England national basketball team
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The England national basketball team represents England in international basketball competitions. The team is organized by England Basketball, the sport's governing body in England. In 2005 England, along with the basketballscotland and their counterparts in Wales 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 London 2012 summer Olympics.
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[edit] Eurobasket 1946
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England's first European championship appearance was at Eurobasket 1946. They lost all four of the games that they played, and subsequently finished last in the field of ten teams.
[edit] Eurobasket 1955
England played at Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest. The losing streak continued as they lost their four preliminary round games. Then, they lost their first two of the four classification round games. England finally ended their losing streak with victories over Switzerland and Austria. The team even placed second in the five teams of the classification group, moving to the 9-12 classification semifinals. The team lost that game, and the 11-12 final as well. The English national basketball team finished in 12th place out of the 18 teams.
[edit] Commonwealth Games
[edit] Melbourne 2006
The men’s and women’s teams were competing for the first time as England in a major multi-sport event, and it was the first Commonwealth Games in which basketball was featured.
[edit] Men's Team
The men’s team included Steve Bucknall, the first Englishman to play in the NBA. John Amaechi, who played 284 games in the NBA, was also in the squad.
England defeated Nigeria, 80-57, to claim the bronze medal in Men’s Basketball. The scores were tied at 15 points to end the first quarter. Robert Reed and Andrew Bridge led the way as England found their stride in the second phase, and they pulled away in the second half of play. Reed was the top scorer for England with 16 points, and Michael Martin contributed 13. [1]
Team
- Steve Bucknall
- Jermaine Forbes
- Andrew Bridge
- Ronnie Baker
- Delme Herriman
- Andrew Sullivan
- Fabulous Flournoy
- Mike Martin
- Robert Reed
- John Amaechi
- Julius Joseph
- Richard Windle
Coaching Staff
- Coach - Peter Scantlebury
- Assistant Coach - Michael Hayles
- Assistant Coach - Tim Lewis
[edit] Women's Team
The women’s team included Jane Thackray, who had more than 50 international caps. Also on the squad was Andrea Congreaves, one of the most outstanding players produced by England, as well as some exciting up-and-coming talent.[2]
In the game for the bronze medal, England outscored Nigeria for the first three quarters, but was forced to withstand a late comeback when Nigeria shot 29 points to England's 23 in the last quarter. The top scorer for England was Andrea Congreaves with 21 points, Shelly Boston scored 14 and Rosalee Mason with 12 points. [3]
Team
- Mason, Rosalee
- Maytham, Claire
- Kaznica, Sally
- Lavin, Kristy
- Ayres, Caroline
- Gamman, Louise
- Sarjant, Jo
- Congreaves, Andrea
- Boston, Shelly
- Crowley, Katie
- D'Hondt, Gillian
- Thackray, Jane
Coaching Staff
- Coach - Bazany, Branislav
- Assistant Coach - Clark, Mark[4]
[edit] See also
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