National sports teams of the United Kingdom is an incomplete list of sports teams representing the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. The teams are often referred to as 'Great Britain' as they represent the United Kingdom minus Northern Ireland, the residents of which often able to choose to play for either Ireland or the UK.

Multi-sport events

Great Britain at the Olympics Athletes from the United Kingdom, all but three of its Overseas Territories, and the three Crown Dependencies, can compete in the Olympic Games as part of Team GB. Athletes from Northern Ireland (part of the UK) can also choose to compete as ...

Great Britain at the Paralympics The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated (under the name "Great Britain") in every summer and winter Paralympic Games. While the Olympic Games find their origin in Greece, Britain, and specifically the Stoke Mande ...

Great Britain at the European Games Great Britain first participated at the European Games at the inaugural 2015 European Games, 2015 Games and earned 47 medals. This tally was more than halved at the 2019 European Games, 2019 Games, due to the removal of swimming from the competiti ...

A1 Team Great Britain A1 Team Great Britain is the British team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car ...

American football

Great Britain national American football team The Great Britain national American football team, known as the GB Lions represents the UK in international gridiron. It is controlled by the British American Football Association. Men's Senior Team History The Men's Senior GB Lions played t ...

Australian football

Great Britain men's national Australian rules football team The Great Britain men's national Australian rules football team is known as the Great Britain Bulldogs. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from clubs of in England, Wales and Scotland, and occasional appearances from ...

Great Britain women's national Australian rules football team The Great Britain women's national Australian rules football team is known as the Great Britain Swans. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from clubs of in England, Wales and Scotland, and occasional appearances from Br ...

Baseball

Great Britain national baseball team The Great Britain national baseball team is the national men's baseball team of the United Kingdom. It is governed by the British Baseball Federation, and is also a member nation of the Confederation of European Baseball. History The British ...

Basketball

Great Britain men's national basketball team The Great Britain men's national basketball team (also known as GB Basketball or GB) represents Great Britain in international basketball competitions. The national team is administered by British Basketball. The current governing body for th ...

Great Britain women's national basketball team The Great Britain women's national basketball team represents Great Britain in international women's basketball. The current governing body for the Great Britain team was formed by the national basketball organisations of England (Basketball Engl ...

Football

United Kingdom national football team The United Kingdom national football team is a football team that represents the United Kingdom. Despite football being the most popular sport in the country, the team has not played since 1965 as separate teams represent each home nation (Eng ...

Great Britain Olympic football team The Great Britain men's Olympic football team is the men's football team that represents the United Kingdom at the Summer Olympic Games (where it competes as Great Britain, currently branded Team GB). The team is organised by the English Footb ...

Great Britain women's Olympic football team The Great Britain women's Olympic football team (also known as Team GB; or occasionally Great Britain and Northern Ireland) represents the United Kingdom in the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games. Normally, no team represents the ...

Field hockey

Great Britain men's national field hockey team The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey tournaments. The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The team won the 2017 Sultan A ...

Great Britain women's national field hockey team The Great Britain women's national field hockey team represents Great Britain in international field hockey tournaments such as the Summer Olympics. In most other competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and ...

Handball

Great Britain men's national handball team The Great Britain men's national handball team is the national handball team of Great Britain and is controlled by the British Handball Association which is jointly operated by the England Handball Association and the Scottish Handball Associati ...

Great Britain women's national handball team The Great Britain women's national handball team is the national team of Great Britain in the sport of team handball. They were formed to take up Great Britain's host nation place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Matches * SourceBritish Handball T ...

Ice hockey

Great Britain men's national ice hockey team The Great Britain men's national ice hockey team (also known as Team GB) is the national ice hockey team that represents the United Kingdom. A founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908, the team is control ...

Great Britain women's national ice hockey team The British women's national ice hockey team represents Great Britain at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK. As of 2011, Great Britain has 476 fema ...

Korfball

* Great Britain national korfball team

Pitch and Putt

Great Britain men's national pitch and putt team The Great Britain men's national pitch and putt team represents Great Britain in the pitch and putt international competitions. It is managed by the British Pitch and Putt Association (BPPA), one of the founders of the European Pitch and Putt ...

Rugby League

Great Britain national rugby league team The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league. Administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the team is nicknamed The Lions. For most of the 20th century, the Great Britain team toured overseas, ...

Great Britain women's national rugby league team The Great Britain women's national rugby league team, also known as the Great Britain Lionesses, represents Great Britain in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Rugby Football League. The Great Britain Lionesses have placed thir ...

Rugby sevens

Great Britain national rugby sevens team The Great Britain national rugby sevens team is the men's international rugby 7s team that is the representative team of Great Britain. After having played at the World Games in 2001 and 2005, they made their Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer ...

Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team The Great Britain national rugby sevens team is the women's Olympic representative team of Great Britain at the rugby sevens tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The team played their first competitive match at the 2016 Summer Olympic ...

Rugby Union

British and Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...

Great Britain national women's rugby union team The Great Britain women's national rugby union team was the national rugby union team of Great Britain, from 1986 to 1990. History The team was organised by the Women's Rugby Football Union (which was responsible for women's rugby in the UK f ...

Track racing

Great Britain national long track team The Great Britain long track team is the national long track motorcycle racing team of Great Britain and is controlled by the Auto-Cycle Union ACU). The team was started in all editions of Team Long Track World Championship and they won silver ...

Great Britain national speedway team The Great Britain Speedway Team (also known as GB Speedway Team) is one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former Great Britain riders Oliver Allen and Simon Stead, and captained by the 2018 Speedway World Champ ...

Tennis

Great Britain Davis Cup team The Great Britain Davis Cup team has represented the United Kingdom internationally since 1900 in the Davis Cup. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European associatio ...

Great Britain Fed Cup team The Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. In 2020, they lost out on a chance to secure a place at the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup f ...

Underwater Hockey

* Great Britain national underwater hockey team

Volleyball

Great Britain men's national volleyball team The Great Britain men's national volleyball team is the team representing Great Britain in volleyball competitions. The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the FIVB to permit the separate Home ...

Great Britain women's national volleyball team The Great Britain women's national volleyball team is the team representing Great Britain in volleyball competitions. The Great Britain Volleyball programme team was resumed in 2006 following an agreement of the FIVB to permit the national teams ...

Water polo

Great Britain men's national water polo team The Great Britain men's national water polo team is the representative for Great Britain in international men's water polo. The team has participated in eleven tournaments at the Summer Olympics, being the dominant team in the sport in the early ...

Great Britain women's national water polo team The Great Britain women's water polo team is a water polo team that represented Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, where they made their Olympic debut. Results Olympic Games *2012 — 8th place World Championship *1986 — 9th place *200 ...

Wheelchair rugby

Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at t ...

Wheelchair basketball

Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team The Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Great Britain in international competitions. Great Britain has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Pa ...

Great Britain women's national wheelchair basketball team The Great Britain women's national wheelchair basketball team is the women's wheelchair basketball team that represents Great Britain in international competitions. It is governed by the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association. History ...