Guyana men's national basketball team explained

Country:Guyana
Fiba Zone:FIBA Americas
Joined Fiba:1961
National Fed:Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF)
Coach:Junior Hercules
Zone Appearances:None
Zone Championship:FIBA AmeriCup
Zone Championship2:Caribbean Championship
Zone Appearances2:8
Zone Medals2: Silver: 1994
Bronze: 1981, 2000
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The Guyana national basketball team represents Guyana in international competitions. It is governed by the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF).[1]

Its main accomplishment was the silver medal at the 1994 Caribbean Basketball Championship.

In 2019, Guyana's top player Delroy James wanted to join the national team. Yet, he did not get his passport extended in time.[2]

Roster

2019 Squad at FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers:[3] [2]

Depth chart

Competitions

Performance at CaribeBasket

YearPositionHost
19813rd place Georgetown, Guyana
1984? Nassau, Bahamas
1987? Suriname
19885th place Georgetown, Guyana
19904th Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
19934th Bridgetown, Barbados
19942nd place Georgetown, Guyana
19964th place Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
20003rd place Bridgetown, Barbados
20078th place Caguas, Puerto Rico
20117th place Nassau, Bahamas
20145th place Tortola, British Virgin Islands
201510th place Tortola, British Virgin Islands
20181st place Paramaribo, Suriname

Past rosters

Team for the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship.[4]

The side that represented Guyana at the CBC Sr. Championship 2007 was composed of:

Jersey numberPosition playedHeightNameYear of birthClub otherwise represented
15 208 Antric Klaiber 1976 Eintracht Frankfurt Basketball
13 204 Lorenzo Withrite 1981 Scarlet Vilvoorde
12 193 Kevin Creppy 1987 Bethune-Cookman College
14 206 Gordon Klaiber 1983 Brooklyn Kings
7 176 Carl Benn 1980 U. of Mass. – Lowell
10 185 Robert Davis 1984 South Carolina All Stars (UMBL)
8 176 Shawn Powell 1976 Salisbury State
11 176 Michael Creepy Jr.1985 Riverside
HC --- Stephen Nurse ---- DC Jammers
AC --- Larry Davis ---- South Carolina All Stars (UMBL)
M --- Paul Haynes ---- NYU – Polytechnic University
M ---- Patrick Haynes ---- NYU – Polytechnic University

Head coach position

Kit

Manufacturer

2019: Nike

See also

External links

Videos

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/295/nfProf.html FIBA National Federations – Guyana
  2. https://guyanachronicle.com/2019/02/21/guyana-to-be-without-aek-athens-talisman-delroy-james/ Guyana to be without AEK Athens ‘talisman’ Delroy James
  3. https://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2021/pre-qualifiers/2019/team/Guyana#tab=roster Guyana
  4. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/11677/tid/295/_/2015_CBC_Championship_for_Men/index.html 2015 CBC Championship for Men