Basketball Australia has capped the number of teams at Under 20 National Junior Championships at 10 per grade (10 men and 10 women).

SA has nominated 1 team to contest both the Under 20 Women’s and Under 20 Men’s grades at the 2024 Under 20 National Junior Championship (NC).

Basketball SA will consider nominating a 2nd development team in each grade under the following conditions:

1. Nomination for the 2nd team is accepted by Basketball Australia. Due to numbers and nominations from other states, it is unlikely that BA would accept a 2nd SA men’s team, but more likely that BA would accept a 2nd women’s team;
2. There are sufficient numbers of players to warrant a development team;
3. There is a sufficient level of players for the development team to be competitive at NC level;
4. There are sufficient people available to adequately resource a development team.

Players eligible for SA Country are especially encouraged to trial for Under 20 SPP. The Under 20 SPP will be run in a camp-based format, with trials and up to 5 weekend camps before February. There will be no camps scheduled from mid-October to early December to allow players to concentrate on school exams. 

The cost of court hire for the preparation will be billed as a separate non-refundable levy. Also, upon selection in the program in mid-October, players who are selected to play in the National Under 20 Junior Championships, will be charged a fee that covers the cost of the team attending the tournament. Due to the unique circumstances surrounding selections for SA Under 20 teams a $500 deposit is required within two weeks of squad selection. If players then withdraw following later team selection, this $500 is non-refundable.

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