Category: Internationals

Manchester Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Mystics selected in Great Britain U16 Final 12s for European Championships

Congratulations to Manchester Mystics’ Elizandra Costa, Maisie Keyes and Irene Oboavwoduo, who have been selected in the Great Britain U16 Women’s final 12s for the FIBA European Championships Podgorica, Montenegro.

Schedule

Great Britain U16 Women 18 – 27 August – Division B, Group C

18 August GB U16 Women 47-83 Slovakia at 5:45pm – Elizandra Costa played 5 minutes, had a point and a rebound. Maisie Keyes started, played 24 minutes, had 4 points, a rebound and an assist. Irene Oboavwoduo played 21 minutes, had 6 points, 4 rebounds and a steal.

19 August Romania 62-65 GB U16 Women at 8:00pm – Elizandra Costa did not play. Maisie Keyes played 13 minutes, had 2 points and a steal. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 26 minutes, had 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.

22 August GB U16 Women 62-64 Luxembourg at 8:00pm – Elizandra Costa played 13 seconds. Maisie Keyes played 30 minutes, had 9 points, 2 rebounds, an assist, 2 steals and a block. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 25 minutes, had 11 points, a rebound, 3 assists and a steal.

23 August Austria 63-61 GB U16 Women at 3:30pm – Elizandra Costa played 13 minutes, had 3 points, 4 rebounds, an assist and a steal. Maisie Keyes played 24 minutes, had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 21 minutes, had 6 points, 3 rebounds and a steal.

25 August 9-16 Classification Games GB U16 Women 59-51 Ukraine at 3:30pm – Elizandra Costa played 3 minutes. Maisie Keyes played 28 minutes, had 6 points, 7 rebounds, an assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 29 minutes, had 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

26 August 9-12 Classification Games Netherlands 72-55 GB U16 Women at 5:45pm – Elizandra Costa played 3 minutes. Maisie Keyes played 25 minutes, had 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and a block. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 16 minutes, had 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals and a block.

27 August 11-12 Classification Games GB U16 Women 69-66 Iceland at 12:45pm – Elizandra Costa played 6 minutes, had 3 points and 2 rebounds. Maisie Keyes played 18 minutes, had 8 points, 3 rebounds and an assist. Irene Oboavwoduo started, played 25 minutes, had 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

GB U16 Women finish 11th.

Manchester Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Magic’s Lara-Sanchez selected in Great Britain U16 Men’s squad for European Championships

Congratulations to Manchester Magic’s Luca Lara-Sanchez, who has been selected in the Great Britain U16 Men’s final 12s for the FIBA European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Schedule

Great Britain U16 Men 11 – 20 August – Division B, Group C

12 August GB U16 Men 51-48 Norway at 6:30pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez played 6 minutes, had a point.

13 August Bosnia and Herzegovina 80-70 GB U16 Men at 6:30pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez played 16 minutes, had 7 points, a rebound, an assist and 2 steals.

15 August GB U16 Men 59-64 Sweden at 4:15pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez started, played 27 minutes, had 2 rounds, 2 assits, 3 steals and a block.

16 August Portugal 52-59 GB U16 Men at 4:15pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez started, played 14 minutes, had 4 rebounds.

18 August 9-16 Classification Games GB U16 Men 66-58 Ukraine at 6:30pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez started, played 16 minutes, had 4 points, 3 assists and 4 steals.

19 August 9-12 Classification Games Georgia 47-63 GB U16 Men at 6:30pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez started, played 7 minutes, had 2 assists.

20 August 9-10 Classification Games Portugal 82-52 GB U16 Men at 2:00pm – Luca Lara-Sanchez started, played 20 minutes, had an assist.

GB U16 Men finish 10th.

Manchester Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Magic and Mystics selected in Great Britain U18 Final 12s for European Championships

Congratulations to Manchester Magic’s Ben Brown, Matthew Goodwin and Enoch Wangoy and Manchester Mystics’ Charli Wroe and former Mystic’ Olivia Forster, who have been selected in the Great Britain U18 Men’s and Women’s final 12s for the FIBA European Championships in Izmir, Turkey and Sofia, Bulgaria respectively.

Schedule

Great Britain U18 Men 30 July – 7 August – Division A, Group A

30 July France 97-45 GB U18 Men at 11:45am – Ben Brown started, played 20 minutes, scored 8 points, had a rebound and a steal. Matthew Goodwin played 11 minutes, had an assist and a steal. Enoch Wangoy played 8 minutes, had 2 rebounds.

31 July GB U18 Men 61-89 Israel at 2:00pm – Ben Brown started, played 27 minutes, had 10 points, a rebound and 2 assists. Matthew Goodwin played 6 minutes. Enoch Wangoy did not play.

1 August North Macedonia 69-71 GB U18 Men at 11:45am – Ben Brown started, played 32 minutes, had 14 points, a rebound, 6 assists, 2 steals and a block, Matthew Goodwin did not play, Enoch Wangoy played 6 minutes, had 2 points and a rebound.

3 August Round of 16 Turkey 82-38 GB U18 Men at 6:30pm – Ben Brown started, played 21 minutes, had 3 points, an assist and a steal. Matthew Goodwin played 11 minutes, 3 points and a rebound. Enoch Wangoy played 17 minutes, had 2 points, 5 rebounds and a steal.

4 August 9-16 Classification Games GB U18 Men 62-80 Czech Republic at 6:30pm – Ben Brown started, played 36 minutes, had 7 points, 5 assists, and a steal. Matthew Goodwin played 9 minutes, had a rebound and a steal. Enoch Wangoy played 4 minutes, had a point and 3 rebounds.

6 August 13-16 Classification Games Croatia 85-52 GB U18 Men at 11:45am – Ben Brown started, played 32 minutes, had 10 points, 4 rebounds, an assist, 2 steals and a block. Matthew Goodwin played 11 minutes, had 2 rebounds and an assist. Enoch Wangoy played 15 minutes, had 2 points and 5 rebounds.

7 August 15-16 Classification Game GB U18 Men 78-74 Montenegro at 9:00am – Ben Brown started, played 30 minutes, had 8 points, 3 rebound, 3 assists and a steal. Matthew Goodwin played 13 minutes, had 2 points, 3 rebounds, an assist and a block. Enoch Wangoy played 22 minutes, had 4 points, 9 rebounds and an assist.

GB U18 Men finish 15th, relegated to Division B.

Great Britain U18 Women 30 July – 7 August – Division B, Group A

30 July Luxembourg 69-61 GB U18 Women at 11:45am – Olivia Forster started, played 13 minutes, had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Charli Wroe played 6 minutes, had a rebound, 2 assists and a steal

1 August GB U18 Women 71-54 North Macedonia at 4:15pm – Olivia Forster played 17 minutes, had 9 points, a rebound, an assist and a steal. Charli Wroe played 15 minutes, had a rebound, 2 assists, a steal and a block.

2 August Croatia 70-52 GB U18 Women at 4:30pm – Olivia Forster played 11 minutes, had 2 points, a rebound and a steal. Charli Wroe played 13 minutes, had 5 points, a rebound and an assist.

3 August GB U18 Women 49-67 Portugal at 2:00pm – Olivia Forster played 9 minutes, had 6 points. Charli Wroe played 6 minutes.

4 August 9-18 Classification Games – Group E – GB U18 Women 70-60 Ukraine at 2:15pm – Olivia Forster played 5 minutes. Charlie Wroe started, played 33 minutes, had 16 points, a rebound, 2 assists and 4 steals.

6 August 9-18 Classification Games – Group E – Estonia 56-75 GB U18 Women at 4:00pm – Olivia Forster played 12 minutes, had 13 points and 2 steals. Charli Wroe started, played 18 minutes, had a point, a rebound, 2 assists and a steal.

7 August 11th-12th Classification Game GB U18 Women 71-69 Iceland at 4:15pm – Olivia Forster started, played 22 minutes, had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Charli Wroe started, played 23 minutes, had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

GB U18 Women finish 11th.

Mystics GB

Jones in Great Britain Women Squad for EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers

Manchester Mystics’ Georgia Jones has been selected as part of the Great Britain Women Squad to face Poland and Belarus in the upcoming EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers.

Jones will be joined by formers Mystics, Hannah Shaw, Mollie Campbell and Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee in the 14-strong squad at training camp, full squad here

Great Britain Women face Poland in Poland on Thursday 14th November at 5:15pm, before facing Belarus at the National Basketball Performance Centre, Belle Vue, Manchester on Sunday 17th November at 5:00pm.

Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2021-qualifier-gb-v-belarus-tickets-72363762963?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Luke Gordos Wales 2019

Wales senior call for Magic point guard Gordos

Manchester Magic point guard Luke Gordos has been selected to represent Wales Senior Men this weekend.

The 16-year-old Loreto College student was co-captain of Wales U16s for last year’s FIBA European Championships Division C campaign in San Marino.

Wales are one of eight teams competing in the Howell Shield in Hertfordshire from 30 August to 1 September.

Others include NBL Division One sides Hemel Storm, Thames Valley Cavaliers and Nottingham Hoods.

Saul May England U18

Magic’s May earns England U18 call-up

Manchester Magic player and Loreto College student Saul May has been selected to represent England U18s at the Future Stars junior international tournament this weekend.

Fresh from taking part at the 2019 Deng Camp, the 6ft 5in small forward will be part of an England squad up against the likes of Maccabi Teddy Tel Aviv and Rytas Vilnius.

The event returns for the first time since 2013 and runs from 30 August to 1 September at Brunel University.

Past Future Star tournaments have featured the likes of Rudy Gobert, Dario Saric and Tomas Satoransky.

Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Summer of International Basketball Schedule 2019

Great Britain Summer Schedule 2019:

The links below contain both LiveStats and LiveStreams (if available)

Great Britain Senior Men 7-21 August EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Group G

7 August Kosovo 63-71 GB Men at 7:30pm

10 August GB Men 71-54 Luxembourg at 7:00pm (at the National Basketball Performance Centre)

17 August GB Men 101-79 Kosovo at 7:00pm (at the National Basketball Performance Centre)

21 August Luxembourg 65-93 GB Men at 6:00pm

GB Senior Men advance to the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers, they will play in Group G with Germany, Montenegro and France and games will be played over three windows in February 2020, November/December 2020 and February 2021.

Great Britain Senior Women 27 June – 7 July Latvia and Serbia – Women’s EuroBasket, Group A (Mystics’ Georgia Jones, former Mystics’ Mollie Campbell and Hannah Shaw)

27 June GB Women 74-60 Latvia at 4:30pm – Georgia Jones played 11 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, Hannah Shaw and Mollie Campbell did not play.

28 June Spain 67-59 GB Women at 7:00pm – Georgia Jones played 24 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, Mollie Campbell played 7 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 assist, Hannah Shaw did not play.

30 June Ukraine 54-68 GB Women at 11:00am – Georgia Jones played 17 minutes, 1 assist, Mollie Campbell and Hannah Shaw did not play.

1 July Quarter-Final Qualifier GB Women 92-71 Montenegro at 7:00pm – Georgia Jones played 5 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, Hannah Shaw played 2 minutes and Mollie Campbell did not play.

4 July Quarter-Finals Hungary 59-62 GB Women at 11:30am – Georgia Jones played 13 minutes, 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, Mollie Campbell and Hannah Shaw did not play.

6 July Semi-Finals France 63-56 GB Women at 5:00pm – Georgia Jones played 4 minutes, 1 assist, Mollie Campbell and Hannah Shaw did not play.

7 July 3rd/4th place Serbia 81-55 GB Women at 4:30pm – Georgia Jones played 12 mintes, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal, Mollie Campbell and Hannah Shaw did not play.

Great Britain Women finished a historic fourth and Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Great Britain U20 Women 3-11 August Prishtina, Kosovo – Division B, Group B (Mystics’ Coach Jeff Jones Head Coach, former Mystic’ Hannah Shaw Assistant Coach)

4 August Ireland 72-58 GB U20 Women at 6:00pm

5 August GB U20 Women 58-53 Ukraine at 3:30pm

7 August Second Round Croatia 67-89 GB U20 Women at 6:00pm Group E

8 August Second Round GB U20 Women 67-47 Israel at 3:30pm Group E

10 August Semi-Finals Finland 86-68 GB U20 Women at 6:00pm

11 August 3-4 Classification Games Ireland 60-57 GB U20 Women at 3:30pm

Great Britain U20 Women finish 4th.

Great Britain U20 Men 13-21 July Tel Aviv, Israel – Division A, Group A (Magic Alum Kaiyem Cleary)

13 July Turkey 69-56 GB U20 Men at 2:30pm – Kaiyem Cleary played 6 minutes, 3 rebounds.

14 July GB U20 Men 60-74 France at 4:15pm – Kaiyem Cleary did not play.

15 July Montenegro 72-68 GB U20 Men at 11:45am – Kaiyem Cleary did not play.

17 July Round of 16 Serbia 72-77 GB U20 Men at 2:00pm – Kaiyem Cleary played 8 minutes, 2 points, 1 assist. (Div A Status secured for 2020)

18 July Quarter-Finals GB U20 Men 56-81 Germany at 2:00pm- Kaiyem Cleary played 17 minutes, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals.

20 July 5-8 Classification Games Turkey 104-87 GB U20 Men at 2:30pm – Kaiyem Cleary played 15 minutes, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.

21 July 7-8 Classification Games Croatia 82-63 GB U20 Men at 11:45am – Kaiyem Cleary played 27 minutes, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal.

Great Britain U20 Men finish 8th.

Great Britain U18 Men 27 July – 4 August Volos, Greece – Division A, Group A

27 July GB U18 Men 61-102 Turkey at 2:45pm

28 July Serbia 85-87 GB U18 Men at 2:45pm (after overtime)

29 July GB U18 Men 66-86 Germany at 12:30pm

31 July Round of 16 Montenegro 62-77 GB U18 Men at 5:00pm (Div A Status secured for 2020)

1 August Quarter-Finals GB U18 57-71 Slovenia at 5:00pm

3 August 5-8 Classification Games France 81-52 GB U18 Men at 2:45pm

4 August 7-8 Classification Games Lithuania 88-70 GB U18 Men at 12:30pm

Great Britain U18 Men finish 8th.

Great Britain U18 Women 5-14 July Skopje, North Macedonia – Division B, Group D (Mystics’ Jade Mbam)

5 July GB U18 Women 48-73 Netherlands at 5:45pm – Jade Mbam started, played 17 minutes, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

6 July Sweden 81-38 GB U18 Women at 3:30pm – Jade Mbam played 12 minutes, 1 assist.

7 July Ukraine 65-46 GB U18 Women at 5:45pm – Jade Mbam played 16 minutes, 3 points, 3 assists.

9 July GB U18 Women 67-50 Albania at 1:15pm – Jade Mbam started, played 27 minutes, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

10 July Luxembourg 38-36 GB U18 Women at 8:00pm – Jade Mbam started, played 23 minutes, 5 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal.

12 July 17-23 Classification Games GB U18 Women 57-54 North Macedonia at 8:00pm – Jade Mbam started, played 25 minutes, 6 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal.

13 July 17-20 Classification Games Austria 67-52 GB U18 Women at 8:00pm – Jade Mbam started, played 27 minutes, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.

14 July 19-20 Classification Games Norway 40-55 GB U18 Women at 1:15pm – Jade Mbam started, played 19 minutes, 4 points, 1 rebound, 2 steals.

Great Britain U18 Women finish 19th.

Great Britain U16 Men 8-17 August Podgorica, Montenegro – Division B, Group D (Magic’s Ceejay Hanson and Victor Ndoukou Faroukou)

8 August GB U16 Men 57-63 Finland at 5:15pm – Ceejay Hanson played 12 minutes, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, Victor Faroukou did not play.

9 August Slovakia 58-74 GB U16 Men at 5:15pm – Ceejay Hanson played 8 minutes, 2 points, 2 rebounds, Victor Faroukou played 21 minutes, 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

10 August Austria 45-62 GB U16 Men at 7:30pm – Ceejay Hanson played 16 minutes, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, Victor Faroukou started, played 24 minutes, 3 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals.

12 August GB U16 Men 70-105 Belgium at 3:00pm – Ceejay Hanson played 13 minutes, 2 assists, 1 steal, Victor Faroukou started, played 19 minutes, 3 points, 4 rebounds.

13 August Romania 80-63 GB U16 Men at 12:45pm – Ceejay Hanson played 13 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, Victor Faroukou started, played 19 minutes, 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block.

15 August 9-16 Classification Games Iceland 83-84 GB U16 Men at 7:30pm – Ceejay Hanson played 21 minutes, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, Victor Faroukou played 14 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

16 August 9-12 Classification Games Portugal 69-73 GB U16 Men at 7:30pm – Ceejay Hanson played 15 minutes, 3 points, 1 assist, Victor Faroukou played 21 minutes, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

17 August 9-10 Classification Games Ukraine 83-60 GB U16 Men at 5:15pm – Ceejay Hanson played 10 minutes, 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, Victor Faroukou played 18 minutes, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals.

GB Under 16 Men finish 10th.

Great Britain U16 Women 15-24 August Sofia, Bulgaria – Division B, Group B

15 August GB U16 Women 41-46 Portugal at 4:15pm

16 August Belarus 61-58 GB U16 Women at 4:15pm

17 August GB U16 Women 84-47 Albania at 2:00pm

19 August Ireland 54-61 GB U16 Women at 6:30pm

20 August Austria 44-66 GB U16 Women at 6:30pm

22 August Quarter-Finals Slovenia 57-40 GB U16 Women at 11:45am

23 August 5-8 Classification Games GB U16 Women 69-46 Ukraine at 11:45am

24 August 5-6 Classification Games GB U16 Women 63-75 Serbia at 2:00pm

GB U16 Women finish 6th.

Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Magic’s Hanson and Faroukou selected in Great Britain U16 final 12 for Europeans

Congratulations to Manchester Magic’s Ceejay Hanson and Victor Ndoukou Faroukou who have been selected in the Great Britain U16 Men’s final 12 for the FIBA European Division B Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Full Squad here

Schedule

Great Britain U16 Men 8-17 August Podgorica, Montenegro – Division B, Group D

8 August GB U16 Men vs Finland at 5:15pm

9 August Slovakia vs GB U16 Men at 5:15pm

10 August Austria vs GB U16 Men at 7:30pm

12 August GB U16 Men vs Belgium at 3:00pm

13 August Romania vs GB U16 Men at 12:45pm

15 August Quarter-Finals / 9-24 Classification Games

16 August Semi-Finals / 5-24 Classification Games

17 August Final / 3-24 Classification Games

Basketball England

Magic and Mystics U15s take centre stage

North West will feature a hefty number of Manchester Magic and Manchester Mystics players when the inaugural U15 Aspire Tournament takes place at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Belle Vue this weekend.

Toby Akinlade, Ben Brown, Thomas Kelly, Sam Lolenga, Bradley May, Thomas Mayor, Emanuel Oyebadejo and Lucas Ricketts are joined in the boys’ squad by recent Magic recruits Ben Prince, Joe Buchanan and Josh Kubacki.

The Mystics make up 10 of the 12 players on duty in the girls’ event. They are Daisy Bryan, Caitlin Doohan, Saffron Erving-Murphy, Olivia Forster, Esha Nayar, Kizzy Spence, Emily Taylor, Eleni Vourliotis, Jo Vourliotis and Charli Wroe.

The boys have been drawn in Pool A with London, East, Yorkshire and South West.

The girls are in Pool Y with East, South West, South East and West Midlands.

The pool games run on Saturday from 9am, with the classification games on Sunday.

The Aspire Tournaments will bring together 480 players, 120 coaches and 90 officials from across the country.

U15 Aspire Tournament Schedule/Results:

Saturday

9:00am North West Boys 46-38 Yorkshire

10:00am North West Girls 37-18 South West

1:00pm South West 27-35 North West Boys

2:00pm West Midlands 17-42 North West Girls

3:00pm London 34-46 North West Boys

4:00pm South East 25-23 North West Girls

5:00pm East 41-36 North West Boys

6:00pm East 20-33 North West Girls

Sunday

10:00am South 47-60 North West Boys

11:30am North West Girls 48-42 South

1:00-1:30pm Shooting Test Finals (Boys and Girls)

1:30pm Boys Final East 50-72 North West 

3:00pm Girls Final London 32-55 North West

North West Boys and Girls Crowned Aspire U15 Champions 2019

North West U15 2019
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Magic Alum Cleary selected in Great Britain U20 final 12 for Europeans

Congratulations to Manchester Magic Alum Kaiyem Cleary, who has been selected in the Great Britain U20 Men’s final 12 for the FIBA European Division A Championships in Tel Aviv.

Schedule

Great Britain U20 Men 13-21 July – Group A

13 July Turkey vs GB U20 Men at 2:30pm

14 July GB U20 Men vs France at 4:15pm

15 July Montenegro vs GB U20 Men at 11:45am

17 July Round of 16

18 July Quarter-Finals / 9-16 Classification Games

20 July Semi-Finals / 5-16 Classification Games

21 July Final / 3-16 Classification Games