GB men & women in World Cup and Eurobasket qualifying

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Great Britain women - Eurobasket 2019

Coach Chem Buceta and the GB bench
Coach Jose Maria Buceta was appointed as Great Britain head coach in 2015
Great Britain's women, who failed to qualify for Eurobasket 2017, made a good start to their campaign to qualify for the 2019 finals when they edged a thrilling overtime game against Israel in Manchester and then came close to shocking Group D top seeds Greece.
GB next travel to the Algarve to play Portugal, and then have a trip to Tel Aviv to take on Israel.
Coach Jose Maria Buceta has a new addition to the squad in the form of naturalised shooting guard Karlie Samuelson, who played college basketball for Stanford, including in a national Final Four.
She played professionally in Italy before leaving to take up an assistant coaching position at Vanguard University. She has been drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.
Squad: Dominique Allen, Georgia Jones, Samantha Roscoe (all Manchester), Mollie Campbell (Leicester), Stef Collins, Eilidh Simpson (Cardiff), Melita Emanuel-Carr (unattached), Temi Fagbenle (Polkowice, Poland), Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee (Durham), Chantelle Handy (Gdynia, Poland), Jo Leedham-Warner (Villeneuve, France), Chantelle Pressley (Sevenoaks), Siobhan Prior (Nottingham), Karlie Samuelson (unattached), Azania Stewart (TTT Riga, Latvia), Rachael Vanderwal (Ferrol, Spain).
Fixtures (times GMT)
Saturday, 10 February 2018: Portugal v Great Britain (Loule, 21:00 GMT)
Wednesday, 14 February 2018: Israel v Great Britain (Tel Aviv, 18:30)
Saturday, 17 November 2018: Great Britain v Greece (TBC)
Wednesday, 21 November 2018: Great Britain v Portugal (TBC)
Results
Standings
Group DPWLFAPTSGD
Greece2201271194+8
Great Britain2111491483+1
Israel21114614630
Portugal2021161252-9

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