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Manchester Magic and Mystics selected for Lions Cup and Globasket Tournament 2023

Magic and Mystics selected in England U14 and U15 squads for Lions Cup and Globasket Tournament

An England U15 Boys Select team are taking part in the Lions Cup in Paris this weekend against international opposition. 

Manchester Magic’s Luca Boothe and Dominic Goodwin were chosen from the ETP selection camp in Manchester to represent England at the Lions Cup in Paris. See below for Magic and Mystics selected in squads for U14 and U15 Boys and Girls squads for the trip to the Globasket Tournament in Costa Brava, Spain next week. 

In Paris, the England U15 Boys will be led by head coach Sterling Muschett and face a selection of club, academy and national teams between 8-10 April. 

The teams entered are: 

Group A: CTC Centre Essonne (France), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Poland Select, Saint Charles Basket (France). 

Group B: England Select, JSF Nanterre (France), Union Artois Elite (France), Zaza Pachulia Academy (Georgia). 

Schedule/results 

Saturday 8 April 

11:00: JSF Nanterre 46-62 England Select LiveStream

15:45: Union Artois Elite 64-68 England Select LiveStream

Sunday 9 April  

10:00: Zaza Pachulia Academy 77-70 England Select LiveStream

18:00: (Final Fours) Maccabi Tel Aviv 63-55 England Select LiveStream

Monday 10 April

13:15 Poland Select 78-41 England Select LiveStream

Source: Basketball England

England U14 and U15 Select squads head to Spain for their latest challenge.

Four boys and girls teams will take part in the in the Globasket Tournament in Lloret de Mar between 10 and 14 April.

Manchester Mystics’ Mojan Malek, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams, were selected for the U14 Girls, and Sonia Matei and Irene Oboavwoduo, were selected for the U15 girls. Manchester Magic’s David Akhidime, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson, were selected for the U14 Boys and Rufus Everatt, Jack Odongo and Ayomikun Olofintila, were selected for the U15 Boys.  

The girls will be led by Ruth Eytle (U14s) and Maialen Zilbeti (U15s), while the boys’ head coaches are Dan Petts (U14s) and Billy Beddow (U15s).

Schedule/results

ENGLAND U14 Boys

10 April
15:45 England U14B 90-27 Mercurius Basket

11 April
08:00 England U14B 62-64 Apagebask 1

12 April
08:00 England U14B 64-62 BTM
13:30  England U14B 68-41 Apagebask 2

13 April
11:30 England U14B 43-69 Apagebask 1

14 April
10:30 Third Place Playoff England U14B 63-66 BBC Mambra

England U14 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U14G 86-22 Mercurius Foxes 2

11 April
09:45 England U14G 48-63 Al Riyadi
13:00 England U14G 68-29 Russell Hoops

12 April
09:45 England U14G 66-42 Mercurius Foxes 1

13 April
13:00 England U14G 67-33 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U14G 56-65 Al Riyadi

England U15 Boys

11 April
09:45 England U15B 79-19 Al Riyadi

12 April
20:00 England U15B 64-79 Basquet Girona

13 April 
09:45 England U15B 54-65 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U15B 55-56 Soraluce Bergara

England U15 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U15G 53-64 Beat BK

11 April
09:45 England U15G 61-32 Soraluce Bergara

12 April
09:45 England U15G 80-33 KFUM Blackebergs 2

13 April
09:45 England U15G 89-45 Mercurius Foxes

14 April
08:00 Final England U15G 70-49 Beat BK


Source: Basketball England