The British Basketball Federation can today announce it is beginning a formal process to recruit a Head Coach and General Manager for the Men’s Senior National Team. With the recent historic FIBA World Cup Qualifying campaign now concluded, and the BBF’s review into the coaching and performance structure complete, recruitment is open for both positions. …
After almost a decade of competing at the elite level of senior men’s international basketball, Great Britain guard Ben Mockford has announced his national team retirement. The 55-cap veteran ranks eighth all-time in caps for the men’s team and will leave big sneakers to fill in his wake as the 33-year-old sharpshooter brought a grit …
The best and brightest talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales is set to do battle in Four Nations Tournaments taking place across various junior age groups. The Home Country Associations and Ireland will compete in Under-14s, Under-16s and Under-18s Men’s and Women’s competitions in Dublin, Cardiff, AND Dundee, commencing this week. Schedule April 5/6 …
The British Basketball Federation is delighted to confirm the appointment of two Interim-Executive Officers to take the Federation forward in the coming months. The initial appointments were supported by UK Sport and FIBA. With steps having been taken to consolidate the BBF’s position for the first half of the new financial year, the Board agreed …
An exciting new era begins today for the Great Britain junior national teams with the announcement of the six head coaches for this summer’s FIBA European Youth Championships. GB will compete in all three age groups – Under-20, Under-18 and Under-16 – for the first time since 2019 – and the Head Coaches selected to lead …
The stage for the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 is set after Wednesday’s draw in Slovenia sorted the 16 participating teams into groups for the 39th edition of Europe’s flagship women’s basketball competition, with GB set to take on France, Germany and the co-hosting Slovenians in group action. Chema Buceta’s side qualified for the competition as …
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is recruiting assistant coaches, physiotherapists and strength and conditioning coaches for its Great Britain teams ahead of the 2023 FIBA European Youth Championships.
Great Britain gave a much-improved performance to push European powerhouses Serbia hard in their final FIBA 2023 World Cup Qualifier. After losing to Belgium in Newcastle on Friday, Head Coach Marc Steutel’s men finished their campaign with a 101-83 defeat in Belgrade and a 1-9 record. Mercurial young point guard talent Quinn Ellis led GB …
He’s lived and breathed GB Basketball every day for as long as most of us can remember, and ahead of the Men’s National Team’s final FIBA World Cup Qualifier of the campaign against Serbia this evening, the all-time record cap holder for Marc Steutel’s side Dan Clark has had his say on a memorable 16 …
Great Britain Men’s National Team Head Coach Marc Steutel has his roster for Monday night’s final FIBA World Cup Qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade (7pm). The National Team will conclude what has been a historic FIBA World Cup Qualifying campaign tomorrow night, where GB have reached the second qualifying phase for the first time in …
An inexperienced Great Britain team fell to an 88-59 defeat to Belgium in their penultimate FIBA 2023 World Cup Qualifier in Newcastle.
Overseeing the most successful FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign in National Team history, Head Coach Marc Steutel checked in ahead of GB’s final two games of the campaign to reflect on the Men’s programme’s progress over the last 18 months. The National Team take to the court tonight against Belgium before travelling to Belgrade to …
