Great Britain men's national basketball team

The Great Britain national basketball team, or Team GB for short, was re-established by the national basketball organisations of England, Scotland and Wales on December 1, 2005. It consists of men's and women's sides at senior and Under 20 level (at under-age level, each home nation continues to field separate regional squads).

Its goal is to assemble a combined national team with the ambition of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London ^[1].

The senior men's Head Coach is Chris Finch, assisted by Tony Garbelotto (Head Coach of London United Basketball and Hackney Community College Basketball Academy). Its leading players includeBritish NBA star Luol Deng ^[2], Robert Archibald and Andy Betts.

British Performance Basketball is responsible for co-ordinating and preparing the elite men's and women's basketball teams in Great Britain.

Northern Irish players are eligible to play for a combined Ireland team together with those from the Republic of Ireland.

Senior Men's team

Current roster

The numbers are established according to the official websites of the British Basketball Federation (www.british-basketball.co.uk) and European competition governing body, FIBA Europe (www.fibaeurope.com).

As of August 3 2007

5	Richard Midgley	Point Guard	Newcastle Eagles
6	Michael Darnell Lenzly	Guard	Nicosia
7	Chris Sanders	Forward/Centre	Penne Basket
8	Andrew Sullivan	Power Forward	Mons
9	Luol Deng	Small Forward	Chicago Bulls
10	Robert Archibald	Power Forward/Centre	Azovmash Mariupol
12	Nate Reinking	Point Guard	Mons
13	Roger Huggins	Forward	Euphony Bree
14	Chris Haslam	Centre	Everton Tigers
15	Andrew Betts	Centre	Sevilla
	Eric Boateng	Centre	Arizona State University
	Kieron Achara	Forward/Centre	Duquesne University


	Chris Finch	Coach	Mons

Eurobasket Division B 2006-07 Qualifying

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Great Britain	14	8	6	2	618	495	+123
Netherlands	13	8	5	3	590	540	+50
Belarus	13	8	5	3	575	547	+28
Slovakia	12	8	4	4	589	593	-4
Albania	8	8	0	8	534	731	-197

September 2, 2006


Slovakia	73–62	Great Britain

September 9, 2006


Great Britain	63–39	Netherlands

September 13, 2006


Albania	69–72	Great Britain

September 16, 2006


Great Britain	68–69	Belarus

August 21, 2007


Great Britain	77–52	Slovakia

August 29, 2007


Netherlands	64–83	Great Britain

September 1, 2007


Great Britain	110–78	Albania

September 5, 2007


Belarus	51–83	Great Britain

Eurobasket Div A Promotion Play-offs (2007)

September 11, 2007


Great Britain	74–41	Switzerland

September 15, 2007


Switzerland	78–89	Great Britain

Great Britain won 163-119 on aggregate and succeeded in qualifying to Division A of FIBA Europe national basketball and now have the chance to qualify for EuroBasket 2009^[3]. Playing in the A division is the principal criterion that Team Great Britain must fulfil to earn a host berth in the London 2012 Olympics. During the 6 EuroBasket Division B qualifying games, GB won by an average score of over 25 points per game, holding the lead in those games for 237 out of 240 minutes ^[4].

Senior Women's team

Current roster

As of November 22 2006

4	Rosalee Mason	Forward/Guard	Hapoel Tel Aviv
5	Stefanie Collins	Guard	St. Bonaventure University
6	Kelli McHugh	Guard/Forward	Brahe Basket
7	Kristy Lavin	Forward	Manchester Mystics
8	Georgia Jones	Guard	Manchester Mystics
9	Sally Kaznica	Guard	Rhondda Rebels
10	Sarah Naylor	Forward	Sheffield Hatters
11	Leanne Chandler	Guard	Free Agent
12	Louise Gamman	Forward	Solent Suns
13	Laura Butters	Forward	Nottingham Wildcats
14	Michelle Lender	Centre/Forward	Rhondda Rebels
15	Josephine Sarjant	Guard	Nottingham Wildcats


	Mark Clark	Coach

Eurobasket Division B 2006-07

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	8	7	1	294	236	+58
Great Britain	14	8	6	2	249	270	-21
Portugal	13	8	5	3	276	236	+40
Estonia	10	8	2	6	247	246	+1
Luxembourg	8	8	0	8	208	286	-78

September 9, 2006


Estonia	66–72	Great Britain

September 16, 2006


Great Britain	72–50	Luxembourg

September 20, 2006


Bosnia and Herzegovina	82–51	Great Britain

September 23, 2006


Great Britain	54–72	Portugal

September 1, 2007


Great Britain	63–49	Estonia

September 8, 2007


Luxembourg	35–63	Great Britain

September 12, 2007


Great Britain	66–44	Bosnia and Herzegovina

September 15, 2007


Portugal	49–60	Great Britain

Eurobasket Division A Promotion Play-offs 2006-07

September 22, 2007


Great Britain	68–32	Netherlands

September 26, 2007


Netherlands	58–60	Great Britain

Notes

^ Rob Dugdale (2006). "Home nations agree to play as GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2006-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Mark Woods (2007). "Deng a hot commodity in Europe". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2006-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ http://www.eurobasket2007.org/en/cid_BqypGFJPHy-Nw4lwIAq,v3.teamID_2791.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2007.roundID_5907.coid_ORga5cl3G--spS,5FQ2I81.articleMode_on.html
^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2465907.ece

External links

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[1] Rob Dugdale (2006). "Home nations agree to play as GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2006-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] Mark Woods (2007). "Deng a hot commodity in Europe". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2006-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[Fiba_Europe-3] ttp://www.eurobasket2007.org/en/cid_BqypGFJPHy-Nw4lwIAq,v3.teamID_2791.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2007.roundID_5907.coid_ORga5cl3G--spS,5FQ2I81.articleMode_on.html

[Times_UK_online-4] ttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2465907.ece

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Senior Men's team

Current roster

Eurobasket Division B 2006-07 Qualifying

Senior Women's team

Current roster

Eurobasket Division B 2006-07

Eurobasket Division A Promotion Play-offs 2006-07

See also

Notes

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