Wales national basketball team
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 London 2012 summer Olympics. England's and Scotland's affiliation to FIBA will end on 30 September 2016 but Wales did not sign the agreement with British Basketball Federation and FIBA.[1]
International appearances
Wales has yet to appear in a major international basketball event. Currently, Wales is set in FIBA Europe's Division C. The best result there so far has been 2nd place in 2002.[2]
Competitions
Performance at FIBA World championships
yet to qualify
Performance at Eurobasket
| Year |
Position |
Note |
Tournament |
Host |
| 2009 | 13 | played alongside England and Scotland as Team United Kingdom | EuroBasket 2009 | Katowice, Poland |
| 2011 | 13 | played alongside England and Scotland as Team United Kingdom | EuroBasket 2011 | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2013 | TBD | | EuroBasket 2013 | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
See also
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