British Virgin Islands men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see British Virgin Islands women's national basketball team.

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
FIBA rankingNR (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1979
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationBritish Virgin Islands Amateur Basketball Federation
CoachKeith Malone
FIBA AmeriCup
AppearancesNone
Centrobasket
Appearances1 (2010)
Caribbean Championship
Appearances6
Medals Silver: 2009

The British Virgin Islands national basketball team represents the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the British Virgin Islands Amateur Basketball Federation.[2]

Despite their very small population size, the BVI are one of the top contenders at the Caribbean Basketball Championship as they finished in the top four at the last four competitions. Their best result was runner-up at the 2009 edition.

Competitions

FIBA AmeriCup

yet to qualify

Centrobasket

  • 2010 : 8th

Caribbean Championship

  • 1985 : ?
  • 1986 : ?
  • 1987 : ?
  • 1988 : ?
  • 1990 : ?
  • 1991 : ?
  • 1993 : ?
  • 1994 : ?
  • 1995 : ?
  • 1996 : ?
  • 1998 : -
  • 2000 : -
  • 2002 : 7th
  • 2004 : -
  • 2006 : -
  • 2007 : 7th
  • 2009 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2011 : 4th
  • 2014 : 4th
  • 2015 : 4th

Commonwealth Games

See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games

never participated

Roster

Team for the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship.[3]

British Virgin Islands men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G 4 Killven Samuel 25 – (1989-07-07)7 July 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northeastern State RiverHawks United States
F 5 Steve Parillon 36 – (1978-10-07)7 October 1978 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Mega Mix (British Virgin Islands) British Virgin Islands
G 6 Franklyn Penn 21 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 7 Norville Carey 21 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball United States
F 8 Kennedy Bass 34 – (1981-04-06)6 April 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Young Legs (British Virgin Islands) British Virgin Islands
G 9 Halstead Chiverton 33 – (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Warner University Royals United States
G 10 Dione Blyden 22 – (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Clinton Community College (Iowa) United States
C 11 Kleon Penn 28 – (1986-09-01)1 September 1986 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) free agent
G 12 Bjorn Caleb 23 – (1991-10-04)4 October 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
F 13 Randy George 34 – (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) La Charite France
F 14 Leslie Smith 24 – (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Bristol Flyers England
G 15 Eustace Freeman 34 – (1980-12-27)27 December 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Bad Boys (British Virgin Islands) British Virgin Islands
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
Roster
National Team at LatinBasket.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – British Virgin Islands, fiba.com, accessed 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ 2015 CBC Championship for Men, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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