The Great Britain Under-16s and Under-18s this afternoon discovered their opponents in the FIBA 2022 European Youth Championships as the competition draws were completed in Freising, Germany. A total of 254 teams will compete in the 16 youth tournaments, which will be played across three age categories and three divisions, with GB competing in the …
Great Britain will enter four junior teams in the FIBA European Championships 2022 after a plan to fund the programmes was drawn up by the Home Countries. The male and female GB U16s and U18s will enter competitions next summer, supported financially and logistically by Basketball England, Basketball Scotland and Basketball Wales. With British Basketball Federation (BBF) UK Sport funds only allowed to be focused …
Great Britain Basketball has signed an agreement for Macron to become the national teams’ kit supplier for the next four years. The Italian manufacturer will provide playing, training and off-court wear for the senior and junior teams and staff. GB will wear Macron kit for the first time at the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup qualifiers and Under-23 3×3 League of Nations later this month. There will …
The Great Britain youth teams will not take part in revised FIBA competition this summer because of COVID-19 considerations. FIBA has passed a resolution to suspend the 2021 European Youth Championships, replacing them with smaller European Youth Challenger events. The British Basketball Federation, along with its members, Basketball England, Basketball Scotland and Basketball Wales, have …
Great Britain’s U20, U18 and U16 Men and Women will compete in the European Championships in July 2021. The 2020 Euros were among a host of sporting events ruled out because of the coronavirus pandemic. The GB U18 and 20 Men will take part in their respective Division A competitions, while the U16 Men and …
The British Basketball Federation wishes to formally recognise all players that were in contention for Great Britain youth team representation at the 2020 European Championships, which have been cancelled due to COVID-19. The summer months are usually a busy time for Great Britain’s youth teams, with our squads competing in their respective European Championship campaigns. But as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown conditions imposed throughout …
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 …
The head coaches for Great Britain’s 2020 European Championship campaigns have been appointed. After a thorough selection process jointly managed by the home country’s of England, Scotland and Wales, head coaches have been picked for the six male and female age-group teams at under-16, under-18 and under-20 from a range of high-quality candidates. The appointments …
With the next set of GB fixtures tipping off in February 2020, GB Basketball are launching a new competition for supporters to design the\ GB jerseys to be worn by the players. The new jerseys, which will once again be produced by official kit supplier Kappa, will be worn by the teams in various FIBA …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is recruiting head coaches and support staff for the organisation’s Great Britain age-group teams. The move comes at an exciting time, with the prospects for Olympic qualification a real possibility for the GB women in 2020 and the GB men’s team on a long winning streak. The BBF wants to …
British Basketball Federation chairman Maurice Watkins has sent a ‘well done’ message to the GB age-group teams. GB’s male and female U16, U18 and U20 teams took part in their respective European Championships over the summer. Watkins said: “I’d like to thank all of the players, coaches and staff for their efforts in bringing together …
