U20 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SCHEDULES CONFIRMED
The Great Britain Men’s and Women’s schedules for the FIBA U20 European Championships 2019 have been confirmed. The tournaments will take place in July with the Men taking part in the Division A competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Women in the Division B Championships in Kosovo. With a busy summer of preparations ahead, here’s the run down of their schedule, fixtures and team info.
U20 Men
The GB U20 Men begin their Division A FIBA U20 European Championships preparations with training camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester (NBPC) in late June before travelling to Italy July 1st a practice tournament. The tournament will then run from July 4th-6th with the squad returning to Manchester on Saturday 7th.
On returning to Manchester, the men will go straight into a short 3 days of training before jumping back on the plane and heading to Israel for the FIBA U20 Division A European Championships July 11th. In Israel, they face France, Montenegro and Turkey in Group A with the aim to advance into the Round of 16.
The staff list for the trip is as follows:
Head Coach: Karl Brown
Assistant Coach: Neal Hopkins
Assistant Coach: Dan Petts
Team Manager: Emily Clark
S&C Coach: Hanni Assi
Physio: Mike Carolan
Official: Paul Unsworth
*Squad list to follow
U20 Women
The U20 Women begin their preparations for the FIBA U20 Division B European Championships with a series of practice camps in July. The two training camps will take place from 13-28th in Manchester, with the first camp being held over 5 days and the second over 4 days. The Women then travel to Greece July 29th to begin 3 days of pre-tournament prep.
On August 2nd, the Women leave Greece and head to Kosovo to begin the group stage with their first game against Ireland on August 4th at the Pallati i Rinise dhe Sporteve Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo. The next day they face Ukraine to conclude the Group B fixtures, with the hope of making it through to the Second Round group stage alongside the final 8 teams.
The staff list for the trip is as follows:
Head Coach: Jeff Jones
Assistant Coach: Krumesh Patel
Assistant Coach: Marg Jones
Team Manager: Hannah Shaw
Physio: Bob Bramah
Official: Segei Krug
*Squad list to follow