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Tall Ferns at the Sydney Olympics

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Tall Ferns at the Sydney Olympics

The Tall Ferns made their Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Of the six games they played, they lost five and won one, ending up 11th out of 12. In this game against Poland, Rebecca Cotton shoots for a basket. Poland won the game 75–52.   

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John Saker, Basketball – Fall and rise, 1990s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39899/tall-ferns-at-the-sydney-olympics (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Saker, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 October 2015.