The Australian rollers are tonight on the field in Cologne, Germany, to open their 2025 European campaign in the Rollstuhlbasketball Nations Cup -one of Europe’s most important wheelchair basket tournaments and an important test prior to the Asia -Ceania zone championships of November.
Walking from 13-17 August, the Nations Cup De Rollers will see some of the strongest line-ups of the continent, including Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland and a European All-Star team. They then go to Varese, Italy, for a five-game series against the Italian national team of 19-22 August.
The Tour is a crucial step in the direction of the Asia Oceania Zone Championships in November – the qualification event for the IWBF World Cup 2026 and a great chance of shaping the path from the team to LA 2028.
2025 Australian Rollers – European Tour schedule (Aest)
Cologne, Germany – Wheelchair basketball nations Cup
Varese, Italy – Aus vs Italy series
| August 19 | 11:00 pm Aest | Game 1: Aus v it |
| August 20 | 5:30 pm Aest | Game 2: Aus v Ita |
| August 21 | 12:00 AM Aest | Game 3: Aus v Ita |
| August 21 | 11:00 pm Aest | Game 4: Aus v it |
| August 22 | 18:00 Aest | Game 5: Aus v it |
Team list:
| Jannik Blair | Lachlin Dalton |
| Tomas small | Tom O’Neill-Thorne |
| Jaylen Brown | Phil Evans |
| Tristan Knowles | Luke Pople |
| Jonnee Brown | Frank Pinder |
| Bill Latham | Jeremy Tyndall |
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