Great Britain Men’s assistant coach Marc Steutel has found a new role for next season after being announced as the head coach of the Teesside Lions. Steutel played an integral part in helping the GB Men to a 7-1 record across 2019/20, including stepping up to lead the team to an outstanding 81-73 victory over …
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, …
GB Basketball today confirmed the return of FIBA’s Her World, Her Rules campaign for a second year. The programme, which is aimed at young females under the age of 14, is designed to attract more young players to the sport and tackle the disparity between male and female participation. Over the last year FIBA has …
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 …
Great Britain pulled off a stunning come-from-behind win over Germany at a raucous Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle. The irrepressible Luke Nelson scored 26 points while Ovie Soko had 18 and 10 rebounds as GB showed true grit to withstand German pressure and set up a grandstand finish. GB went into the sold-out EuroBasket 2021 …
DETAILS Great Britain v GermanyEuroBasket 2021 QualifierMonday 24 February, 20:00 (GMT)Eagles Community Arena, Newcastle INTRO GB go into the sold-out clash in the North East looking to bounce back from last week’s narrow defeat to Montenegro. It is the second Group G game of the final round of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying. The loss in …
Great Britain’s EuroBasket 2021 qualifying campaign started with a narrow defeat in Montenegro. GB went down 81-74 at a raucous Moraca Sports Centre in Podgorica despite a late push to overhaul their hosts, who are ranked seven places above them in the European standings. They twice fought back from double-digit deficits in the Group G …
The British Basketball Federation is saddened to hear of the passing of Nottingham Wildcats’ Pauline Prior. Prior was a founding member of the Wildcats, playing for a total of 16 seasons, primarily in the topflight of British Women’s Basketball and was a well-known and much-loved figure across the sport. Following her playing career, Prior held …
DETAILS Montenegro v Great BritainEuroBasket 2021 QualifierFriday 20 February, 18:00 (GMT) Moraca Sports Centre, Podgorica INTRO Great Britain, ranked 21st in Europe, head into the final round of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying riding high on a seven-game FIBA winning streak, the best in programme history. The run stretches all the way back to December 3, …
The Great Britain roster for the FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying game against Montenegro has been confirmed. Acting head coach Marc Steutel, standing in for Nate Reinking, will lead the team in Podgorica on Friday, February 21 before they head to Newcastle for a sell-out showdown with the Germans at the Eagles Community Arena. The initial …
Marc Steutel says it will be ‘business as usual’ when he steps up to act as head coach for Great Britain’s FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers against Montenegro and Germany. With Nate Reinking is unavailable trip to Podgorica on Friday and Mondau’s eagerly anticapted visit of Germany to Newcastle on Monday, assistant coach Steutel will now …
Following on from the release of the new GB Jerseys ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in January, GB Basketball can today confirm the jersey will now be worn by GB teams during all upcoming tournaments. Now the GB 2020 jerseys, GB Men will be the next team to perform in the new look …
