England men's national basketball team

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England

FIBA ranking	None
Joined FIBA	1937
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	English Basketball Federation
Coach	Paul James
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (2012)
EuroBasket
Appearances	4 (1946, 1955, 1961, 1981)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances	2 (2006, 2018)
Medals	Bronze: 2006
Home Away

The England national basketball team is organised by Basketball England, the sport's governing body in England. England's direct membership of FIBA ended in September 2016, when its national teams were merged into Great Britain teams, so England no longer play in FIBA competitions.^[1] England competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing in fifth place.

England's biggest success were its four qualifications to EuroBasket, the European championship in basketball. 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

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 and 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 and 1998 Greece 1998 United States 2002 did not qualify Japan 2006 Turkey 2010 did not qualify Spain 2014 China 2019 2023 Qatar 2027 to be determined Total 0 Titles 0/20 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 and 1939 Riga 1937 Geneva 1946 10th 5 0 5 Prague 1947 did not participate between 1949 and 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 and 1979 Turin 1979 Prague 1981 12th 10 2 8 Nantes 1983 did not participate between 1983 and 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 22nd 5 0 5 2022 24th 5 0 5 2025 to be determined Total 31/40 229 139 90   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. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Silas Paul Cheung 28 – (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 G 5 Yorick Mortimer Williams 26 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) G 6 Julius Joel Joseph 26 – (1975-11-16)16 November 1975 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 6 Iain McKinney 28 – (1973-03-11)11 March 1973 G 7 Ronald Baker 32 – (1969-07-28)28 July 1969 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) G 8 Anthony Jerald Dorsey 31 – (1970-07-15)15 July 1970 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) F 10 Andy Derek Gardiner 33 – (1967-11-29)29 November 1967 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) G 11 Steven Anthony Hansell 26 – (1975-02-17)17 February 1975 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 11 Michael Charles Martin 27 – (1974-02-20)20 February 1974 11 Thomas Christopher K. Pearson 22 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 12 Mike Bernard 23 – (1978-07-14)14 July 1978 C 12 Ian Whyte 30 – (1971-09-17)17 September 1971 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) F 13 Delme Leon Jefferson Herriman 28 – (1973-05-08)8 May 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 14 Christopher John Haslam 27 – (1974-05-27)27 May 1974 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 14 Richard Windle 25 – (1976-04-07)7 April 1976 C 15 Andrew Betts 24 – (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)	Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 21 Nov 2001

Past squad

1946 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams

Colin Hunt, Douglas Legg, John Hart, Ronald Legg, Frank Cole, Arthur Lee, Derius Hewitt, Stanley Weston, Ken Dight, Charles Watson (Coach: W.Browning)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 20th among 23 teams

Colin Hunt, Douglas Legg, Ronald Legg, Frank Cole, Robert Norris, Stanley Weston, Lionel Price, Trevor Davies, Malcolm Finlay, Stanley McMeekan, Sydney McMeekan, Alexander Eke, Harry Weston

1955 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 18 teams

Arthur Cladingboel, Reg Fearn, William James, Gordon Cook, Dennis Wilkinson, Colin Wedge, Alan Bruce, Ugo Agnelli, Wilf Byrne, Keith Ledbrook, Michael Roblou, Ronald Rix, N.Smith

1961 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 19 teams

Raymond Kirk, Kornel Tober, Alan Wardle, Peter Creasey, Wilfred Byrne, Alan Tillot, Alan Hildyard, Ronald Hextall, Geoffrey Kaiser, Dennis Wakefield, George Whitmore, Terry Keogh (Coach: Thomas Vaughan)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

David Lloyd, Neville Hopkins, David Berry, Martin Clark, Paul Richards, Nick Burns, Clive Hartley, Jim McCauley, Ian Day, Paul Stimpson, Dan Lloyd, Karl Tatham (Coach: Victor Ambler)

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