Country: | Wales |
Fiba Ranking: | None |
Joined Fiba: | 1956 |
Fiba Zone: | FIBA Europe |
National Fed: | Basketball Wales |
Coach: | James Bamfield |
H Body: | ff0000 |
H Pattern B: | _basketballblankborder |
H Shorts: | FFFFFF |
A Body: | ff0000 |
A Pattern B: | _basketballwhiteborder |
A Shorts: | ff0000 |
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]
At the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries:[2]
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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]
Year | Position | Note | Tournament | Host | |
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1948 | 20 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | London, United Kingdom | ||
2012 | 9 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | London, United Kingdom |
yet to qualify
Year | Position | Note | Tournament | Host | |
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2009 | 13 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | Katowice, Poland | ||
2011 | 13 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | Kaunas, Lithuania | ||
2013 | 13 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
2017 | 22 | Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | FIBA EuroBasket 2017 | Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-NapocaTurkey, Finland, Israel, Romania | |
2022 | 24 | played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | FIBA EuroBasket 2022 | Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, MilanGermany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy | |
2025 | TBD | Will play alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain | FIBA EuroBasket 2025 | Riga, Limassol, Tampere, KatowiceLatvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland |