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 …
Great Britain’s age-group squads know who they will face in the summer’s FIBA European Championships after the draw was made in Munich today. The GB Under-18 and 20 Men will compete in their respective Division A competitions, while the Under-16 Men and all of the nation’s female teams will be in action in Division B. …
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 …
GB U20 Women kept their hopes of promotion to Division A alive with a strong 89-67 win over Croatia, aided by a dominate scoring performance from Loren Christie who finished with 26 points. The game started evenly with both teams trading baskets. This continued throughout the first ten minutes as neither team could ignite a …
GB U20 Men finished in 8th position at the FIBA European Championships, following a spirited loss to Croatia by 82-63 in a play-off game to determine the final team positions of the tournament. Croatia started strongly and looked every inch the favourites as they took a quick 7-0 advantage, helped by GB committing two early fouls. A quick GB time-out helped get them organised and Niall Harris soon got GB’s first points to make it 7-2. A fast-break opportunity …
GB’s hopes of a possible medal in this FIBA tournament were dashed 56-81 by a strong German performance in Tel Aviv this afternoon. The strength of the German inside play, with Philip Herkenhoff and Nils Hassfurther to the fore, produced enough easy scores at the offensive end and stops at the defensive end to keep …
The first half was a closely contested battle but it was GB who got the better of the Serbians by the halftime buzzer. GB came out with a strong start taking the first quarter against the Serbians 17-15, using their speed and athleticism to get out in transition for quick buckets. Romario Spence and Nathan …
The GB U20 Men suffered a close loss to Montenegro 72-68 in their final game of the European Championship group stage. The result leaves Karl Brown’s team bottom of Group A with an 0-3 record. GB came out aggressively to start the game, attacking the hoop and hitting some knock down three pointers to take …
