Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team

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Great Britain
National federation British Wheelchair Basketball
Paralympic Games
Appearances13
Medals Silver medal with cup.svg Silver: 1960, 1964, 1996, 2024
Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze: 1960, 1968, 2004, 2008, 2016
World Championships
Appearances13
Medals Gold medal with cup.svg Gold: 2018
Silver medal with cup.svg Silver: 1994, 2002, 2022
Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze: 1975

The Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Great Britain in international competitions.

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Great Britain has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games since the first tournament in 1960.

Competitions

Summer Paralympics

YearPositionWL
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 A - Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
B - Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 A - Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
B - ? ? ?
Flag of Israel.svg 1968 Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 4th ? ?
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976  ? ? ?
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1980 12th ? ?
Flag of the United States.svg 1984  ? ? ?
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 11th ? ?
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 6th ? ?
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Silver medal icon.svg53
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 4th44
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Bronze medal icon.svg44
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Bronze medal icon.svg62
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 4th44
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Bronze medal icon.svg62
Total ?/16 ? ?

European Championship

YearPositionWL
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1970Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of France.svg 1971Gold medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of France.svg 1974Gold medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Spain.svg 1991Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Germany.svg 1993Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of France.svg 1995Gold medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Spain.svg 1997Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 19994th ? ?
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2001–024th ? ?
Flag of Italy.svg 2003Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of France.svg 2005Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Germany.svg 2007Silver medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Turkey.svg 2009 Bronze medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Israel.svg 2011 Gold medal icon.svg ? ?
Flag of Germany.svg 2013 Gold medal icon.svg80
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2015 Gold medal icon.svg62
Flag of Spain.svg 2017 Silver medal icon.svg62
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2019 Gold medal icon.svg80
Flag of Spain.svg 2021 Silver medal icon.svg71
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2023  ? ? ?
Total19/23375

Past rosters

#4 Gaz Choudhry, #5 Simon Brown, #6 Kevin Hayes, #7 Terry Bywater, #8 Simon Munn, #9 Jon Pollock, #10 Abdi Jama, #11 Matt Sealy, #12 Ian Sagar, #13 Daniel Highcock, #14 Jon Hall, #15 Ade Orogbemi, (Coach: Murray Treseder ) [1]

Ade Orogbemi, Andrew Blake, Kevin Hayes, Matthew Byrne, Simon Brown, Peter Finbow, Joseph Bestwick, Jonathan Hall, Abdillah Jama, Terence Bywater, Jon Pollock, Simon Munn

Matt Byrne, Andrew Blake, Peter Finbow, Colin Price, Stuart Jellows, Ade Adepitan, Jonathan Pollock, Simon Munn, Terry Bywater, Kevin Hayes, Fred Howley, Sinclair Thomas

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