GB U20s Face Fight to Retain Division A Status

By Bradley Gains on July 11, 2015

Great Britain under-20’s now know they must finish 13th at the European Championships in order to retain their Division A status after failing to qualify for the Second Round.

After three defeats in the opening three days in Group D, GB needed results to go their way to have any chance of progressing, but victories for Lithuania and Slovenia yesterday ended their slim hopes.

The eight teams that don’t make it out of the First Round drop down into the Classification Rounds, which will determine the final positions from 13th-20th.

Seven of the eight teams will be relegated with position ’13’ the lucky ranking for one team that will be able to compete in Division A again next summer.

Poland, who GB beat in a recent preparation tournament, will be one of the teams joining Douglas Leichner’s side in the relegation scrap.

GB would need to finish in the top two of either Group G or Group H to have a chance of survival before competing for 13th-16th with two victories required.

They have one more game to complete the First Round as they take on Lithuania at 5:45pm (UK time) later today.

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix