Wales national basketball team

Wales Wales
FIBA ranking None
Joined FIBA 1956
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Basketball Wales
Coach Steve Williams
Olympic Games
Appearances Not eligible to compete
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances None
Uniforms
Light
Dark

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]


International appearances

Wales has yet to appear in a major international basketball event. Currently, Wales is set in FIBA Europe's Division C. The best result there so far has been 2nd place in 2002.[2]

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

Year Position Note Tournament Host
1948 20 played alongside England and Scotland as Team United Kingdom Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
2016 TBD Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Performance at FIBA World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at Eurobasket

Year Position Note Tournament Host
2009 13 played alongside England and Scotland as Team United Kingdom EuroBasket 2009 Katowice, Poland
2011 13 played alongside England and Scotland as Team United Kingdom EuroBasket 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania
2013 TBD EuroBasket 2013 Ljubljana, Slovenia


External Links

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gbbasketball.com/news/2615.php
  2. ↑ http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_FpPZIJvhIiknyir1CSlj42.compID_Jvy4pg8IJ0MN4eTp8w6A,1.season_2008.roundID_6318.html
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