The Scottish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Scotland in
international competition. They are organised by
basketballscotland
basketballscotland is the governing body of the sport of basketball in Scotland. The organisation manages national competitions and runs the Scotland national basketball team. They also have a cup final for all age groups of the course of a ...
, the sport's governing body in Scotland, which in 2005, along with
England
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and
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
merged to form the
Great Britain 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 ...
. The Scotland national team used to compete in the
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
's
Division C
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. Scotland's direct affiliation to FIBA ended on 30 September 2016. To date, Scotland's main accomplishments were two qualifications to the
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
, Europe's main basketball event. Further, the team won five bronze medals at the
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is the lowest-ranked tier of the biennial FIBA EuroBasket competition, organized by FIBA Europe.
History
This championship was first introduced in 1988, as the Promotion Cup, the competition or ...
.
History
EuroBasket 1951
The Scottish team's first European championship competition was at
EuroBasket 1951
The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...
in
Paris
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. They lost their eight games and finished 16th place out of 18. They outranked
Luxembourg
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, 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
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, who had dropped out of the tournament at the last minute.
EuroBasket 1957
Six years later, at the
EuroBasket 1957
The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIB ...
in
Sofia
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, 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
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, 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
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and
West Germany
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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.
Competitions
Performance at EuroBasket
Performance at the Commonwealth Games
Melbourne 2006
Last roster
The following is the Scotland roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Past rosters
At the
FIBA EuroBasket 2010 Division C
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See also
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Kieron Achara
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Robert Archibald
Robert Michael Archibald (29 March 1980 – 23 January 2020) was a Scottish professional basketball player. A power forward / center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA draft with the thir ...
*
Iain MacLean
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Boroughmuir Blaze
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Great Britain 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 ...
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Sport in Scotland
Sport plays a central role in Scottish culture. The temperate, oceanic climate has played a key part in the evolution of sport in Scotland, with all-weather sports like association football and golf dominating the national sporting consciousn ...
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Basketball Scotland
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Andrew Joseph Steven
References
External links
Scotland Basketball Records at FIBA ArchiveEurobasket.com – Scotland Men National TeamBasketballScotlandPresentation on Facebook
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Basketball teams established in 1947
Men's national basketball teams
Basketball
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Scotland
1947 establishments in Scotland