England 3×3 Teams Head To First Ever World Champs

By Sam Neter on September 8, 2011

Two England 3 on 3 sides head out to Rimini, Italy, today for the 1st edition of the 3×3 Youth World Championship taking place this weekend (9-11 September).

England boys will represented by England Under-18s Josh McGinn, Rowell Graham, and Elliott Sentance as well as former Barnet Bulldogs player Theo Turner in the under-18 tournament, which features 240 players to make up 60 teams (36 for boys and 24 for girls) from 40 countries around the world.

Talking on arrival in Rimini, point guard McGinn is looking forward to the tournament:

“Having seen some of the players here, we’re gonna face some tough competition but we can’t be phased. We’re gonna compete and have fun.”

Coached by Steve Bucknall, England have been drawn into Group C, with Canada, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Nepal, New Zealand, Romania, and Turkey. They tip off the competition on Friday at midday against Germany.

The format of the team competition for both boys and girls will be round robins with the four best teams from each group progressing to the Eight-Finals. The Finals are scheduled to be played from 6 to 7 pm on Sunday evening.

In addition to the games taking place over those three days, there will also be a number of individual competitions, such as dunk, skills and shooting contests.

The girls team features Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriot, Shequila Joseph and Janice Monakana from the Haringey Angels and Cheridene Green from the Sevenoaks Suns.

Follow the tournament at the official FIBA 3×3 World Championships website. Select games will be broadcast on FIBATV.

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