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.
Current roster
At the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries:Wales | 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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Head coach
James Bamfield
Assistant coaches Thomas Guntrip Andrew Purnell Azeb Smalley
Physiotherapist Marc Wheeler
Legend
Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 28 June 2016
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.
Competitions
Performance at Summer Olympics YearPositionNoteTournamentHost 1948 20 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, England 2012 9 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainBasketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics London, England
Performance at FIBA World championships yet to qualify
Performance at Eurobasket
YearPositionNoteTournamentHost 2009 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Katowice, Poland 2011 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania 2013 13 Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2013 Ljubljana, Slovenia201722Played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2017Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-Napoca Turkey, Finland, Israel, Romania202224played alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2022Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, Milan Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy2025TBDWill play alongside England and Scotland as Great BritainFIBA EuroBasket 2025Riga, Limassol, Tampere, Katowice Latvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland
External links Basketball Wales Wales Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
See also Basketball Wales Great Britain national basketball team Sport in Wales Wales women's national basketball team
References