21/08:
Excellent 18-6 first quarter helps
England Under-16 Men to a big
victory over
Macedonia;
Catching up with the past
few weeks'
News:
Dates announced for
Cup-Winners' Cup.
20/08: Great Britain Women
trailed by just ten at the half, at home to
Lithuania,
in
European qualifiers Division A,
but by 22 at the end of the third, on the way to their second defeat.
BBF Report
All relevant
European Youth Championship Results
now up to date.
England Under-16 Men begin their
9th-16th classification games tomorrow.
Wolves
announce final import-player.
Heat retain two;
Myers back at
Jets
again;
Club Directory update for
Loughborough
Cardinals.
19/08:
Kent Crusaders
retain the core of last year's
team.
Catching up on
Player
Signings:
Eagles
make their point with Reggie;
Wolves
go multi-national with an Australian/British centre, a French forward
and an Anglo-American guard;
Worthing
bring Patton into BBL;
'Blood back for
Lions;
Raiders complete their roster;
Metcalfe is magic for
Heat;
17/08:
HOME AGAIN - and starting to catch up. Full
Great Britain results in
Under-20 European Championships
updated.
Great Britain Women lost a
close first game, in Ukraine
in
European qualifiers Division A,
on 13 Aug.
FIBA Report
03/08:
Sorry - Pawprint is now on annual holiday for a couple of weeks.
Instead of the excitement of sitting at my laptop I'm going to have to
make do with lying by the pool in the sun, while forcing myself to drink
copious amounts of beer to keep cool. It's a tough job, but someone has to
do it!
In the meantime, the following links may be of use to you.
FIBA
Europe - Youth competitions index - for one-page access to all current
competitions;
European
Championships - Under 20 men - access to fixtures, results, tables;
European
Championships - Under 18 women - access to fixtures, results, tables;
European
Championships - Under 16 women - access to fixtures, results, tables;
European
Championships - Under 16 men - access to fixtures, results, tables;
England
Basketball - News - previews and reports of matches, plus other EB news;
British Basketball News
- brief reports available for GB U-20 matches, plus the build-up to the Senior
games;
BBL News - club
news, players etc.
Expect a full update in mid-August.
02/08:
New Bulls' contract means that
Deng can concentrate on GB
this summer, but Archibald ruled out through injury.
Catching up on
player news:
Lamble back for
third year at
Riders;
Defoe's fifth at
Eagles,
and Toney's first;
New
signing for
Lions;
Ex-Shark Shelton
joins up with old team-mate Davies at
Rocks;
England Under-18 Men
finish eighteenth again, as Hungary
prove too strong in
European Championships..
Great Britain trail by four with two
minutes to play in
Under-20 European Championships,
but Portugal pull away to win by
eleven.
BBF Report
01/08:
England Under-18 Men's victory over
Norway guarantees that they cannot finish lower than last
season's 18th place in
European Championships.
EB Report by Dave Ryan
Great start for
Great Britain in
Under-20 European Championships
with big victory over Finland.
BBF Report
31/07:
England Under-18 Men beat Ireland
convincingly in their first 17th/20th play-off game in
European Championships.
EB Report by Dave Ryan
29/07:
Poland beat
Portugal in
European Championships
earlier today.
England Under-18 Men were within 30 seconds of joining Poland
in the quarter finals, but gave up their lead and then collapsed in
overtime against Romania, to finish
fifth in the Group - and will play-off for 17th-20th places!
EB Report by Dave Ryan
Our
History of the National Leagues
has now reached
1977-1978,
with the chapter on the first part of that season's
Division 1
campaign..
28/07:
After their excellent win over
Portugal,
defeat for
England Under-18 Men against Belarus
(who were already out of contention for a 1/4 final place!) in
European Championships
leaves them needing to beat Romania
(who cannot qualify) tomorrow, and hope that unbeaten Group leaders
Poland beat
Portugal.
EB Report by Dave Ryan
26/07:
Another youngster returns for
Cardiff .
England Under-18 Men record good victory over
Portugal
to keep 1/4 final hopes alive in
European Championships.
EB Report by Dave Ryan
25/07: Riders
to host
International Tournament.
England Under-18 Men recover after a poor first quarter,
before losing narrowly to a strong Poland
team in
European Championships.
EB Report by Dave Ryan
24/07: I've
taken the opportunity of the lull in the news and results to return to
our History of the National Leagues, with an enhanced chapter on
1976-1977 Europe,
now including a section on the
European Championships'
Qualifying Round, held at Hemel Hempstead.
23/07: Paterostro
announces his first
Riders' signing .
Third season for Terrell
at Lions.
22/07: A
few minor updates to the
BBL Fixtures.
Dave Ryan reports on
England Under-18 Men's
impending visit to the
European Championships, and
interviews coach
Andre Alleyne about their prospects in Hungary.
21/07: Teamlist update
for Cheshire
Jets (ex-Ellesmere Port) in the
Clubs' Directory.
20/07: Quite
a number of updated pages in the
Clubs' Directory.
19/07: Great
Britain lose the second leg, too, of their
Under-20 Women's Division B play-off
against Portugal , to go winless in
six games, and finish with the "wooden spoon".
Scotland
beat Malta again to finish third in
European
U-16 Women's Division C.
18/07: I've
tidied up this Index
page, removing many of the old headlines, so to find any fixtures that may
be of interest, go to the
Fixtures/Results Index.
For News stories, go to
News Index.
Great
Britain lose the first leg of their "wooden spoon" play-off
against Portugal in
Under-20 Women's Division B
Scotland
lose narrowly to Albania in
European
U-16 Women's Division C semi-final.
England Under-16 Women's squad
announced
External (EB) link
Pre-Olympic and Olympic
basketball coverage on
Eurosport.
17/07: Albania
confirmed as
Scotland's semi-final
opponents in
European
U-16 Women's Division C.
Rocks
on the move.
"New" website for
BBL
Two Moore years for
Raiders.
Whyte returns, and
Sharks
also snap up Great Britain forward,
16/07: Great
Britain round off a disastrous Group stage in
Under-20 Women's Division B with a
thrashing by Group winners Slovak Republic.
Scotland
cruise through to the semi-finals of
European
U-16 Women's Division C, where they are likely to
meet Albania.
The
last of the Under-18 and Under-16 League fixtures are now checked and uploaded:
Under-16
Women - North
-
list,
matrix; South
1
-
list,
matrix;
South 2
-
list,
matrix.
15/07: Defeat
to Hungary in
Under-20 Women's Division B
condemns Great
Britain to a two-leg play-off for 9th and 10th places,
against Portugal.
Scotland
are in a strong position to reach the semi-finals of
European
U-16 Women's Division C, with a victory yesterday
over Malta, and a victory today for
the Maltese against hosts Monaco.
13/07: Cardiff
add three new Celts ahead of their EBL Division
1 debut.
12/07: It'll be Funn at
Worcester
this season.
Virgil returns to the
Jets.
Sharks sign Ivorian
international.
09/07: New
Directory
pages for
University
of Wales, Newport and
Brighton
Cougars.
20/06: Update to the
Clubs'
Directory for
BiG Storage Cheshire Jets Women
(ex-Ellesmere Port)
06/06: We
examine the controversy around West Herts'
application to re-join Division 1 ... and the offer of a place in Div. 4
instead!.
05/05: RULE
CHANGES for next season, including
amendments to travelling (sliding), revised details of
back-court-violation, and specific
guidance on unsportsmanlike foul and
restriction of elbow swinging - but
you'll have to wait two more years for other changes, such as
elimination of charging foul under basket!
See
FIBA news item.
04/05: Our analysis of the EBL Women's
divisional format for next season is now complete.
01/05: Who's
up? Who's down? Who's in? Who's out? - Next season's divisional
format for the EBL has been announced, and we present our annual analysis
of the moves in the men's divisions.
01/04: Big
expansion plans for BBL uncovered.
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