England men's national basketball team

England
FIBA ranking	None
Joined FIBA	1937
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	English Basketball Federation
Coach	Paul James
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 2012 zone_championship=EuroBasket
Zone championship
Appearances	4 (1946, 1955, 1961, 1981)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances	1
Medals	Bronze: 2006
Uniforms
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Former logo of England Basketball

The England national basketball team represents England in international basketball competitions. The team is organised by England Basketball, the sport's governing body in England. Currently, England only competes internationally at the junior level. In 2005 England, along with the basketballscotland and their counterparts in Wales 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 London 2012 summer Olympics. England's direct affiliation to FIBA will end on 30 September 2016 as they will be joining Scotland and Northern Ireland to form a Permanent Great Britain Side, while Wales will remain independent . ^[1]

England's biggest success were its four qualifications to the EuroBasket, which is Europe's prime basketball event. Further, the team won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

History

Eurobasket 1946

England's first European championship appearance was at Eurobasket 1946. They lost all four of the games that they played, and subsequently finished last in the field of ten teams.

Eurobasket 1955

A few years later, England qualified for the Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest, where the English Team had a couple of strong showings. After losing their preliminary round games they beat Switzerland, a major player at the global stage until the mid-50s. The victory marked England's first victory at a major international basketball event. Later, England outscored Austria as well. Eventually, the team placed second in the five teams of the classification group, moving to the 9–12 classification semifinals. There, however, England could not take advantage of the gained self-confidence and lost the next two games. Overall, England finished in 12th place out of the 18 teams, a considerable improvement from its last eurobasket appearance in 1946.

Eurobasket 1961 and 1981

Despite the improvements in the preceding years, Team England did not do well at the Eurobasket 1961 or the Eurobasket 1981 and lost most games. Its lone victory, however, came in 1981 when they beat the elite team of Greece. This victory still stands as one of the major surprises in the history of the tournament.

Commonwealth Games

Melbourne 2006

John Amaechi was England's dominant player at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he helped secure the bronze medal.

The men's and women's teams were competing for the first time as England in a major multi-sport event, and it was the first Commonwealth Games in which basketball was featured.

The men's team included Steve Bucknall, the second Englishman to play in the NBA. John Amaechi, who played 284 games in the NBA, came out of retirement to participate in Melbourne. Having lost to Australia in the semi-finals, they faced Nigeria in the Bronze medal match. The teams were tied at 15 points to end the first quarter. Robert Reed and Andrew Bridge led the way as England found their stride in the second phase, and they pulled away in the second half of play. Reed played like a snake possessed and was the top scorer for England with 16 points and dominating the Nigerians who had no answer to his all action style. Michael Martin also contributed with 13 points. England won the game 80–57 to claim the first Bronze medal in Commonwealth Games basketball^[2]

Team

• Antony Burns
• Jermaine Forbes
• Andrew Bridge
• Ronnie Baker
• Delme Herriman
• Andrew Sullivan
• Fabulous Flournoy
• Mike Martin
• Robert Reed
• John Amaechi
• Julius Joseph
• Richard Windle

Coaching Staff

• Coach – Peter Scantlebury
• Assistant Coach – Michael Hayles
• Assistant Coach – Tim Lewis^[3]

Competition charts

Olympic Games A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within England Summer Olympic Games record Year Position Pld W L Berlin 1936 Did not participate London 1948 20th 6 1 5 Helsinki 1952 Did not participate between 1952-1996 Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 Did not qualify Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 Did not qualify London 2012 9th 5 1 4 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Did not qualify Total 2/18 11 2 9      Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain. FIBA World Cup FIBA World Cup record Year Round Position Pld W L Argentina 1950 Did not participate between 1950-1998 Greece 1998 United States 2002 Did not qualify Japan 2006 Turkey 2010 Did not qualify Spain 2014 Total 0 Titles 0/17 0 0 0      Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain.

Eurobasket FIBA EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L Geneva 1935 Did not participate between 1936-1939 Riga 1937 Geneva 1946 8th 3 0 3 Prague 1947 Did not participate between 1949-1955 Cairo 1949 Budapest 1955 12th 10 2 8 Sofia 1957 Did not participate Istanbul 1959 Belgrade 1961 19th 7 0 7 Wroclaw 1963 Did not participate between 1963-1979 Turin 1979 Prague 1981 19th 10 2 8 Nantes 1983 Did not participate between 1983-1997 Barcelona 1997 Paris 1999 Did not qualify Istanbul 2001 Stockholm 2003 Belgrade 2005 Madrid 2007 Did not qualify Katowice 2009 15th 3 0 3 Kaunas 2011 15th 5 2 3 Ljubljana 2013 15th 5 2 3 2015 Did not qualify 2017 To be determined Total 29/37 224 139 85      Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain.

Commonwealth Games

Current squad

At the FIBA EuroBasket 2003 qualification: ^[4] (last official squad before formation of Team Great Britain)

England men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 4 Silas Paul Cheung 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 GER ! 1.5 !G 5 Yorick Mortimer Williams 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) ENG ! 1.5 !G 6 Julius Joel Joseph 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1975-11-16)16 November 1975 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BEL ! 6 Iain McKinney 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1973-03-11)11 March 1973 ENG ! 1.5 !G 7 Ronald Baker 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1969-07-28)28 July 1969 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) ENG ! 1.5 !G 8 Anthony Jerald Dorsey 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1970-07-15)15 July 1970 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) ENG ! 3.5 !F 10 Andy Derek Gardiner 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1967-11-29)29 November 1967 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BEL ! 1.5 !G 11 Steven Anthony Hansell 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1975-02-17)17 February 1975 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) GRE ! 11 Michael Charles Martin 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1974-02-20)20 February 1974 ENG ! 11 Thomas Christopher K. Pearson 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 GRE ! 12 Michael Bernard 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1978-07-14)14 July 1978 CYP ! 5.0 !C 12 Ian Stuart Whyte 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1971-09-17)17 September 1971 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) POR ! 3.5 !F 13 Delme Leon Jefferson Herriman 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1973-05-08)8 May 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) NED ! 5.0 !C 14 Christopher John Haslam 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1974-05-27)27 May 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BEL ! 14 Richard Windle 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1976-04-07)7 April 1976 ENG ! 5.0 !C 15 Andrew Betts 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) GRE !	Head coach Assistant coaches Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 21 Nov 2001

Past squad

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See also

• England women's national basketball team
• Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (Basketball)
• England national under-19 basketball team

References

External links

• Basketball In England
• FIBA profile
• Archived records of England team participations

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