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GB 56-79 France: Report, reaction, highlights, stats, pictures
Great Britain have little over a day to recover from a draining defeat to France. Coach Marc Steutel’s men could not pull off another surprise following their big home win over Germany in February. They go into Sunday’s clash with Montenegro looking for a second victory in EuroBasket 2022 Qualifying Group G. And Steutel will …
Gallery: Bubble Day Three
Preview: GB v France
Details GB v France EuroBasket 2022 Qualifier Friday 27th November, 17:00 (GMT) tip Palais des sports de Pau, France Intro Nine months after our historic win over Germany in Newcastle, GB Men return to action tomorrow evening as we face France in the first of the weekend’s EuroBasket 2022 qualifying double-header. The opposition: FRANCE Currently …
Get to know the new GB Men
Three new faces have joined up with GB Men this window ahead of our EuroBasket qualifying double-header vs France and Montenegro this weekend. Here’s all you need to know about the youngsters: Cameron Hildreth Hildreth steps up to the senior squad for the first time having previously represented GB at age-group level, most recently travelling …
Gallery: Bubble Day Two
Gallery: Bubble Day One
FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers: Travelling squad
Head Coach Marc Steutel has today confirmed the 14-man squad that travelled to Pau, France. The team made the journey to FIBA’s bubble ahead of this weekend’s EuroBasket 2022 qualifying double-header against France and Montenegro. The hosts, who are currently ranked sixth in the world, are up first on Friday before the team’s second group …
Maurice Watkins steps down as chair of BBF
The chairman of the British Basketball Federation Maurice Watkins announced today he is stepping down from the voluntary role. Solicitor Mr Watkins, CBE, was asked to take on the chairmanship over two years ago and he has overseen significant achievements including the elite GB women’s squad coming close to Olympic qualification and creating positive international …
EuroBasket Qualifiers 2022: The story so far
With just a few days until GB face France and Montenegro in the latest EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers, here’s a recap of how we arrived at the EuroBasket qualifiers. November/December 2018 We began our qualifying two years ago in the Second Round of FIBA’s EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers, drawn into Group D with Austria and Cyprus. The first …
Young guns can help fire up GB – Clark, Okereafor
Great Britain’s new young guns can help keep the team firing for their EuroBasket Qualifiers in France next weekend. That is the view of veterans Dan Clark and Teddy Okereafor – who believe the recent youthful additions to the national team squad will keep the old guard ‘on their toes’ as well. The likes of 19-year-old Kareem Queeley, Jacob Round (20) and Cameron Hildreth …
GB ‘underdogs’ ready to bite in Pau double-header
Great Britain’s Group G ‘underdogs’ will be ready to bare their teeth when EuroBasket action resumes next weekend. GB face FIBA sixth-ranked France and Montenegro (26th) in the Pau ‘bubble’ in what were scheduled to be home games before Covid-19 played havoc with the sporting calendar. But despite being rated 42 in the world, the …