National coach Bruno Di Pietrantonio choose the following players: Omar Said – Point Guard – Sliema Wanderers, Kristin Baldacchino - Shooting Guard – Sliema Wanderers, Godfrey Gauci – Center - Norths Bears (Waratah league – ABA – Sydney Australia), Steve Schembri – Shooting Forward – Luxol, Dirk Schembri – Power Forward – Luxol, Marco Mercieca – Shooting Guard – Luxol, Silvio Cassar – Center – Sliema, Addison Bonnici – Power Forward – Siggiewi, Jean Paul Bonnici – Center- Siggiewi, Christopher Sammut – Point Guard – Mellieha, Lee Ross – Point Guard – Stella Azzura – Italy, Samuel Deguara – Center – Benetton Treviso – Italy.

Malta was drawn in Group B together with hosts Scotland, Andorra and Wales. The schedule is as follows:

17-06-2008 – Malta vs Scotland
18-06-2008 – Malta vs Andorra
19-06-2008 – Malta vs Wales

Semi-finals and finals will be played on the 21st and 22nd June. The team will be accompanied by Mr Ottavio Terribile – vice president of the MBA.

This year is also a memorable one for the Maltese Basketball. On June 7th 2008 was the fifth anniversary from the wonderful success obtained by Malta during the GSSE.  The women’s national team won the Gold Medal for a success which will never be forgotten.

MBA would also like to announce that any new teams who would like to apply for next season’s competitions are to do this in writing via e-mail on mba@maltanet.net