Basketball England (BE, formally ''England Basketball'')'Basketball England' launches new brand
london-basketball.co.uk is the

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of the sport of

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for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

including

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. The organisation operates the

English Basketball League The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales. It forms levels 2 to 4 on the British basketball pyramid, in line with the Scottish B ...

for both men and women, as well as the England national team. The organisation was also involved in the establishment of the Great Britain team in December 2005, along with its compatriots – Basketball Scotland and

Basketball Wales Basketball Wales ( cy, Pêl-fasged Cymru) (founded in 1952 as the Basketball Association of Wales) is the sole controller and the national governing body of all aspects of the game of basketball in Wales. It is responsible for the management of th ...

. Whilst the organisation governs the

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs howeve ...

, the country's elite and only professional basketball league, they are not involved in the day-to-day running of the league. They also offer the opportunity to play basketball. The organisation was founded in 1936. It is a

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which is an association of member clubs and players who elect an

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to administer their affairs. The Executive Board employ a number of professional staff to enable it to undertake its duties and achieve its aims. The headquarters of the organisation is in Belle Vue,

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The logo changed in 2014. England Basketball Logo.jpg, –2014 Basketball England logo.jpg, 2014–present

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basketball England' Basketball governing bodies in Europe 1936 establishments in England Organisations based in Sheffield Sports organizations established in 1936 Sport in Sheffield Sports governing bodies in England

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