Head Coach Andreas Kapoulas has named the 12 players who will represent England at the FIBA Europe U16 Men European Championship A Division in Latvia and Lithuania.

 

The squad is flying out today in preparation for their first game on Thursday against Turkey. They will then face off with Italy and Croatia, with all games taking place at their opening group base of Ventspils, Latvia.

 

If they can avoid finishing bottom of the opening round group they will progress to the qualifying round and will be safe from relegation, but a last placed finish in the preliminary stage will see them battle it out with the three other fourth placed teams for one spot in Division A next season.

 

The squad is below and you can follow their fortunes at the official website of the tournament.

 

Name	Club	Region
Marko Backovic	City of Sheffield	Yorkshire
Liam Carpenter	Medway Park Crusaders	South East
David Couchman	Medway Park Crusaders	South East
Jules Christian	Union Olimpija, Slovenia	London
Sedale Hanson-Young	Birmingham A's	West Midlands
Myles Laurent-Smart	NASSA	London
Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye	NASSA	London
Justas Muzikevicius	London Pioneers	London
Joe Mvuezolo	NASSA	London
Ikponmwosa (Theo) Oghide	Birmingham A's	West Midlands
Joshua Steel	BA London Leopards	London
Joseph Swindells	Manchester Magic	North West