The FIBA Europe Board convened on Tuesday and decided to cancel a raft of summer events. The European Championships, in which Great Britain’s male and female u16, u18 and u20 teams were due to take part, are among the events ruled out because of the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting, which took place via video conference, …
Olympian Jo Leedham-Warner is among a raft of Great Britain coaching appointments ahead of the 2020 European Championships. The GB legend, who represented her country at London 2012 and has been the leading light of the national team since, has been named as an assistant coach for the Under-16 Women’s squad. She will support head …
Great Britain pulled off a stunning come-from-behind win over Germany at a raucous Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle. The irrepressible Luke Nelson scored 26 points while Ovie Soko had 18 and 10 rebounds as GB showed true grit to withstand German pressure and set up a grandstand finish. GB went into the sold-out EuroBasket 2021 …
DETAILS Great Britain v GermanyEuroBasket 2021 QualifierMonday 24 February, 20:00 (GMT)Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle INTRO GB go into the sold-out clash in the North East looking to bounce back from last week’s narrow defeat to Montenegro. It is the second Group G game of the final round of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying. The loss in …
Great Britain’s EuroBasket 2021 qualifying campaign started with a narrow defeat in Montenegro. GB went down 81-74 at a raucous Moraca Sports Centre in Podgorica despite a late push to overhaul their hosts, who are ranked seven places above them in the European standings. They twice fought back from double-digit deficits in the Group G …
The British Basketball Federation is saddened to hear of the passing of Nottingham Wildcats’ Pauline Prior. Prior was a founding member of the Wildcats, playing for a total of 16 seasons, primarily in the topflight of British Women’s Basketball and was a well-known and much-loved figure across the sport. Following her playing career, Prior held …
DETAILS Montenegro v Great BritainEuroBasket 2021 QualifierFriday 20 February, 18:00 (GMT) Moraca Sports Centre, Podgorica INTRO Great Britain, ranked 21st in Europe, head into the final round of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying riding high on a seven-game FIBA winning streak, the best in programme history. The run stretches all the way back to December 3, …
The Great Britain roster for the FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying game against Montenegro has been confirmed. Acting head coach Marc Steutel, standing in for Nate Reinking, will lead the team in Podgorica on Friday, February 21 before they head to Newcastle for a sell-out showdown with the Germans at the Eagles Community Arena. The initial …
Marc Steutel says it will be ‘business as usual’ when he steps up to act as head coach for Great Britain’s FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers against Montenegro and Germany. With Nate Reinking is unavailable trip to Podgorica on Friday and Mondau’s eagerly anticapted visit of Germany to Newcastle on Monday, assistant coach Steutel will now …
GB Basketball have named an initial 24-man squad for the upcoming EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers against Montenegro and Germany. The roster features a core group of players from GB’s successful EuroBasket pre-qualifying campaign supplemented by some exciting additions. Great Britain head into the final round of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying riding high on a seven-game FIBA …
The British Basketball Federation has announced the coaching staff for the February EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying window. Head coach Nate Reinking is unavailable for the GB Men’s games against Montenegro (away) and Germany in Newcastle later this month due to his NBA G-League commitments with Canton Charge, so assistant coach Marc Steutel steps up to act …
Great Britain’s 79-69 defeat to Spain in the third game of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament spelled the end of the bid to get to Tokyo 2020. Coach Chema Buceta expressed his pride in his players following a brave attempt to get the better of the European Champions in Belgrade on Sunday. He spoke of his …
