Scotland
FIBA ranking88 (T)
Joined FIBA1947
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketballScotland
Olympic Games
AppearancesNot eligible to compete
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances2 (1951, 1957)

The Scottish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Scotland in international competition. They are organised by basketballscotland, the sport's governing body in Scotland, which in 2005, along with England and Wales merged to form the Great Britain national basketball team. The Scotland national team used to compete in the FIBA Europe's Division C. Scotland's direct affiliation to FIBA ended on 30 September 2016.[1] To date, Scotland's main accomplishments were two qualifications to the EuroBasket, Europe's main basketball event. Further, the team won five bronze medals at the FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

History

EuroBasket 1951

The Scottish team's first European championship competition was at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. They lost their eight games and finished 16th place out of 18. They outranked Luxembourg, who had had the misfortune of being in a five-team preliminary group instead of a four-team group (and losing all of their games), and Romania, who had dropped out of the tournament at the last minute.[2]

EuroBasket 1957

Six years later, at the EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, Scotland competed much better. There, the squad won one of its three preliminary round games to be relegated to the classification round. The first match in that round pitted Scotland against Albania, who had also not yet achieved a victory in EuroBasket competition. The Scots proved the better, 69–56. Afterwards, they lost their next six matches but showed considerable improvement from the last tournament. They competed against Austria and West Germany the whole game until they finally ceded by one point and five points respectively to finish the classification round 1–6 in 15th place overall, ahead of Albania which they beat twice.[3]

Robert Archibald is Scotland's most well known basketball player. Because of his accomplishments he became an inspirational figure to basketball players throughout his home country.

Competitions

Performance at EuroBasket

Year Position Note Tournament Host
195116EuroBasket 1951Paris, France
195715EuroBasket 1957Sofia, Bulgaria

Performance at the Commonwealth Games

Melbourne 2006

Game Stage Opponent Score
1Group A Australia129–52
2Group A India67–57
3Group A Nigeria91–83
45th–8th place Placement South Africa91–79
55th place match Barbados63–73
Games Played Won Lost Points Scored Points Conceded Point Difference Final Place
523366429−636th

Last roster

The following is the Scotland roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[4]

PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F/C 0 Michael Vigor 27 – (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Bristol Flyers England
G 6 Kyle Jimenez 19 – (1998-05-03)3 May 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
G 7 Fraser Malcolm 21 – (1996-05-23)23 May 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Black Hills State United States
G 8 Bantu Burroughs 27 – (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
G 9 Jonathan Bunyan 25 – (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
G 10 Callan Low 17 – (2000-11-11)11 November 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Myerscough England
F 11 Gareth Murray 33 – (1984-09-23)23 September 1984 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
G 12 Sean Nealon-Lino 18 – (1999-08-13)13 August 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Kent Crusaders England
F 13 Nicholas Collins 33 – (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) St Mirren Scotland
C 14 Christopher Cleary 29 – (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
F 15 Alasdair Fraser 25 – (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
F/C 20 Kieron Achara (C) 34 – (1983-07-03)3 July 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Glasgow Rocks Scotland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Scotland Craig Nicol
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club - describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age - describes age
    on 5 April 2018

Past rosters

At the FIBA EuroBasket 2010 Division C:

# Player Position Height Current club
4Garreth LodgePoint Guard1.85Edinburgh Kings
5Patrick CampbellShooting Guard1.93Edinburgh Kings
6Grant GibsonPoint Guard1.82E.Lothian B.
7Laurie CostelloPoint Guard1.87Edinburgh Kings
8Josh CrolleySmall Forward1.98Troon Tornadoes
9Daniel DonnellySmall Forward1.98Troon Tornadoes
10Michael LynnForwardSt. Mirren
11Ross CampbellForward1.98Troon Tornadoes
12Steven LevenForward1.97Arkadikos
13Thomas PearsonCenter2.00Manchester Magic
14Ikemefuna AttahPower Forward1.98Tees Valley Mohawks
15Simon FlockhartCenter2.10Edinburgh Kings

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. Basketball, British (13 August 2012). "News | Great Britain Basketball | Official Website : FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". Gbbasketball.com.
  2. "1947 European Championship for Men". Archive.Fiba.Com. 3 May 1947.
  3. "1947 European Championship for Men". Archive.Fiba.Com. 3 May 1947.
  4. "Team Scotland name 12-strong squad for Gold Coast 2018". basketballscotland. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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