Scotland men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Scotland women's national basketball team.

Scotland

FIBA ranking	88 (T)
Joined FIBA	1947
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	BasketballScotland
Olympic Games
Appearances	Not eligible to compete
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	2 (1951, 1957)
Home Away

The Scottish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Scotland in international competition. They are organised by basketballscotland, the sport's governing body in Scotland, which in 2005, along with England and Wales merged to form the Great Britain national basketball team. The Scotland national team used to compete in the FIBA Europe's Division C. Scotland's direct affiliation to FIBA ended on 30 September 2016. ^[1] To date, Scotland's main accomplishments were two qualifications to the EuroBasket, Europe's main basketball event. Further, the team won five bronze medals at the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

History

EuroBasket 1951

The Scottish team's first European championship competition was at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. They lost their eight games and finished 16th place out of 18. They outranked Luxembourg, who had had the misfortune of being in a five-team preliminary group instead of a four-team group (and losing all of their games), and Romania, who had dropped out of the tournament at the last minute. ^[2]

EuroBasket 1957

Six years later, at the EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, Scotland competed much better. There, the squad won one of its three preliminary round games to be relegated to the classification round. The first match in that round pitted Scotland against Albania, who had also not yet achieved a victory in EuroBasket competition. The Scots proved the better, 69–56. Afterwards, they lost their next six matches but showed considerable improvement from the last tournament. They competed against Austria and West Germany the whole game until they finally ceded by one point and five points respectively to finish the classification round 1–6 in 15th place overall, ahead of Albania which they beat twice. ^[3]

Robert Archibald is Scotland's most well known basketball player. Because of his accomplishments he became an inspirational figure to basketball players throughout his home country.

Competitions

Performance at EuroBasket

Year	Position	Note	Tournament	Host
1951	16		EuroBasket 1951	Paris, France
1957	15		EuroBasket 1957	Sofia, Bulgaria

Performance at the Commonwealth Games

Melbourne 2006

Game	Stage	Opponent	Score
1	Group A	Australia	129–52
2	Group A	India	67–57
3	Group A	Nigeria	91–83
4	5th–8th place Placement	South Africa	91–79
5	5th place match	Barbados	63–73

Games Played	Won	Lost	Points Scored	Points Conceded	Point Difference	Final Place
5	2	3	366	429	−63	6th

Last roster

The following is the Scotland roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. ^[4]

Scotland men's national basketball team - 2018 Commonwealth Games roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 0 Michael Vigor 27 – (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Bristol Flyers G 6 Kyle Jimenez 19 – (1998-05-03)3 May 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Glasgow Rocks G 7 Fraser Malcolm 21 – (1996-05-23)23 May 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Black Hills State G 8 Bantu Burroughs 27 – (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Glasgow Rocks G 9 Jonathan Bunyan 25 – (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Glasgow Rocks G 10 Callan Low 17 – (2000-11-11)11 November 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Myerscough F 11 Gareth Murray 33 – (1984-09-23)23 September 1984 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks G 12 Sean Nealon-Lino 18 – (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Kent Crusaders F 13 Nicholas Collins 33 – (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) St Mirren C 14 Christopher Cleary 29 – (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks F 15 Alasdair Fraser 25 – (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks F/C 20 Kieron Achara  (C) 34 – (1983-07-03)3 July 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Glasgow Rocks	Head coach Rob Beveridge Assistant coach(es) Craig Nicol Legend (C) Team captain Club - describes last club before the tournament Age - describes age on 5 April 2018

Past rosters

At the FIBA EuroBasket 2010 Division C:

#	Player	Position	Height	Current club
4	Garreth Lodge	Point Guard	1.85	Edinburgh Kings
5	Patrick Campbell	Shooting Guard	1.93	Edinburgh Kings
6	Grant Gibson	Point Guard	1.82	E.Lothian B.
7	Laurie Costello	Point Guard	1.87	Edinburgh Kings
8	Josh Crolley	Small Forward	1.98	Troon Tornadoes
9	Daniel Donnelly	Small Forward	1.98	Troon Tornadoes
10	Michael Lynn	Forward		St. Mirren
11	Ross Campbell	Forward	1.98	Troon Tornadoes
12	Steven Leven	Forward	1.97	Arkadikos
13	Thomas Pearson	Center	2.00	Manchester Magic
14	Ikemefuna Attah	Power Forward	1.98	Tees Valley Mohawks
15	Simon Flockhart	Center	2.10	Edinburgh Kings

Head coach position

• Tony Garbelotto – (2017–2018)
• Rob Beveridge – (2018)

See also

• Kieron Achara
• Robert Archibald
• Iain MacLean
• Boroughmuir Blaze
• Great Britain national basketball team
• Sport in Scotland
• Basketball Scotland
• Andrew Joseph Steven

References

1. Basketball, British (13 August 2012). "News | Great Britain Basketball | Official Website : FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". Gbbasketball.com.
2. "1947 European Championship for Men". Archive.Fiba.Com. 3 May 1947.
3. "1947 European Championship for Men". Archive.Fiba.Com. 3 May 1947.
4. "Team Scotland name 12-strong squad for Gold Coast 2018". basketballscotland . Retrieved 4 April 2018.

External links

• Scotland Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Eurobasket.com – Scotland Men National Team
• BasketballScotland
• Presentation on Facebook