Gibraltar national basketball team

Gibraltar Gibraltar
FIBA ranking T-94 Steady
Joined FIBA 1985
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association
EuroBasket
Appearances None
Uniforms
Light
Dark
First international
 Ireland 114–59 Gibraltar Gibraltar
(Ta'Qali, Malta; 14 December 1988)
Biggest win
Gibraltar Gibraltar 77–37 Guernsey Guernsey
(Rhodes, Greece; 30 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Ireland 112–39 Gibraltar Gibraltar
(Cardiff, Wales; 12 December 1990)

The Gibraltarian national basketball team are the representative team for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar in basketball. The team is selected by the Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association (GABBA) which is a member of FIBA Europe since 1985[1] and competes in FIBA European Championship for Small Countries and in the Island Games.

Competitive record

At the Championship for Small Countries

Championship for Small Countries
Year Position Pld W L
Malta 1988 7th Place 5 1 4
Wales 1990 5th Place 5 2 3
Cyprus 1992 7th Place 5 1 4
Republic of Ireland 1994 7th Place 5 2 3
San Marino 1996 8th Place 5 1 4
Gibraltar 1998 Fourth Place 4 1 3
Andorra 2000 6th Place 5 0 5
Malta 2002 8th Place 5 0 5
Andorra 2004 7th Place 4 1 3
Albania 2006 7th Place 5 1 4
Scotland 2008 6th Place 5 1 4
Malta 2010 7th Place 5 2 3
San Marino 2012 7th Place 4 0 4
Gibraltar 2014 6th place 4 0 4
Moldova 2016 8th Place 5 0 5
Total 71 13 58

At the Island Games

Island Games
Year Position Pld W L
Gotland 1999 Fourth Place 4 2 2
Isle of Man 2001 Third Place 6 4 2
Guernsey 2003 6th Place 5 3 2
Rhodes 2007 7th Place 6 3 3
Åland Islands 2009 6th Place 4 1 3
Isle of Wight 2011 Fourth Place 5 2 3
Jersey 2015 Third Place 4 3 1
Total 34 18 16

Current roster

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

Gibraltar men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
F 4 Ian Yeats 17 – (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F 5 Dylan Gomez 26 – (1989-10-03)3 October 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 6 Aaron Turner 39 – (1977-02-21)21 February 1977 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 7 Stephen Britto 36 – (1979-08-19)19 August 1979 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F 8 Angel Guerrero 40 – (1975-10-16)16 October 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 10 Andrew Yeats 24 – (1992-01-22)22 January 1992 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
C 14 Aaron Santos 18 – (1998-05-04)4 May 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
F 18 Brandon Sawyer 22 – (1993-12-02)2 December 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
C 20 Christopher Noon 29 – (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Head coach
  • Gibraltar Adam Cassaglia
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 June 2016

Kit

Manufacturer

2016: Spalding

2016: odobo

See also

References

  1. ↑ GFA proposal to join UEFA, pg. 16
  2. ↑ Gibraltar | 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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