Английская Википедия:England men's national basketball team

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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. 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

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John Amaechi was England's dominant player at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he helped secure the bronze medal.

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

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

Competition charts

Olympic Games

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within England

Summer Olympic Games record
Year	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
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

Шаблон:Color box Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain.

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
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
Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 2023
Qatar 2027	to be determined
Total	0 Titles	0/20	0	0	0

Шаблон:Color box Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain. Шаблон:Col-2

Eurobasket

FIBA EuroBasket
Year	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
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
Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 2015	did not qualify
Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 2017	22nd	5	0	5
Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 2022	24th	5	0	5
Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 2025	to be determined
Total	31/40	229	139	90

Шаблон:Color box Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain. Шаблон:Col-end

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Australia Melbourne 2006	Third Place	3rd	5	3	2
Australia Gold Coast 2018	Quarter Finals	5th	4	2	2
Total	0 Titles	2/2	9	5	4

Current squad

At the FIBA EuroBasket 2003 qualification: (last official squad before formation of Team Great Britain)

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

External links

• Basketball In England
• FIBA profile
• Archived records of England team participations