"a 2–1 home series victory over Australia in the world championship qualifying series. The best was yet to come. At the world tournament the following year in Indianapolis, the Tall Blacks set about toppling giant after giant: Russia and China both fell to the Kiwis. Puerto Rico was then defeated in the quarter-finals. The New Zealanders’ run only came to an end in the semi-finals against Yugoslavia, and the Tall Blacks eventually finished fourth in the world. New Zealand has one professional basketball team, the New Zealand Breakers, who compete in the Australian National Basketball League (ANBL). They do, however,"
"New Zealand men's national ice hockey team The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for New Zealand. As of 2018, the New Zealand team is ranked 39th in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of New Zealand's national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks. The ""Ice Blacks"" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. The 2016 documentary film ""Ice Blacks"" covers the history of the team, their rivalry with Australia and their difficulties in competing at international level because of New Zealand's geographic distance from"
"Zealand Winter Games Trans-Tasman Challenge. Head coach: Anatoly Khorozov Assistant coach: Adam Blachette <noinclude> ""As of 8 September 2018"" ""As of 30 March 2017"" New Zealand men's national ice hockey team The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for New Zealand. As of 2018, the New Zealand team is ranked 39th in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of New Zealand's national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks. The ""Ice Blacks"" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. The 2016 documentary film ""Ice Blacks"" covers"
"New Zealand national netball team The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern (""Cyathea dealbata""), which is an emblem for many New Zealand sports teams. The Silver Ferns were formed in 1938 as a representative New Zealand team to tour Australia. To date, they have been one of the most dominant national netball teams in the world, along with Australia, and have a winning record against most other netball nations. The Silver Ferns are currently ranked second in the INF"
"sport. The national men's rugby union team is known as the ""All Blacks"". The national women's netball team is known as the ""Silver Ferns"". Historically, rugby and netball dominated team sport in New Zealand, and the national teams of other sports have acquired names which have been formed with reference to these two (see: list below). The women's rugby team is known as the ""Black Ferns"", rather than the ""All Silvers"". Some of these names seem to have arisen as genuine nicknames (e.g. ""Tall Blacks"", ""Wheel Blacks""), and some are neologisms developed as marketing devices (e.g. Black Sticks (hockey), Black"
"New Zealand men's national softball team The New Zealand men's national softball team (nicknamed the Black Sox/Black Socks) is the national softball team for New Zealand. They have won the ISF Men's World Championship seven times, becoming World Champions in 1976 (1st = with US and Canada), 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2013 and 2017. They also won the inaugural Commonwealth Championships (a round robin tournament between New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, South Africa and Botswana) in 2006. The ""Black Sox"" name is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks as well as to famous ""Sox"" baseball teams."
"New Zealand women's national ice hockey team The New Zealand women's national ice hockey team, nicknamed the Ice Fernz, represents New Zealand at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, New Zealand has 110 female players. The New Zealand women's national team is ranked 25th in the world. The ""Ice Fernz"" name is one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks and/or the New Zealand silver tree fern. New Zealand hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament."
"New Zealand national rugby league team The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: Tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. The team's colour's are majority black with white and the players perform a haka before every match they play as a challenge to their opponents. The New Zealand Kiwis are currently second in the RLIF World Rankings. Since the 1980s, most New Zealand representatives have been based overseas, in the professional National"
"was replaced one month later by former national team player and current coach of the Sunshine Coast Lightning team in Australia, Noeline Taurua. Captain Laura Langman reached 146 national team caps in October 2018, overtaking Irene van Dyk as the most capped player in New Zealand netball history. The current roster was selected for the January 2019 Quad Series. New Zealand national netball team The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern (""Cyathea dealbata""), which is an emblem for many"
"New Zealand national baseball team The New Zealand national baseball team, also known as the Diamondblacks, is the representative team at international level for New Zealand. The team is controlled by Baseball New Zealand, the country's governing body. The team competes in the Oceania Championship, where in 2007 withdrew from play giving Australia an automatic berth into the Final qualification tournament for the 2008 Olympics. The ""Diamondblacks"" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. Former Major League baseball infielder and current Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward managed New Zealand in the"
"New Zealand national futsal team The New Zealand national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsal Whites, is the representative side for New Zealand in international futsal and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The nickname is a reference to the New Zealand national football team which is known as the All Whites, which in turn is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. A 14-man Futsal Whites squad was named to compete in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship and will be coached by Scott Gilligan. This competition also acts as the Qualifying Tournament for the 2016"
"by New Zealand Cricket. The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team. Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. As of 7 December 2018, New Zealand have played 429 Test matches, winning 94, losing 171 and drawing 164. The team is ranked 4th in Tests, 3rd in ODIs and 6th in T20Is by the ICC. New Zealand reached the final"
"New Zealand national football team The New Zealand national football team represents New Zealand in international association football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in New Zealand New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team's official nickname is the All Whites. New Zealand is a five-time OFC champion. The team represented New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 1982 and 2010, and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments in 1999, 2003, 2009 and 2017. Because most New Zealand football clubs are semi-professional rather than fully professional,"
"New Zealand women's national softball team New Zealand women's national softball team, nicknamed the White Sox, is the women's national softball team for New Zealand. The ""White Sox"" name is one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks as well as to the famous Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox baseball teams. The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship in Normal, Illinois where they finished with 8 wins and 1 loss. The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland where they finished sixth. The team competed"
"not participate in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship due to non-selection or unavailability. New Zealand national futsal team The New Zealand national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsal Whites, is the representative side for New Zealand in international futsal and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The nickname is a reference to the New Zealand national football team which is known as the All Whites, which in turn is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks. A 14-man Futsal Whites squad was named to compete in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship and will be coached by"
"Goals Most Test Points Most points (all matches) Most tries in a match Most points in a match Most games as Captain New Zealand are also represented by a second-string representative team called ""New Zealand A"". ""Between 2002 and 2003 the New Zealand Residents were referred to as New Zealand 'A""' New Zealand national rugby league team The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: Tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. The"
"chose ""Black Cocks"" as a nickname for their national teams, an association to the sport's shuttlecock and the custom of naming teams in reference to the All Blacks. Badminton NZ did get more publicity, and there was sponsorship interest from condom companies. The IBF opposed the name, and it has been dropped officially. Badminton New Zealand Badminton New Zealand is the badminton organisation in New Zealand which was established in 1927 under the stewardship of Archdeacon Ralph Creed Meredith of Whanganui, one of its first champions, and became a founding member of Badminton World Federation (then known as International Badminton"
"the New Zealand national team for its all black strip, they perform the haka before matches. Traditionally, it has held a match series against the Vajiravudh College of Thailand since 1960. In odd-numbered years, the match is held in Kuala Kangsar. In even-numbered years, it is held in Bangkok. In addition to this, MCKK competes with its prominent rivals every year in a multi-games carnival. The school basketball team is called ""MCKK Cagers"" and won Piala Hamdan Tahir, the boarding-schools basketball championship, 17 times since 1977. MCKK debate teams have won , the boarding-schools national debate, five times for Bahasa"
"in 2010 and 2016, the Air New Zealand Cup first became the ITM Cup and is now the Mitre 10 Cup. The All Blacks are New Zealand’s number one national rugby side and have rated among the best in the world for well over 100 years. Their name and distinctive all black playing strip have become well known to rugby and non-rugby fans worldwide. The first New Zealand team was selected in 1884, for a tour to New South Wales. The team played its first match at home, against a Wellington XV, before recording eight wins in eight matches in"
"2017 World Baseball Classic qualification tournament in Australia in 2016 which did not get past the qualification round for the 2017 tournament. New Zealand national baseball team The New Zealand national baseball team, also known as the Diamondblacks, is the representative team at international level for New Zealand. The team is controlled by Baseball New Zealand, the country's governing body. The team competes in the Oceania Championship, where in 2007 withdrew from play giving Australia an automatic berth into the Final qualification tournament for the 2008 Olympics. The ""Diamondblacks"" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the"
"New Zealand Barbarians The New Zealand Barbarians, nicknamed the ""Baa-Baas"", are an invitational rugby union team which has been a major part of New Zealand rugby since the team was founded in 1937 by two ex-All Blacks, Ronald Bush, and Hubert McLean who captained their first game (against Auckland) in 1938. The club is based in New Zealand, at Eden Park in Auckland. The idea came from the concept of the Barbarian F.C.. The New Zealand Barbarians were also selected for the All Blacks trial replacing the 'Possibles XV' and in 2009 a New Zealand Barbarians under 85 kg Team"
"Team New Zealand Team New Zealand or TNZ is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Team New Zealand became a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000, under the leadership of Sir Peter Blake, when becoming the first team from a country outside the United States to win and successfully defend the America's Cup. In 2017, skippered by Glenn Ashby, they went on to retake the America's Cup. Three challenges were launched before the founding of Team New Zealand, all"
"New Zealand national rugby union team The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport. The team has won the last two Rugby World Cups, in 2011 and 2015 as well as the inaugural tournament in 1987. They have a 77% winning record in test match rugby, and are the only international side with a winning record against every opponent. Since their international debut in 1903, they have lost to only six of the 19 nations they have played in test matches. Since"
"and Baseball New Zealand was officially awarded a spot in the competition. On 26 August 2018, the club's name was announced as the Auckland Tuatara, named after the oldest surviving species endemic to the country. According to one of the team's board members, Brett O'Riley, the tuatara was chosen as the name in order to celebrate the resilience of the ancient reptiles, and to raise awareness of New Zealand's commitment to species protection. The club's colours, teal and navy blue, are representative of the region's marine heritage. The Tuatara will play its home games at McLeod Park in Te Atatū"
"<section end=roster /> New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland. The Breakers compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Spark Arena. Formed in 2003, the team was owned by Liz and Paul Blackwell until February 2018, when a consortium headed by former NBA player Matt Walsh became the majority shareholders via a newly-formed company called Breakers Basketball Ltd. The Breakers are one of two teams (the other being the now-absent Singapore Slingers) from outside of Australia to have competed in the NBL. In 2011,"
"on 31 January 2018: New Zealand has qualified a men's and women's basketball teams for a total of 24 athletes (12 men and 12 women). The men's team qualified as being one of the top three teams in the Commonwealth (besides the host nation, Australia), while the women's team was invited by FIBA and the CGF. The women's pair was named on 10 January 2018. The men's pair was added on 20 February 2018. The eight-member boxing team was announced on 22 February 2018. The team of 33 cyclists was named on 17 February 2018. Jason Christie replaced Alex Frame,"
"page."" General List of New Zealand international footballers Squads FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand national football team The New Zealand national football team represents New Zealand in international association football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in New Zealand New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team's official nickname is the All Whites. New Zealand is a five-time OFC champion. The team represented New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 1982 and 2010, and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments in 1999, 2003,"
"New Zealand women's national rugby union team The New Zealand national women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won five of the past six Women's Rugby World Cups. They have an 88% winning record in test match rugby, and are the only international side with a winning record against every opponent. Since their international debut in 1991, the Black Ferns have lost to only four of the 16 nations they have played in test matches. The team's nickname combines the colour"
"in the NRL Women's Premiership. Wellington Orcas unsuccessfully bid for a National Rugby League licence in 2006. The New Zealand national rugby league side represent New Zealand at rugby league, and are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League. On 22 October 2008, The Kiwis defeated Australia to win their first Rugby League World Cup. The team's most recent title came in the 2014 Rugby League Four Nations tournament by beating Australia, which brings their Rugby League Four Nations championships total to two. Accordingly, the Kiwis"
"reference to the names of New Zealand sports teams the most popular being the All Blacks Rugby team. Others include the Tall Blacks (basketball) Black Sticks (hockey) the Black Caps (cricket). He was a mutant bred by Azazel to help him transport his army to Earth from the hellish dimension they had been trapped in. However, after he survived a summoning ritual (one of three to survive) meant to free Azazel's army, he started secretly operating within Azazel's castle to free the X-Men. Kiwi rejected his father’s influence, and allied himself with the X-Men in order to eliminate Azazel’s army."
"The female team is known as the ""White Sox"" On 16 July 2017, New Zealand (Black Sox) defeated Australia (Aussie Steelers), six runs to four in the final of the 2017 ISF Men's World Championship held in Canada. New Zealand men's national softball team The New Zealand men's national softball team (nicknamed the Black Sox/Black Socks) is the national softball team for New Zealand. They have won the ISF Men's World Championship seven times, becoming World Champions in 1976 (1st = with US and Canada), 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2013 and 2017. They also won the inaugural Commonwealth Championships (a"
"Caps (cricket)). New Zealand Badminton temporarily named their teams ""Black Cocks"". The men's national soccer team is called the ""All Whites"", as they play in an all-white strip. At the time the national soccer team was formed, an all-black strip would not have been allowed. Two notable exceptions to the ""Black/Ferns"" naming scheme are the ""Kiwis"" (men's Rugby League) and ""SWANZ"" (the name formerly used for women's soccer). https://www.stuff.co.nz/.../basketball/.../basketball-increasing-as-sport-of- choice-among-new-zealand-youth Retrieved July 19, 2017 Sport in New Zealand Sport in New Zealand largely reflects its British colonial heritage, with some of the most popular sports being rugby union, rugby league,"
"New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland. The Breakers compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Spark Arena. Formed in 2003, the team was owned by Liz and Paul Blackwell until February 2018, when a consortium headed by former NBA player Matt Walsh became the majority shareholders via a newly-formed company called Breakers Basketball Ltd. The Breakers are one of two teams (the other being the now-absent Singapore Slingers) from outside of Australia to have competed in the NBL. In 2011, the Breakers won"