Great Britain have been drawn in Group D with Sweden, Denmark and Estonia for the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers. The first matches for the GB team, who are currently ranked tenth in Europe, will be at home to Sweden (currently ranked 15th in Europe) and away to Estonia (currently ranked 32nd in Europe). These matches will take place …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) has announced the appointment of three new independent non-executive members to its Board of directors. Melissa Lawton, currently Chief Content Officer for SailGP; business owner, commentator and former GB player, Martin Henlan, and another former basketball player and coach, Katy Adamson, who is currently leading major programmes for Jaguar Land …
Great Britain U20 Men finished in eighth place at FIBA European Championships Division B in Skopje after going down to Switzerland in the final classification game. Coach Krumesh Patel’s side finished the group stage with a 2-2 record to qualify for the quarter-finals, beating Austria 72-63 and Hungary 57-54. But they fell to hosts North …
Senior British Basketball referee, Gavin Williams, has been selected to attend an international referee development programme during this month’s NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. The programme, which is run by the NBA’s referee operations team, will focus on the off-court development of international officials and instructors, according to the principles and methods used by …
The Great Britain Under-18 Women placed 12th at the FIBA European Youth Championships at the conclusion of the tournament in Bulgaria. Head coach Karen Burton’s team ended with a 2-5 record after seven games in Sofia and had to contend with injuries to key players. In the group stage, they fell to narrow losses to …
After successfully navigating the group stages of the most competitive Women’s EuroBasket to date, Great Britain’s biggest test so far awaits this evening as Chema Buceta’s side take on the defending champions, Serbia, in the Quarter-final Qualification game, and Assistant Coach Vanessa Ellis insists the team are ready for battle. “They’re the defending champions, but …
A closely-fought encounter with the Germans was decided by the finest of margins 62-61 as Chema Buceta’s Great Britain fell just short of victory in their final group stage game of Women’s EuroBasket. GB will still advance to the qualifying round for the quarter-finals on Tuesday, and will face the second-placed side in Group D …
There’s been quite the buzz about the name ‘Kiki Herbert-Harrigan’ in European basketball over recent times, as the 24-year-old British star returned to the court this past year with a bang for her first full season after giving birth to her son. The former London Lions star won Women’s British Basketball League MVP last season …
Chema Buceta’s Women’s National Team broke the hearts of hosts Slovenia in today’s EuroBasket opener as GB roared to an incredible comeback win at the Stozice Arena. After trailing by as many as 18 points in the first half, Great Britain came back to win the contest 76-71 following a gripping contest between a Teja-Oblak-inspired …
The British Basketball Federation is excited to announce that we’re now looking to fill the rest of the performance staff roles for our GB Senior Men’s team. We’re looking for talented individuals to work with our new Head Coach Marc Steutel and General Manager Dan Clark across the following roles; If you would like to …
At 22 years old, there’s not much Holly Winterburn can’t already claim to have accomplished in her young career, but tomorrow she gets to add another huge milestone to her CV as she’ll make her debut at Women’s EuroBasket 2023 for Great Britain. Having swept up every team accolade possible in the Women’s British Basketball …
Training camp rosters have been confirmed for the Great Britain teams taking part in the FIBA European Youth Championships this summer. GB will compete in all three age groups – Under-20, Under-18 and Under-16 – for the first time since 2019 – with all six teams in Division B action. The individual tournaments take place …
