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| 19 December 2007 |
Luol Deng's GB Performances Recognised By FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe have announced the finalists for their 2007 Player of the Year Award and Britain's Luol Deng is amongst the candidates for the coveted prize.
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| 28 November 2007 |
BPB Looking For Expressions Of Interest In Assistant Coach Positions
British Performance Basketball Ltd have advertised vacancies for assistant coaches for both Men's and Women's senior and under-20 teams.
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| 26 November 2007 |
Luol Deng Named As Olympic Athlete Of The Year
Luol Deng has been named as British basketball's Olympic Athlete of the Year for 2007 and will be the first recipient of the Discobolus trophy.
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| 16 November 2007 |
FIBA Europe Confirm Qualification System For Eurobasket 2009
The Senior Men's and Women's teams found out in the past week the task that lies ahead for them in qualifying for Eurobasket 2009.
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| 29 October 2007 |
Positions Advertised By BPB
British Performance Basketball Ltd is currently advertising the following positions in support of the British basketball teams
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| 27 September 2007 |
GB Women Complete Perfect Season For Senior Teams
Andrea Congreaves marked her last international appearance by leading Great Britain into the European Championship A Division with a 60-58 victory in Holland on Wednesday evening.
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| 26 September 2007 |
Women Aiming For Perfect Season And Promotion
Coach Mark Clark is hoping that his Great Britain women's squad can complete a perfect 2007 and wrap up promotion to the European Championship A Division when they travel to Holland on Wednesday.
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| 23 September 2007 |
GB Women Have One Foot In Division A
An awesome defensive performance has put Great Britain on the verge of qualifying for the European Championships A Division following their superb 68-32 victory against Holland on Saturday evening.
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| 21 September 2007 |
Women Ready For Dutch Challenge
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark is hoping that his side can seize the advantage as they face Holland at Manchester's Amaechi Centre on Saturday in the European Championship B Division play-offs.
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| 18 September 2007 |
GB Women Aiming To Continue Their Winning Streak
Great Britain women will be aiming to continue the country's remarkable 2007 record when they host Holland at Manchester's Amaechi Centre on Saturday.
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| 17 September 2007 |
Coach Clark Delighted With Winning Effort
Great Britain coach Mark Clark was delighted as his side marched into the European Championships B Division play-offs with a fine 60-49 win in Portugal on Saturday.
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| 16 September 2007 |
Men Secure Promotion To Division A
Great Britain will be playing Division A basketball in 2008 after finishing off Switzerland with a 89-78 win in Geneva at the weekend.
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| 16 September 2007 |
Women Win In Portugal To Make Play-offs
Kristy Lavin led the way with 18 points as Great Britain's women marched into the European Championships B Division play-offs with a 60-49 victory in Portugal on Saturday.
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| 14 September 2007 |
Coach Clark Delighted With Victory
Great Britain coach Mark Clark praised his team's effort after they ended Bosnia's unbeaten record in the European Championships B Division.
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| 13 September 2007 |
Great Britain Women Dominate Group Leaders
A dominant performance saw Great Britain hammer group leaders Bosnia & Herzegovina 66-44 at the Amaechi Centre on Wednesday night.
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| 12 September 2007 |
GB Defence Suffocates Switzerland In First Leg
The Great Britain men's team are one step closer to qualifying for the Division A European Championships after they beat Switzerland comfortably 74-41 in Sheffield.
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| 12 September 2007 |
Critical Games Upcoming For Great Britain Women
As the Great Britain women's team prepare for two crunch games in the space of four days, coach Mark Clark is aware of the size of the task facing his side.
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| 9 September 2007 |
Great Britain Women Outclass Luxembourg
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark was delighted with his team's display as they returned from Luxembourg with a 63-35 victory.
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| 7 September 2007 |
Great Britain Women Planning On Victory
Great Britain women will be looking for a repeat of last season's 72-50 victory against Luxembourg when they travel to the European minnows on Saturday.
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| 6 September 2007 |
GB Women Get The Results They Want
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark believes his team are in a strong position following Wednesday night’s results in the European Championship B Division.
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| 6 September 2007 |
Great Britain Men Make The Play-offs
A dominant second half performance saw Great Britain power their way into the promotion play-offs with a 83-51 hammering of Belarus on Wednesday.
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| 5 September 2007 |
GB Women Hoping Results Go Their Way
While the Great Britain women's team have a break from international action this week, coach Mark Clark will be keeping an eye the other games in European Championships B Division.
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| 4 September 2007 |
Congreaves Injury A Worry For GB Women
Great Britain coach Mark Clark was left bemoaning the luck of veteran centre Andrea Congreaves after she suffered another injury blow during Saturday's 63-49 win against Estonia.
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| 4 September 2007 |
Crunch Time For GB Men
Great Britain face Belarus on Wednesday knowing that they need a win to progress to the play-off stage of EuroBasket Division B.
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| 3 September 2007 |
Coach Clark Pleased With Start
Great Britain women's head coach Mark Clark was pleased with his side's performance after they opened the second half of their European Championship with a victory.
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| 2 September 2007 |
Great Britain Men See Off Albanians
GB made it three wins out of three in 2007 with a convincing 110-78 win over Albania in Edinburgh.
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| 2 September 2007 |
Great Britain Women Start With A Win
Steph Collins led the way with 25 points as Great Britain women made a good start to their European Championship campaign with a 63-49 win against Estonia on Saturday.
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| 31 August 2007 |
Great Britain’s Women’s Team Look For A Moral Boosting Start
As Great Britain’s women’s team look for a moral boosting start to their European Championship, coach Mark Clark is expecting a tough test when Estonia visit Manchester Magic’s Amaechi Centre on Saturday.
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| 30 August 2007 |
Great Britain's Men's Basketball Put Themselves In Pole Position
Great Britain's men's basketball team have put themselves in pole position to go top of their group this Saturday in Edinburgh, after comprehensively beating the Netherlands 83-64 in Amsterdam.
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| 30 August 2007 |
Great Britain Women’s Coach Mark Clark Is Hopeful
Great Britain women’s coach Mark Clark is hopeful that there will be a big crowd at Manchester’s Amaechi Centre for Saturday’s key European Championship game against Estonia.
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| 29 August 2007 |
Great Britain Have Received A Major Boost
Great Britain have received a major boost before their key European Championship qualifier against Estonia, with the news that three of their squad are returning to fitness.
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| 28 August 2007 |
'A Division' Sides Prove Too Strong
Great Britain women’s side returned from a tough trip to the Balkans with four defeats against A Division teams as they continued their build-up for their vital European Championship games.
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| 27 August 2007 |
GB Women Lose Narrowly to Croatia
An excellent fourth period display saw the Great Britain women’s team nearly cause an upset before falling to an 84-78 loss in Croatia in their penultimate European Championship warm-up on Sunday.
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| 26 August 2007 |
GB Women Fall Again to Slovenia
Ros Mason’s 14 points were not enough to prevent Great Britain slipping to a 74-65 defeat in Slovenia, on Friday.
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| 24 August 2007 |
GB Women Lose In Slovenia
Great Britain suffered an 85-65 loss against Slovenia last night in the first of four European Championship warm-up games in as many days.
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| 22 August 2007 |
Men See Off Slovaks For Opening Euro Win
Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng scored 21 points on Tuesday night to help Great Britain notch up an opening EuroBasket victory against Slovakia.
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| 22 August 2007 |
GB Women Will Have To Do Without Butler
Having watched the men's team defeat Slovakia last night, Great Britain's women set off for Slovenia at lunchtime today as they complete their preparations for September's European Championship games.
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| 21 August 2007 |
Coach Clark Sweating On Injury Worries
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark is sweating on the fitness of four of his 14-player squad as they look ahead to the European Championships in early September.
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| 20 August 2007 |
Pleasing Start for Great Britain Women
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark was pleased with his side's overall display as they split a two game series in Norway over the weekend.
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| 19 August 2007 |
GB Women Split Series In Norway
The Great Britain Womens team won one and lost one in their back-to-back series against Norway.
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| 18 August 2007 |
Men Pass Final Test With Flying Colours
Great Britain's Mens team came close to topping the 100 mark in their runaway victory against the Irish on Friday night.
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| 17 August 2007 |
Deng Leads The Way As Brits See Off Ireland In Style
Luol Deng topped scored in Thursday's first of two friendlies against Ireland in Crawley's K2 Centre as Great Britain stepped up their preparations for this summer's EuroBasket campaign.
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| 15 August 2007 |
Great Britain’s Men Make The Tall Blacks Fade To Grey
The British men’s basketball team, playing without Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng, upset the NZ Tall Blacks Olympic qualifying tournament preparations, with an impressive 82-75 win at Delnice, Croatia, last night.
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| 15 August 2007 |
Great Britain Women Ready To Take The Floor
Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark is looking forward to seeing his side take to the floor for the first time this season when they travel to Norway for a pair of games over the weekend.
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| 14 August 2007 |
GB Men Fall To Finns
Results from the second day of the tournament in Croatia.
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| 12 August 2007 |
Croatia Hold Off Plucky Brits
Hosts Croatia survived a fourth-quarter scare against Great Britain to win 74-64 on the opening night of their self-styled World Cup in Rijeka.
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| 12 August 2007 |
Great Britain Women Hope Newcomers Can Play Big Roles
There will be plenty of new faces when Great Britain women’s team open their European Championship campaign in September.
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| 10 August 2007 |
Deng Stars As Senior Men Get Revenge On Georgia
The Great Britain Senior Men bounced back quickly following yesterday's unfortunate defeat to Georgia with a comfortable 82-64 victory on Friday afternoon.
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| 9 August 2007 |
Finch's Boys Slip To Narrow First Defeat Against Georgia
The Senior Great Britain Mens team kicked off their vital summer campaign in Pau, France this evening with an unlucky 65-63 defeat to Georgia.
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| 9 August 2007 |
Captain Hails Team Strength Ahead Of Today's Georgia Test
Great Britain captain Andrew Sullivan cannot wait to open this summer's Eurobasket campaign as he believes his squad has gone from strength to strength since last year.
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| 8 August 2007 |
Coach Clark Names 14 Strong Squad For GB Women
Great Britain Women's coach Mark Clark will take a 14-player squad into his side's four crucial European Championship games next month.
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| 3 August 2007 |
SKY TV To Cover GB Games
Some of this summer's EuroBasket crunch ties are to be shown on SKY Sports.
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| 3 August 2007 |
Coach Finch Names Training Roster
Great Britain coach Chris Finch has named his roster for the training camp 8-9 August at the K2 Centre (Crawley) and following friendly games in France.
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| 30 July 2007 |
Finch Sees Bright Future For British Basketball
Great Britain's Senior Mens head coach Chris Finch has heralded a new dawn in British Basketball following last week's successful training camp in Florida.
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| 26 July 2007 |
Interview With Vanessa Ellis
Great Britain Under 20 Women’s coach, Vanessa Ellis, was delighted after her side collected the bronze medal at the European Championship 'B Division' in Lithuania.
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| 23 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women Finish Third At Europeans
Great Britain Under 20 Women collected the bronze medal at the European Championship 'B Division' with a 79-73 victory against Portugal.
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| 23 July 2007 |
Finch's Boys Hit The Ground Running In Florida
17 GB Players have reported for duty at this week's Florida training camp, which is taking place at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, USA.
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| 21 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women To Play For Third Place
The Great Britain Under 20 Women’s dreams of winning the European Championship 'B Division' were ended by a 69-61 semi-final defeat against Montenegro.
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| 20 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women Through To Last Four
A stunning third period performance saw Great Britain under-20 women progress to the European Championship B Division semi-finals with a 76-66 victory against Poland.
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| 19 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women Defeat Portugal, Face Poland In Quarters
Great Britain's Under-20 Women sealed second place in their group of the European Championship 'B Division' with a 66-62 victory against Portugal on Wednesday evening.
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| 18 July 2007 |
Thomas-Johnson Leads Under 20 Women Into Quarter-Finals
A strong second half saw Great Britain Under 20 Women reach the quarter-final of the European Championships 'B Division' with an 80-70 victory against Switzerland on Tuesday.
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| 18 July 2007 |
Training Squad Announced For Florida
Chris Finch, the coach of Team Great Britain Senior Men's team has today announced a 20-man roster for next week's Florida Training Camp.
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| 17 July 2007 |
FIBA Lifts Ban on English Players
In a letter addressed on Monday 16 July to Sport England, UK Sport and the Ministry for Sport, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) lifted its suspension thereby allowing English players and British teams to compete in the upcoming competitions of the European Division B Championship.
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| 16 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women Lose Game Two Of Europeans
Twenty-five points from Johannah Leedham were not enough to prevent Great Britain’s Under 20 Women’s team slipping to a 63-57 defeat against Lithuania on Sunday.
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| 16 July 2007 |
Under 20 Men Finish 8th In Europeans
Great Britain Under 20 Men were forced to settle for eighth place in the European Championship 'B Division' after a pair of losses over the weekend.
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| 15 July 2007 |
Under 20 Women Start European Champs With Victory
Great Britain’s Under 20 Women’s team made the perfect start to their European Championship 'B Division' campaign with a 69-58 victory against Holland on Saturday.
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| 13 July 2007 |
Under 20s Lose To Slovaks, 5th Place Still Up For Grabs
Eighteen points from Ashley Hamilton were not enough to prevent Great Britain Under 20s slipping to an 84-69 defeat against Slovakia in their last quarter-final group stage game.
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| 12 July 2007 |
Under 20 Men Narrowly Miss Out On Semis
The Great Britain Under 20 Men's hopes of reaching the European Championship B Division semi-finals came to an end with a 79-73 loss against Ukraine on Wednesday evening.
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| 12 July 2007 |
Deng Eyes Euro Success
Luol Deng is eyeing European success this summer as the Chicago Bulls star gets ready to play for Britain for the first time.
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| 11 July 2007 |
Under 20 Men Advance To Quarter Finals
A 79-62 hammering of Romania has seen Great Britain Under 20 men’s team reach the quarterfinals of the European Championship B Division.
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| 10 July 2007 |
Senior GB Women's Team Training Roster Announced
Mark Clark, head coach of the GB Senior Women's team has today named a 15-person strong roster for next month's training camp.
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| 9 July 2007 |
Clark Leads Under 20s In Game Two Win
A scintillating performance from Dan Clark saw Great Britain Under 20 men defeat Belgium 77-68 on Sunday.
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| 7 July 2007 |
Under 20s Kick Off Euro Champs With A Defeat
Great Britain Under 20 Men's team suffered their first defeat in Division B of the European Championships against Finland on Friday.
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| 5 July 2007 |
Under 20 Men Poised For European Opener
Great Britain Under 20 coach Jeff Jones is looking for top ten placing as his side compete in the European Under-20 Men’s championship in Warsaw, Poland.
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| 20 June 2007 |
Under 20 International Heading To USA
London Leopards forward Joe Ikhinmwin has gained a scholarship to play basketball in the United States.
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| 22 May 2007 |
Row Threatens GB Basketball Hopes
Great Britain's chances of playing as hosts in the 2012 basketball tournament are under threat because of a row over government interference.
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| 15 May 2007 |
Deng Gets GB Call
Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng is one of three NBA players called up by GB coach, Chris Finch for this summer's matches.
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| 30 March 2007 |
Great Britain Under 20 Basketball Open Tryouts
In preparation for the FIBA European Championships, our Mens and Womens U20 coaches are holding tryouts
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| 1 February 2007 |
British Performance Basketball Ltd
Following a meeting with UK Sport on 2 October 2006 the directors of the British Basketball Federation agreed to UK Sport establishing a “Special Purpose Vehicle that will allow UK Sport to release resources targeting the London 2012 Olympic Games.”
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| 29 January 2007 |
2007 European Under-20 Tournament Draws Announced
FIBA Europe has announced the draws for the 2007 European Under-20 tournaments. Find out more about schedules and venues for the Great Britain U-20 women’s and men’s teams.
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