Wales men's national basketball team
Introduction The '''Welsh national basketball team''' is the basketball side that represents Wales in international competition. They are organised by Basketball Wales, the sport's governing body in Wales.In 2005, Wales, along with England Basketball and basketballscotland combined forces to form the Great Britain national basketball team, with the target goal to field a competitive team capable of winning medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 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:;Head coach*James Bamfield;Assistant coaches*Thomas Guntrip*Andrew Purnell*Azeb Smalley;Physiotherapist*Marc Wheeler----;Legend:*'''Club''' – describes lastclub before the tournament*'''Age''' – describes ageon 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 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
Competitions ===Performance at Summer Olympics===YearPositionNoteTournamentHost 1948  20  ''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''  Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics  London, United Kingdom 2012  9 ''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics  London, United Kingdom===Performance at FIBA World championships===''yet to qualify''===Performance at Eurobasket===YearPositionNoteTournamentHost 2009  13  ''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain'' FIBA EuroBasket 2009  Katowice, Poland 2011  13  ''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain'' FIBA EuroBasket 2011  Kaunas, Lithuania 2013  13  ''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''FIBA EuroBasket 2013  Ljubljana, Slovenia201722''Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''FIBA EuroBasket 2017Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-NapocaTurkey, Finland, Israel, Romania202224''played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''FIBA EuroBasket 2022Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, MilanGermany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy2025TBD''Will play alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain''FIBA EuroBasket 2025Riga, Limassol, Tampere, KatowiceLatvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland
External links * Basketball Wales* Wales Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
See also *Basketball Wales*Great Britain national basketball team*Sport in Wales*Wales women's national basketball team
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