{"id":487557,"date":"2026-02-18T08:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487557\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:47:14","slug":"australia-boomers-squad-announced-for-upcoming-fiba-world-cup-asian-qualifiers-rematch-with-philippines-after-brawl-news-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487557\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Boomers squad announced for upcoming FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, rematch with Philippines after brawl, news, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitch Creek headlines the Australian Boomers squad for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, with several key names returning after last year\u2019s 2\u20130 series win over New Zealand Tall Blacks in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

Basketball Australia confirmed Creek\u2019s inclusion following earlier <\/a>Fox Sports Australia<\/a> reports<\/a>, with the squad featuring a refreshed mix of experience and new talent.<\/p>\n

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Familiar faces include Jack White, David Okwera, Sam Froling, Reyne Smith and two-time Olympian Nick Kay.<\/p>\n

Creek\u2019s first Boomers appearance since the 2019 World Cup adds valuable leadership to a group featuring several debutants. Tanner Krebs, Jacob Holt and Kody Stattmann are set for their senior international debuts, while Elijah Pepper and Isaac White return with prior Boomers experience.<\/p>\n

Australia will face Guam and the Philippines, in their first game in the latter nation since the infamous \u2018Basketbrawl\u2019 when 13 players were suspended<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Rillie will serve as head coach, supported by assistants Luke Brennan, Robbie McKinlay and David Barlow.<\/p>\n

Jack White, Reyne Smith and Mitch CreekSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

BOOMERS ASIA QUALIFIER SQUAD<\/p>\n

Jack White (Mersin MSK)<\/p>\n

Tom Wilson (Melbourne United)<\/p>\n

Kody Stattmann (Cairns Taipans)<\/p>\n

Jacob Holt (Brisbane Bullets)<\/p>\n

Tanner Krebs (Melbourne United)<\/p>\n

Nick Kay (Shimane Susanoo Magic)<\/p>\n

Isaac White (Adelaide 36ers)<\/p>\n

Sam Froling (Illawarra Hawks)<\/p>\n

Reyne Smith (Cairns Taipans)<\/p>\n

Mitch Creek (U-BT Cluj-Napoca)<\/p>\n

David Okwera (Perth Wildcats)<\/p>\n

Elijah Pepper (Perth Wildcats)<\/p>\n

Upcoming games<\/p>\n

Game 1 vs Guam: Thursday 26 February, 8.00 pm AEDT, University of Guam Field House, Mangilao<\/p>\n

Game 2 vs Philippines: Sunday 1 March, 10.30 pm AEDT, Mall of Asia Arena, Metro Manila<\/p>\n

Group A standings<\/p>\n

Australia (2\u20130) – 4 pts<\/p>\n

Philippines (2\u20130) – 4 pts<\/p>\n

New Zealand (0\u20132) – 2 pts<\/p>\n

Guam (0\u20132) – 2 pts<\/p>\n

Australian Boomers squad vs. New Zealand Tall Blacks during the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers last year.Source: getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitch Creek headlines the Australian Boomers squad for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, with several key…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-487557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}