Wales men's national basketball team

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Wales Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales BBall.jpg
FIBA ranking None
Joined FIBA 1956
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Basketball Wales
Coach James Bamfield
Olympic Games
AppearancesNot eligible to compete
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone

The Welsh national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Wales in international competition. They are organised by Basketball Wales, the sport's governing body in Wales.

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In 2005, Wales, along with England Basketball and basketballscotland 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 2012 Summer Olympics in London. England's and Scotland's affiliation to FIBA will end on 30 September 2016, but Wales did not sign the agreement with the British Basketball Federation and FIBA. [1]

Current roster

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

Wales men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 4 Lloyd Roberts 27 – (1989-05-26)26 May 19891.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PF 15 Leto Mayalu 32 – (1991-05-16)16 May 19912.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
SG 6 Robert Smith 22 – (1993-12-18)18 December 19931.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
SG 7 Asa Waite 29 – (1986-08-08)8 August 19861.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
SG 8 James Dawe 29 – (1987-05-21)21 May 19871.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 9 Owen Williams 28 – (1988-02-25)25 February 19881.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PG 10 Daniel Walsh 21 – (1995-03-04)4 March 19951.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
SF 11 Damian Edwards 26 – (1990-06-25)25 June 19901.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
SG 12 Ben Potts 31 – (1985-01-16)16 January 19851.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
C 13 Alan Duppa 36 – (1980-04-18)18 April 19802.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
SG 14 Edris Kizito 36 – (1980-03-10)10 March 19801.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 15 Gareth Priddle 31 – (1985-03-14)14 March 19852.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
SF 17 Rhys Farrell 25 – (1996-12-26)26 December 19961.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
  • James Bamfield
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Guntrip
  • Andrew Purnell
  • Azeb Smalley
Physiotherapist
  • Marc Wheeler

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 June 2016

International appearances

Wales has yet to appear in a major international basketball event. Currently, Wales is set in FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. The best result there so far has been 2nd place in both 1998 and 2002. [3]

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

YearPositionNoteTournamentHost
194820Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
20129Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom

Performance at FIBA World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at Eurobasket

YearPositionNoteTournamentHost
200913Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Katowice,

Poland

201113Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania
201313Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Ljubljana, Slovenia
201722Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-Napoca

Turkey, Finland, Israel, Romania

202224played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, Milan

Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy

2025TBDWill play alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Riga, Limassol, Tampere, Katowice

Latvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland

See also

References

  1. "Data". gbbasketball.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. Wales | 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. "History | European Championship Men Division C (2008)". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 8 June 2021.