Wales men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Wales women's 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.

Wales

FIBA ranking	None
Joined FIBA	1956
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Wales
Coach	James Bamfield
Olympic Games
Appearances	Not eligible to compete
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Home Away

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.^[1]

Current roster

At the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries:^[2]

Wales men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Lloyd Roberts 27 – (1989-05-26)26 May 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PF 15 Leto Mayalu 32 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) SG 6 Robert Smith 22 – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) SG 7 Asa Waite 29 – (1986-08-08)8 August 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) SG 8 James Dawe 29 – (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PG 9 Owen Williams 28 – (1988-02-25)25 February 1988 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) PG 10 Daniel Walsh 21 – (1995-03-04)4 March 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) SF 11 Damian Edwards 26 – (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SG 12 Ben Potts 31 – (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) C 13 Alan Duppa 36 – (1980-04-18)18 April 1980 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) SG 14 Edris Kizito 36 – (1980-03-10)10 March 1980 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) C 15 Gareth Priddle 31 – (1985-03-14)14 March 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) SF 17 Rhys Farrell 25 – (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach James Bamfield Assistant coaches Thomas Guntrip Andrew Purnell Azeb Smalley Physiotherapist Marc Wheeler 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 best result there so far has been 2nd place in both 1998 and 2002.^[3]

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Note	Tournament	Host
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

Year	Position	Note	Tournament	Host
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, Slovenia
2017	22	Played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain	FIBA EuroBasket 2017	Istanbul, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Cluj-Napoca Turkey, Finland, Israel, Romania
2022	24	played alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain	FIBA EuroBasket 2022	Berlin, Cologne, Prague, Tbilisi, Milan Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy
2025	TBD	Will play alongside England and Scotland as Great Britain	FIBA EuroBasket 2025	Riga, Limassol, Tampere, Katowice Latvia, Cyprus, Finland, Poland

External links

• Basketball Wales Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Wales Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

See also

• Basketball Wales
• Great Britain national basketball team
• Sport in Wales
• Wales women's national basketball team