Wales men's national basketball team explained

Country:Wales
Fiba Ranking:None
Joined Fiba:1956
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
National Fed:Basketball Wales
Coach:James Bamfield
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Oly Appearances:Not eligible to compete
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:None

The Welsh national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Wales in international competition. They are organised by Basketball Wales, the sport's governing body in Wales.

In 2005, Wales, along with England Basketball and basketballscotland combined forces to form the Great Britain national basketball team, with the target goal to field a competitive team capable of winning medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. England's and Scotland's affiliation to FIBA will end on 30 September 2016, but Wales did not sign the agreement with the British Basketball Federation and FIBA.[1]

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries:[2]

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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Physiotherapist

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Legend:

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International appearances

Wales has yet to appear in a major international basketball event. Currently, Wales is set in FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. The best result there so far has been 2nd place in both 1998 and 2002.[3]

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

YearPositionNoteTournamentHost
1948 20 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain London, United Kingdom
2012 9Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainLondon, United Kingdom

Performance at FIBA World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at Eurobasket

YearPositionNoteTournamentHost
2009 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainKatowice, Poland
2011 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainKaunas, Lithuania
2013 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainLjubljana, Slovenia
201722Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2017Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-NapocaTurkey, Finland, Israel, Romania
202224played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2022Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, MilanGermany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy
2025TBDWill play alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2025Riga, Limassol, Tampere, KatowiceLatvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland

External links

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Data . gbbasketball.com . 2021-06-08.
  2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/12410/tid/386/_/2016_FIBA_European_Championship_For_Small_Countries/index.html Wales | 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
  3. Web site: History | European Championship Men Division C (2008) . FIBA Europe . 2021-06-08.