London International Basketball Invitational

The London International Basketball Invitational was a men's basketball competition. It took place at the Basketball Arena in London and was the first event to take place in the Olympic Park. The event was part of the London Prepares series and was organised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

The London International Basketball Invitational

The event took place between 16 and 21 August 2011 and was held in a round robin format. The tournament tested the venue's scoreboards, the playing area accreditation and catering. The competition featured six international teams: Australia, China, Croatia, France, Great Britain and Serbia. After five rounds, France were the winners after going through the competition undefeated.

Tournament

The tournament was the first sporting competition to take place in the Olympic Park.[1][2] The tournament took the shape of a round robin format meaning that each team played each other. The event was contested between six national men's basketball teams. The teams which competed were Australia, China, Croatia, France, hosts Great Britain and Serbia. The test event took place in the Basketball Arena.[3] The arena is a temporary structure constructed in 2010 and 2011, situated on the north of the Olympic park. It can hold up to 12,000 people during the games and cost an estimate of £40,000,000.[4] For the test event the venue had a capacity of 3,000.[2] Serbia were the highest ranked team in the tournament, ranked at number 8 in the world. The tournament featured 4 other top 20 teams with Great Britain the lowest ranked at 53 in the world.[2][5][6]

The event was part of the London Prepares series and tested the competition floors, scoreboards, accreditation and catering. The competition was run and organised by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).[7]

Teams and squads

 Australia

Australia National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Martin, Damian 26 – (1984-09-05)5 September 1984 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Perth Wildcats PG 5 Mills, Patrick 23 – (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Melbourne Tigers PG 6 Gibson, Adam 24 – (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Gold Coast Blaze SF 7 Ingles, Joe 23 – (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet SG 8 Newley, Brad 26 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas SG 9 Dellavedova, Matthew 20 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Saint Mary's College of California SF 10 Barlow, David 27 – (1983-10-22)22 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Murcia PF 11 Worthington, Mark 28 – (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Gold Coast Blaze C 12 Baynes, Aron 24 – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ikaros Kallitheas B.C. C 13 Ogilvy, Andrew 23 – (1988-06-17)17 June 1988 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Valencia BC PF 14 Nielsen, Matthew 33 – (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Khimki C 15 Marić, Aleks 26 – (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Panathinaikos BC PF 20 Kickert, Daniel 28 – (1983-05-29)29 May 1983 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Turów Zgorzelec SG 21 Crawford, Peter 31 – (1979-11-06)6 November 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Crocodiles	Head coach Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) Andrej Lemanis Marty Clarke Technical assistant Mo Dakhil Strength & conditioning coach Bohdan Babijczuk Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Age is of 16 August 2011[8]

 China

China National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 06 Zhang Qingpeng 26 – (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Liaoning Dinosaurs SG 07 Wang Shipeng 28 – (1983-04-06)6 April 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers SF 08 Zhu Fangyu 28 – (1983-01-05)5 January 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers F 09 Sun Yue 25 – (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Beijing Aoshen C 10 Zhang Zhaoxu 23 – (1987-11-18)18 November 1987 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Dongfang Club PF 11 Yi Jianlian 23 – (1987-10-27)27 October 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Washington Wizards G 12 Yu Shulong 21 – (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Dongbeihu C 13 Su Wei 22 – (1989-07-28)28 July 1989 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Guangdong Southern Tigers PF 14 Wang Zhizhi (C) 34 – (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Bayi Rockets SG 16 Zhang Bo 22 – (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayi Rockets F 18 Yi Li 23 – (1987-11-07)7 November 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Jiangsu Dragons G 19 Zirelijiang Mugedaer 20 – (1991-01-04)4 January 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Head coach Bob Donewald Assistant coach Guo Shiqiang Fan Bing Li Nan Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club[9]

 Croatia

Croatian National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Tomić, Ante 24 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto G 5 Car, Marko 25 – (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KK Cedevita PG 6 Popović, Marko 29 – (1982-06-12)12 June 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Unics Kazan SF 7 Bogdanović, Bojan 22 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Cibona G 8 Stipčević, Rok 25 – (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Cimberio Varese G/F 9 Tomas, Marko 26 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker G 10 Draper, Dontaye 27 – (1984-08-10)10 August 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) KK Cedevita F 11 Markota, Damir 25 – (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Union Olimpija G 12 Simon, Krunoslav 26 – (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Zagreb F 13 Vrkić, Zoran 24 – (1987-08-16)16 August 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Peristeri C 14 Žorić, Luka 26 – (1984-11-05)5 November 1984 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Zagreb C 15 Andrić, Lukša 26 – (1985-01-29)29 January 1985 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Galatasaray men's basketball team C 21 Barać, Stanko 25 – (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Saski Baskonia	Head coach Josip Vranković Assistant coaches Mladen Erjavec Tomislav Mijatović Luka Milanović Legend Age field is age on 16 August 2011[10]

 France

French National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Noah, Joakim 26 – (1985-02-25)25 February 1985 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Chicago Bulls F 5 Batum, Nicolas 22 – (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Portland Trail Blazers G 6 Diot, Antoine 22 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Le Mans Sarthe Basket G 7 Albicy, Andrew 21 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Paris-Levallois Basket G 9 Parker, Tony 29 – (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Antonio Spurs PF 10 Traore, Ali 26 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) F 11 Piétrus, Florent 30 – (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC G 12 De Colo, Nando 24 – (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Valencia BC G 13 Diaw, Boris (C) 29 – (1982-04-16)16 April 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Charlotte Bobcats C 14 Turiaf, Ronny 28 – (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) New York Knicks SF 15 Gelabale, Mickaël 28 – (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ASVEL Basket C 17 Seraphin, Kevin 21 – (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Wizards SF 18 Lombahe-Kahudi, Charles 25 – (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Head coach Vincent Collet Assistant coach(es) Ruddy Nelhomme Jacques Commeres Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on 16 August 2011[11]

 Great Britain

Great Britain national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Adegboye, Ogo 23 – (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) St. Bonaventure University G 5 Lawrence, Andrew 21 – (1990-06-04)4 June 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) College of Charleston G 6 Lenzly, Mike 30 – (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) CEZ Nymburk F 7 Ekperigin, Laurence 23 – (1988-02-21)21 February 1988 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Gran Canaria F 8 Sullivan, Andrew 31 – (1980-02-12)12 February 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Mersey Tigers SF 9 Deng, Luol 26 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chicago Bulls C 10 Archibald, Robert 31 – (1980-03-29)29 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) CAI Zaragoza PF 11 Freeland, Joel 24 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Unicaja Málaga G 12 Reinking, Nate 37 – (1973-12-12)12 December 1973 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Mons – Hainaut PF 13 Clark, Daniel 22 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) CB Estudiantes C 14 Boateng, Eric 25 – (1985-11-20)20 November 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Denver Nuggets PF 15 Bryan-Amaning, Matthew 23 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Washington Huskies G 21 van Oostrum, Devon 18 – (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Saski Baskonia PF 22 Richards, Ryan 20 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) San Antonio Spurs	Head coach Chris Finch Assistant coaches Paul Mokeski Nick Nurse Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2011[12]

 Serbia

Serbian National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Teodosić, Miloš 24 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Olympiacos G 5 Tepić, Milenko 24 – (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Panathinaikos BC G 6 Rašić, Aleksandar 27 – (1984-03-16)16 March 1984 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas SG 7 Paunić, Ivan 24 – (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod SF 8 Bjelica, Nemanja 23 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Saski Baskonia PG 9 Marković, Stefan 23 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Pallacanestro Treviso G 10 Tripković, Uroš 24 – (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Unicaja Malaga SF 11 Kešelj, Marko 23 – (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Olympiacos BC C 12 Krstić, Nenad 28 – (1983-07-25)25 July 1983 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Boston Celtics C 13 Perović, Kosta 26 – (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet F/C 15 Mačvan, Milan 21 – (1989-11-16)16 November 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. PF 20 Savanović, Duško 27 – (1983-09-05)5 September 1983 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia BC C 22 Marjanović, Boban 22 – (1988-09-27)27 September 1988 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow G 23 Milosavljević, Dragan 22 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Partizan	Head coach Dušan Ivković Assistant coaches Aleksandar Kesar Saša Nikitović Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club[13]

Matches

The first ever international basketball game at the arena saw Australia thrash China. The Boomers without Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Aleks Marić and Brad Newley who were all rested eased to a 28 point win.[14] The second match saw Croatia beat rivals Serbia with Simon leading the line with 17 points.[15] In the last game on day one, Great Britain played France. Joel Freeland topped scored for the hosts with 16 points while Tony Parker weighed in with 23 points for France. It was a scrappy match with 17 turnovers by halftime. Parker started well for France as he netted 10 points in the opening quarter. However, when he was rested in the second quarter the French team went for five minutes without scoring a basket. However, with Parker back France opened up a 12-point lead in the third quarter. Britain made mistakes in the final quarter as the French ranout winners by 22 points.[16]

Serbia opened the second day with an 87–53 win over China.[17] The second match saw France defeat Australia in a thriller. With Tony Parker the French had managed to establish a 13-point lead in third quarter. Parker scored a game high 27 points whilst Mills netted 20 for the Boomers. The final quarter witnessed Australia comeback at France and trailed by only one point with 11 seconds to go. However, Parker clinched the win for the French team.[18] In the final match of the day world number 19 Croatia held on to beat Great Britain by five points. Strong opening and final quarters kept the hosts in the game. However, a poor second quarter saw Croatia into a 12-point lead at halftime. In the final quarter Britain started 14 points behind and climbed to within 3 points, before Lenzly and Simon sealed the win for Croatia.[19]

Day three opened with a comfortable win for France over China, minus Tony Parker.[20] Patty Mills led the Boomers with 20 points to defeat Croatia. Žorić top scored with 18 for Croatia who led by 5 at the end of the first quarter only to be 12 down at halftime, a gap that they never recovered from.[21] In the final match of the day Serbia clinched victory over the hosts in the dying seconds. At halftime the teams could not be separated in 44 points each. Sullivan and Freeland hobbled off for the Brits whilst Boating top scored. Serbian captain, Nenad Krstić netted a game high 21 points as his team won with 2 seconds to spare.[22]

Croatia vs France during the London International Basketball Invitational

The opening match of day four saw France beat Croatia thanks to a 12 point blitz in 23 minutes from Parker.[23] Luol Deng returned for Britain as they won their first match of the tournament defeating China. Deng who had been absent whilst running a camp for children netted 15 points for the hosts. However, he was out shone by Joel Freeland who was the MVP of the game netting 18 points. Yi netted a game high 20 points for China. Britain missing its captain Sullivan with injury managed to open a 6-point lead in the first half. However, China came within one point before Britain eased away to win their first match.[24][25] In the final match of the day Australia took on Serbia. Australia turned a one-point deficit at the start of the final quarter into a nine point win as they managed a 10 point swing. Ingles led the line for the Boomers with 17 points whilst Ogilvy snatched 10 rebounds.[26]

On the final day Croatia beat injury deprived China, to finish in third place in the table.[27] In the final match for Australia and Great Britain, it went to overtime as Deng top scored with 26 points. The Aussies led by four points at halftime and extended the lead to 10 in the third quarter. Britain battled back to force overtime, which they led until two free throws in the dying seconds saw the win go down under.[28][29] The final match of the tournament saw France waste a 23-point lead but hang on to go undefeated throughout the week. France led by 17 points at halftime and with Serbia limiting time on court for their key men, France took advantage and went into a 23 with 4:12 left to play in the third quarter. Serbia then went route one with a 3 point barrage which saw them take the lead. France responded by sticking their starting five on to see out the match.[27]

Standings and results

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	5	5	0	392	323	+69	10
Australia	5	4	1	385	339	+46	9
Croatia	5	3	2	367	355	+12	8
Serbia	5	2	3	401	389	+12	7
Great Britain	5	1	4	379	401	−22	6
China	5	0	5	264	381	−117	5

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16 August 2011[31] 15:30[31]

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Australia	71–43	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 15–5, 21–13, 18–11
Pts: Daniel Kickert 15 Rebs: Damian Martin 7 Asts: Damian Martin 6		Pts: Zhang Bo 13 Rebs: Zhang Zhaoux 6 Asts: Zhang Bo 2

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Serbia	71–83	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–24, 16–18, 19–21
Pts: Miloš Teodosić 18 Rebs: Nenad Krstić, Miloš Teodosić 5 Asts: Miloš Teodosić 4		Pts: Krunoslav Simon 17 Rebs: Ante Tomić 9 Asts: Rok Stipčević 3

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Great Britain	60–82	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 11–14, 19–26, 12–22
Pts: Joel Freeland 16 Rebs: Joel Freeland 8		Pts: Tony Parker 25 Rebs: Joakim Noah 12 Asts: Tony Parker 4

Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 2,287

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China	53–87	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 16–19, 11–26, 11–20
Pts: Yi Jianlian 20 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 7 Asts: Yi Jianlian 3		Pts: Miloš Teodosić 19 Rebs: Milan Mačvan 6 Asts: Milan Mačvan 5

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France	71–67	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 22–21, 19–17, 15–18
Pts: Tony Parker 27 Rebs: Tony Parker 8		Pts: Patty Mills 20 Rebs: Aleks Marić 7 Asts: Matthew Dellavedova 5

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Croatia	75–70	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 23–5, 28–24, 12–23
Pts: Krunoslav Simon 16 Rebs: Ante Tomić 6 Asts: Krunoslav Simon, Ante Tomić 3		Pts: Joel Freeland 22 Rebs: Joel Freeland 9 Asts: Andrew Lawrence 2

Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 2,739

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France	76–59	China
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 14–15, 18–15, 22–22
Pts: Nicolas Batum 15 Rebs: Joakim Noah 9 Asts: Boris Diaw, Mickaël Gelabale, Charles Kahudi 3		Pts: Yi Jianlian 20 Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Su Wei 5 Asts: Sun Yue, Zhang Bo 2

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Australia	78–66	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–5, 23–25, 24–22
Pts: Patty Mills 22 Rebs: Matt Nielsen, Andrew Ogilvy 7 Asts: Brad Newley 7		Pts: Luka Žorić 18 Rebs: Bojan Bogdanović 7 Asts: Dontaye Draper 7

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Serbia	97–95	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–22, 25–29, 28–22
Pts: Nenad Krstić 21 Rebs: Milan Mačvan 8 Asts: Milenko Tepić 5		Pts: Eric Boateng 15 Rebs: Daniel Clark 10 Asts: Ogo Adegboye 5

Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 1,328

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Croatia	60–83	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 16–18, 10–25, 19–23
Pts: Bojan Bogdanović 16 Rebs: Bojan Bogdanović 7 Asts: Two players 3		Pts: Tony Parker 12 Rebs: Joakim Noah 9 Asts: Three players 3

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Great Britain	64–56	China
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 13–14, 14–19, 18–11
Pts: Joel Freeland 18 Rebs: Joel Freeland 13 Asts: Ogo Adegboye 3		Pts: Yi Jianlian 20 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 13 Asts: Zhang Bo 4

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20 August 2011[31] 20:30[31]

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Serbia	69–78	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 10–8, 19–18, 19–29
Pts: Nenad Krstić 17 Rebs: Kosta Perović 9 Asts: Miloš Teodosić 11		Pts: Joe Ingles 17 Rebs: Andrew Ogilvy 10 Asts: Joe Ingles 4

Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 2,372

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China	53–83	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 19–18, 14–26, 8–22
Pts: Yi Jianlian 17 Rebs: Zhang Zhaoxu 8 Asts: Sun Yue 4		Pts: Bojan Bogdanović 16 Rebs: Ante Tomić 8 Asts: Ante Tomić 6

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Australia	91–90 (OT)	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 18–20, 23–24, 18–21, Overtime: 11–10
Pts: Brad Newley 23 Rebs: Damien Martin 8 Asts: Adam Gibson 5		Pts: Luol Deng 26 Rebs: Luol Deng 9 Asts: Devan van Oostrum 5

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France	80–77	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 23–13, 20–18, 12–28
Pts: Tony Parker 24 Rebs: Tony Parker 6 Asts: Tony Parker 3		Pts: Kosta Perović 14 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Miloš Teodosić 8

Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 2,437

Reaction

Joanna Sutherland, London 2012 Competition Manager for Basketball was pleased with the volunteers saying that they had been enthusiastic and keen.[1] Great Britain captain Drew Sullivan said that it was a shame that the venue was only temporary. While Patrick Mills said the atmosphere was good and the venue was nice.[2] FIBA Secretary-General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Baumann, agreed with Sullivan about the venue being temporary, but he also said it was amazing what had happened in this part of London.[32]

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External links

• Schedule
• London International Basketball Invitational – London prepares series