The most promising junior players in the country all felt a sense of pride and honour being part of the annual Great Britain Youth Team combine, proudly hosted by Basketball Wales. The top U16 and U18 players were put through their paces on Thursday and Friday (January 2-3), with GB head coaches Liam Jefferson (U16M), …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is happy to announce the addition of 12 assistant coaches and 6 team managers across our six age groups ahead of next summer’s FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournaments. The BBF confirms the appointment of Kent Crusaders’ Oli Parr and Barking Abbey’s Lauren Milligan as assistant coaches to Krumesh Patel’s U18 Women’s …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is delighted to announce the addition of three new head coaches to the Great Britain youth sides ahead of next summer’s FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournaments. Liam Jefferson will take the reigns as head coach of the U16 men’s team, with Goran Lojo leading the U18 men’s side. Sarah Hopkins-Chery completes the …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is delighted to announce that it is recruiting Coaches and Team Managers for its Great Britain teams ahead of the 2025 FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournament. The exciting positions currently open are for our U20 Women, U18 Men and U16 Men Head Coaches as well as Assistant Coaches and Team Managers …
The 2025 Great Britain Basketball Youth Team combine will take place at the Archers Arena in Cardiff over two days, January 2-3, bringing together the most promising players across the country in the U16 and U18 age groups. Following the successful 2024 combine in Manchester that prepared the under-16 and under-18 men and women for …
Athena Thompson proudly declared this summer the most memorable one of her young life. And for good reason, the Great Britain under-16 star not only guided her side to promotion to FIBA U16 Women’s EuroBasket from its Division B stages but also earned some individual accolades along the way. The Milton Keynes Breakers product led …
The Great Britian 5v5 youth teams are gearing up for an exciting summer of international competition. With training camps already well underway, the U16 women, U16 men, U18 women, U18 men, U20 women and U20 men are fine tuning their preparations to compete in Division B of the FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournaments this summer. The teams are …
The British Basketball Federation has announced that Donnie MacDonald has been appointed as head coach to the Great Britain under 16 women’s team. MacDonald, who previously led the team in 2022, will take up the role immediately, leading the squad’s preparations for the FIBA under 16 EuroBasket Division B tournament in Turkey this summer. Following …
The Great Britain Youth Teams now know who they will face in this summer’s newly named FIBA Youth EuroBasket competitions following Tuesday’s draws in Freising, Germany.
Paul Fournel has been unveiled as the new Youth Teams Programme Manager for Great Britain Basketball.
The British Basketball Federation is holding a combine on the 2 and 3 January 2024 at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester.
Great Britain Under-16 Women finished in sixth place at the FIBA European Championships Division B in Podgorica, Montenegro after a final-game loss to Iceland. GB fell just short at 69-62 in the 5-6 classification game to end the tournament, with Irene Oboavwoduo top-scoring with 14 and Athena Thompson hitting 13. Head coach Lee Davie’s team …
