Welcome to the home of Australian Basketball Officials. Behind every fair and thrilling game, there is a team of dedicated technical officials ensuring the integrity of the sport.
Explore the different types of officials and their development pathways. These roles must work in harmony to deliver a game of basketball.
Basketball Australia has launched a nationally aligned officiating pathway and curriculum to provide clearer progression, stronger education and better support for officials at every level.
The role of the basketball referee is to ensure that the game is played safely and fair.
Scoretable officials work as a team with the referees to maintain the scoring and timekeeping of the game.
The role of the statistician is to record all aspects of the game, usually done on a computer, tablet or smartphone or manually with a paper template.
Discover the new National Officiating Pathways and how Australia is reshaping the journey for referees, scoretable officials, and statisticians.
A qualified official who builds the skills, confidence, and performance of emerging officials.
Experts who manage technical aspects of the game, uphold rules, and ensure competitions run correctly.
TOPM oversees the officiating program of an association.
An Expression of Interest (EOI) is open for roles available for Tournament Commissioners & Officials Managers at the upcoming Foot Locker U14 Club & Schools Championships.
Basketball Australia has launched a nationally aligned officiating pathway and curriculum to provide clearer progression, stronger education and better support for officials at every level.
Suite of resources created to support parents of athletes in basketball
Tonight’s FIBA WCQ match between the Boomers and Tall Blacks will feature an entirely Tasmanian led stats and scoretable team.
Fourteen referees and seven commissioners elevate Australia’s presence on the international basketball stage
Legendary Australian official retires from international basketball after 20-year career.
Basketball Australia would like to congratulate all the referees and technical officials who have been selected to officiate the medal games at the 2025 Foot Locker Under-16 National Championships.
All selected score table officials hail from across Australia and are currently active officials of either the NBL or WNBL roster.
Basketball Australia are saddened to learn of the passing of Brad Giersch, a respected official and an outstanding member of his community.
Members of the Australian basketball community were acknowledged and awarded with 2025 Australia Day Honours yesterday.
Basketball Australia is now accepting expressions of interest for the FIBA U15 Oceania Cup.
From the courts to the controls - Basketball Australia has a strong representation at the Paris 2024 Olympics
For the first time, the Opals game had a full female roster of referees, scorebench officials and statisticians.
Basketball Australia would like to congratulate the referees who have been selected to officiate The Finals at the 2023 Under-14 Foot Locker Club Championships in Casey, Victoria.
Basketball Australia would like to congratulate the referees who have been selected to officiate the finals at the 2023 Under-16 Foot Locker National Championships in Perth.
Basketball Australia (BA) wishes to congratulate the technical officials and referees appointed to the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup.
Five Australian officials have been appointed by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to officiate the IWBF World Championships in Dubai
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In the spirit of reconciliation Basketball Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.