Four Galway players named on Irish basketball squads
Gbinigie and Igbokwe named on U-20 squad while Attah Jr and McGranaghan get U-15 call-ups
The Titans duo of Declan Gbinigie and Fortune Igbokwe have both been named in the Irish squad for the for FIBA U-20 Men's Youth EuroBasket 2026, with the tournament set to get underway on Saturday, July 11 against North Macedonia in Bratislava.
They are two of the four Galway players who have been named in various international squads as the traditional summer international window gets set to swing into action.
They were also part of the squad which finished in 7th position a year ago, a best ever performance for an Irish men's team at U20 level: Joshua Osayanrhion (Queens University of Charlotte) and Harry Scully (Dublin Lions) also return from that history-making squad. The other two returnees. Azerbaijan, Slovakia, and Sweden are the other teams in the group.
Rachel McGranaghan of Maree BC has been named in the Irish U-15 Girls squad for the Four Nations tournament which Ireland is hosting at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28; while Chike Attah Jr of Titans is in the U-15 Boys' squad for their Four Nations tournament which is also being played in the NBA on the same weekend.
They are in addition to the four players named in other international squads last month: Darragh Dickson of Titans and Joshua Okafor of East Galway Celtics are in the U-17 Boys Four Nations squad; while the Titans duo of Michael Cunningham Smyth and Nathan Gbinigie are heading to Croatia for the Boys' U-18 FIBA EuroBasket tournament.