British national basketball team
Great Britain Great Britain |
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Association | BBF |
FIBA member since | 2005 |
FIBA world rankings | 56 |
Technical sponsor | Adidas |
Trainer | Nate Reinking |
World championships | |
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Participation in the finals | no |
Best results | - |
Olympic games | |
Participation in the finals | 2 |
Best results | 9th place ( 2012 ) |
Continental championships | |
championship | European Championship |
Participation in the finals | 2 |
Best results | 13th place ( 2009 , 2011 ) |
Homepage | gbbasketball.com |
(As of May 19, 2013) |
The UK national basketball team represents the UK excluding Northern Ireland in men's international basketball matches. It was re-established in 2006 on the occasion of the 2012 Olympic Games in the British capital, London.
history
A British national basketball team was first formed on the occasion of the 1948 Olympic Games in London , which took 20th place out of 23 participants. From 1972 British national teams took part in the qualifications for the Olympic Games, while the separation of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland remained for other competitions. After 1992, qualification for the Olympic Games took place via European Championships, so there was no longer any reason to form a British national team.
In 2004 the British-Irish basketball association British & Irish Basketball Federation was renamed Great Britain Basketball after the departure of Ireland (including Northern Ireland) . The British Basketball Federation was founded on the occasion of the 2012 Olympic Games . Finally, a joint British national team took England's place in the European Championship qualification.
The US-American Chris Finch , who had started his professional playing and coaching career in the British Basketball League , was appointed as the first national coach after the re -establishment . The goal was to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games, for which the promotion from Division B to Division A was required. This succeeded straight away, and two years later Great Britain qualified directly on its first participation in Division A for the European Championship finals in 2009 after the NBA player Luol Deng could be won for the national team. Furthermore, efforts were made for a long time to get his teammate from the Chicago Bulls , Ben Gordon , but finally waived his participation before the 2012 Olympic Games. The Nigerian NBA player Kelenna Azubuike, who was born in London, was also under discussion for some time about being called to the national team.
After losing all three preliminary round matches at the 2009 European Championship finals, they qualified again for the 2011 European Championship finals two years later . Here you won two out of five preliminary round games. But this was not enough for the qualification for the intermediate round in the final tournament in Lithuania.
For the 2012 Olympic tournament you were automatically qualified as a host. After four defeats after injury problems of some players, they only won the final preliminary round match against China with 90:58 and were eliminated after the preliminary round, which was enough to finish ninth in the tournament. By participating in the 2012 Olympics, you were automatically qualified for the 2013 European Championship because you could not take part in the qualification. After the Olympic Games in 2012, coach Chris Finch announced his resignation, who meanwhile worked as a club coach back in his home country and was appointed to the coaching staff of the NBA club Houston Rockets in 2011 . Subsequently, the post of national coach remained vacant for a long time.
Current squad
→ Squad for the 2013 European Championship
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Performing in international tournaments
Olympic Summer Games
- 1936 - did not take part
- 1948 - 20th place
- 1952 - 1968 - did not take part
- 1972 - 1992 - does not qualify
- 1996 - 2004 - did not take part
- 2008 - did not qualify
- 2012 - 9th place
Basketball world championship
no participation yet
European basketball championship
References and comments
- ^ British Basketball Federation - About Us. British Basketball Federation , archived from the original on November 13, 2008 ; Retrieved May 19, 2013 (History of the British Basketball Federation).
- ↑ Home Countries National Governing Bodies Unite. British Basketball Federation , December 1, 2005, archived from the original on June 20, 2006 ; accessed on May 19, 2013 (English, media information).
- ↑ Rob Dugdale: Great Britain to hold court in 2012. The Guardian , December 2, 2005, accessed May 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Finland, Great Britain Come Through. FIBA Europa , September 15, 2007, accessed on May 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Julian Shea: GB men's basketball team give up on Ben Gordon playing at London 2012. Metro.co.uk, July 2, 2012, accessed May 19, 2013 .
- ↑ GB bosses in pursuit of NBA star Azubuike for European finals. Mail Online , December 16, 2008, accessed May 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Olympics basketball: GB men's coach Chris Finch resigns. BBC Online , August 6, 2012, accessed May 19, 2013 .
- ^ Mark Woods: Funding a factor in GB coach search. MVP247.com, March 15, 2013, accessed May 19, 2013 .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- British Performance Basketball (English)