The Welsh national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Wales in international competition. They are organised by
Basketball Wales
Basketball Wales ( cy, Pêl-fasged Cymru) (founded in 1952 as the Basketball Association of Wales) is the sole controller and the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, national governing body of all aspects of the game of basketball in Wales. It is ...
, the sport's governing body in Wales.
In 2005, Wales, along with
England Basketball
Basketball England (BE, formally ''England Basketball'')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 ...
combined forces 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 ...
, with the target goal to field a competitive team capable of winning medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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. 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.
Current roster
At the
2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
The 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 15th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by Moldova.
Armenia won its first ever gold in this championship by beating Andorra in the final, 79–71.
Teams
After the withdrawal ...
:
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;Head coach
*James Bamfield
;Assistant coaches
*Thomas Guntrip
*Andrew Purnell
*Azeb Smalley
;Physiotherapist
*Marc Wheeler
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;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 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 org ...
. The best result there so far has been 2nd place in both 1998 and 2002.
Wales co-hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Basketball Championships with England and Scotland. This was the first such Commonwealth Basketball competition. Wales were coached by former player Paul Kinninmont and Andy Henderson, whilst being managed by Ralph Wills. Despite losing several key players to injury and unavailability, Wales performed creditably both in the pool matches in Cardiff and in the finals at Coventry
Basketball Wales
Basketball Wales ( cy, Pêl-fasged Cymru) (founded in 1952 as the Basketball Association of Wales) is the sole controller and the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, national governing body of all aspects of the game of basketball in Wales. It is ...
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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 ...
*
Sport in Wales
Sport in Wales plays a prominent role in Welsh culture. Like the other countries of the United Kingdom, Wales enjoys independent representation in major world sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and in the Rugby World Cup, but competes as ...
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...