Kilbride selects Ireland final twelve to compete at FIBA U20 Women's Youth EuroBasket

Ireland U20 women's head coach Karl Kilbride has named his final twelve-player squad which includes three players who have been capped for the Irish senior international women's team in the last year, Grace Prenter, Caitlin Gloeckner and Aisling Moran - two players return from last year's squad and two new players, Izzy Sullivan and Lucy Hynes will make their FIBA Youth EuroBasket debuts in Miskolc, Hungary at the beginning of August.

Grace Prenter returns for her 5th FIBA Youth EuroBasket tournament, who also returns from last year's squad. Eight of the twelve players are currently playing in the Irish domestic game with seven in the Domino's Women's Super League and one in Domino's Women's Division One - while four players playing in the United States will couple up with the squad.

Ireland start in Group B where they will face the challenge of Ukraine and Great Britain on Sunday and Monday in Hungary.

Ireland head coach Karl Kilbride added, "We've been so impressed by the intensity levels and commitment from the group over the last few months. Over the course of 2 open trials and 6 training weekends, they've made our lives as coaches really easy on the court, but that makes these kinds of decisions all the harder.

 Ireland Head Coach Karl Kilbride at the 2024 FIBA Youth EuroBasket, Division B tournament

We're in a really enviable position, where we have to leave players behind who are more than good enough to play for Ireland, but were just unlucky this particular year. We have an absolutely hectic summer ahead, with 6 games against Iceland, Croatia and Switzerland, before we kick off our EuroBasket campaign proper against Ukraine on August 3rd. We're so excited to be working with the group we've selected and with the commitment levels and improvements shown so far, we have a chance to have a really successful summer ahead". 

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Group:

Group B: Ireland, Great Britain, Ukraine

Fixtures:

Ukraine v Ireland, Sunday, August 3rd, 16:30

Ireland v Great Britain, Monday, August 4th, 14:00

Ireland Squad:

Player	Club
Aisling Moran	Meteors BC
Ava Walshe	Brunell BC
Caitlin Gloeckner	Phoenix Rockets
Emer Dunne	Glanmire BC
Emma Gribben	Dominican University New York
Emma Tolan	Cavan Eagles
Grace Prenter	Trinity Meteors
Izzy Sullivan	University of Nevada
Katie O’Sullivan	Cavan Eagles
Lucy Hynes	Lockport Township High School
Rachel Lynch	Putnam Science Academy
Rebecca Sexton	Brunell BC

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