Great Britain men's national basketball team
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| FIBA Ranking | 23  20[1] |
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| Joined FIBA | 2005 | ||
| FIBA Zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National Federation | British Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Chris Finch | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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| Appearances | None | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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| Appearances | 3 (2009, 2011, 2013) | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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The Great Britain men's national basketball team, known as Great Britain or GB, is the national team for Great Britain in basketball. The current governing body for the Great Britain team was formed by the national basketball organisations of England (England Basketball), Scotland (basketballscotland) and Wales (Basketball Wales) on 1 December 2005 in order to provide a competitive team for international competition. This structure does not include the basketball association of Northern Ireland; Northern Irish players normally represent the Ireland national basketball team, though they are also eligible to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games.
Great Britain's head coach is Chris Finch of the Houston Rockets in the NBA, assisted by Tony Garbelotto, Tim Lewis, Nick Nurse and Paul Mokeski. Its best-known player is NBA small forward Luol Deng.
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History [edit]
British teams have rarely made an impact on the international scene, only featuring in two Olympic games, both of which were hosted in London (1948, 2012) 1948. The team at that tournament won none of its five games. However, the England national basketball team did qualify for EuroBasket 1981, surprisingly winning the game against the elite team of Greece.
After London won the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the organisers wanted competitive teams at every sport, including basketball. The new Great Britain side was formed on 1 December 2005 from the existing teams from the UK. The new team secured the help of NBA's Chicago Bulls' star Luol Deng, and he led the team to promotion from EuroBasket Division B to Division A. FIBA had stated that Great Britain must prove their competitiveness prior to being granted the spot in the Olympic tournament that would normally be reserved for the host nation.
In Great Britain's first season at the Division A level in 2008, the team finished on top of a group which also included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic and Israel to qualify for EuroBasket 2009.
Eurobasket 2011 [edit]
During August 2010 Great Britain began their qualification campaign for Eurobasket 2011. Britain were drawn into a group containing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Macedonia and Ukraine. They finished top of their group and qualified for back to back Eurobasket tournaments for their first time.
On 13 March 2011, Fiba voted 17-3 in favour of Great Britain receiving their host nation spot at the 2012 Olympic games with one condition, they have until 30 June 2012 to decide on whether to merge the three nations that make up the team or disband after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
On 21 June 2012, Basketball Wales confirmed their intent to reject the proposed merger on the grounds that the arrangement was always intended to be temporary in the build-up to the London Olympics, and that it would not be in the best interests for the sport in Wales for the country to forfeit its national team, when the GB team contained no Welsh players.
At Eurobasket 2011 Great Britain recorded their first Eurobasket win en route to a 2–3 record, good enough for 13th in the first 24 team Eurobasket tournament.
London 2012 [edit]
Records and Statistics [edit]
- Biggest win - 74-41 v Switzerland, 33 points, 11 September 2007
- Biggest defeat - 78-118 v USA, 40 points, 19 July 2012
- Longest winning streak - 6, 21 August 2007 to 15 September 2007
- Most points scored in a game by an individual player - Luol Deng, 38 points v Bosnia & Herzegovina, 26 August 2010
Competitive record [edit]
Olympic Games [edit]
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Roster [edit]
This is Great Britain's roster for the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]
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Other notable players [edit]
See also [edit]
- Great Britain women's national basketball team
- Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team
- British Basketball League
- England national basketball team
- Scotland national basketball team
- Wales national basketball team
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html
- ^ "Great Britain's men's and women's basketball teams to play in Olympics". The Guardian (London). 13 March 2011.
- ^ "GBR - Roster". FIBA. 2012–07–18.
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