International basketball in Sheffield
Sheffield will be home to both the Men's and Women's GB basketball squads for the weekend July 13-15 as they prepare for the 2012 Olympics.
The Men will face back-to-back games against Portugal and the Women will take part in a four team tournament including Angola, Australia and France as their build-up to the Games continues.
The fixtures will take place at Ponds Forge and Motorpoint Arena and tickets are available through
Ticketmaster.
Portugal were opponents for GB's Men at EuroBasket 2011 and GB came out on top 85-73. They will be using these games as preparation for their EuroBasket 2013 qualifying campaign which begins in August in a group containing both Turkey and Italy.
Of the Women's opponents, both Australia and Angola will be at the Olympic games (with Australia drawn in GB's group) and France could join them depending on their results at the Olympic qualifying tournament, which starts in Turkey next week.
These will be the final fixtures for both squads, before their much publicized clashes with the USA in Manchester less than a week later. Tickets for these games are also available at
Ticketmaster.
|
Friday July 13, Ponds Forge |
|
2:30pm |
(Women) |
GB |
v |
Angola |
|
5pm |
(Women) |
France |
v |
Australia |
|
Saturday July 14, Motorpoint Arena |
|
12pm |
(Women) |
Angola |
v |
France |
|
3pm |
(Men) |
GB |
v |
Portugal |
|
5pm |
(Women) |
GB |
v |
Australia |
|
Sunday July 15, Ponds Forge |
|
12pm |
(Women) |
Angola |
v |
Australia |
|
3pm |
(Men) |
GB |
v |
Portugal |
|
5pm |
(Women) |
GB |
v |
France |