feature the Bushrangers taking on the Goldminers in both matches.
Those two games will culminate the Court 1 live stream fixtures.
NSW will be crowned under-16 girls champions but whether it is the Kookaburras or the Waratahs who take home the trophy will be decided at 11am on Court 4.
More than 600 junior basketballers have competed at the titles from January 14-18.
For the third-straight year the ACJBC tournament will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV and across News Corp Australia’s digital mastheads.
The KommunityTV coverage will feature matches from two courts across all five days of the tournament, including games in all three age groups.
Originally published as Live stream: Watch the Day 5 grand final action from Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup 2025
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