Standard Life GB Under 20 Men's assistant coach, John Campbell, believes his team will be competitive as they prepare for the Division B European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, starting on Thursday.

 

The Under 20's have won four out of the five warm-up games in preparation for the European Championships as Campbell and head coach Dave Smart established their squad.

 

"It's still early stages really, trying to establish the team and get known as a hard-nosed and defensive side," Campbell admitted. "We have the ability to do that but have to work hard at it and focus on our goals as a team."

 

Campbell added: "It's a strong group that we are in they're all tough teams and will provide a stern test for us. But we're a tough team too and will make life hard for our opponents. If we play a defensive, hard-nosed brand of basketball, the results will follow."

 

The final 12 players selected to travel to Bulgaria are:

 

Name	Home Nation
Jesse Chuku	England
Grant Fiorentinos	England
Alisdair Fraser	Scotland
Joe Hart	England
Rema Lascelles	England
Josh Owen-Thomas	England
Lee Reilly	Scotland
Louis Sayers	England
John Stewart	England
Devon van Oostrum	England
Connor Washington	England
Zak Wells	England

 

Great Britain will open their European Championship, Division B campaign against Portugal on Thursday afternoon, followed by an evening game against Croatia on Friday. They will conclude their group games over the weekend with games against Denmark on Saturday and Belarus on Sunday.