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Basseterre, St. Kitts (July 30th 2015):-England based Kittitian Baller Kareem Queeley has been selected to the Under 16 National Basketball Team of England.
Queeley has selected to the 12-man England Under-16 Men’s squad ahead of the European Championship in Lithuania that starts on August 6th
14 Year Old Queeley received Europe-wide recognition after being named MVP of Spain’s Minicopa Endesa in February which earned him a call-up to the Under-15 English Development Squad that played in Copenhagen in June.
Queeley dominated the Spanish tournament while representing Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid.
The 6’-2” Queeley who has been dominating junior basketball in England over the past two seasons, finished the Spanish tournament with a 43 efficiency rating in the final after a 36 point, 13 rebound double double in the final, where he led Real Madrid to a 83-60 win over Unicaja
It was the second time representing Real Madrid for 14 year old Queeley – who also was flown out for a tournament for them before Christmas.

England U16 Men’s Squad

Cameron Bett, 185cm, Guard, Reading Rockets
Jacob Round, 191cm, Guard, Northants Thunder
Kareem Queeley, 191cm, Guard, Leicester Warriors
Kaiyem Cleary, 193cm, Guard, Manchester Magic
Caleb Fuller, 195cm, Forward, Ipswich
Daniel Ogoro, 185cm, Guard, Brentwood Fire
Jacob Iwowo, 198cm, Forward, Lewisham Thunder
Nelson Boachie-Yiadom, 201cm, Forward, London Westside
Micah Savery-Richards, 193cm, Forward, Leeds Force
Joshua Edwards, 193cm, Guard, Lewisham Thunder
Zephanjah Sharman, 203cm, Centre, City of Birmingham
Ashley Barrett-Briggs, 203cm, Centre, Solent Kestrels

Head Coach: Alan Keane
Assistant Coach: Adam Davies
Team Manager: Pete Daines
Performance Analyst: Peter Berenyi
Physio: Mark Dayson
S&C Coach: Duncan Ogilvie

England achieved a fourth place finish at the FIBA 3×3 Planet under-15 tournament in Rome, having narrowly missed out on a bronze medal.
Kareem represented Team England in the World FIBA 3 X 3 Under 15 tournament in Rome along with Teammates Richard Amaefule and Daniel Ogoro . The 4 man squad impressed to reach the semi-finals of the tournament in May 2015.

England are in Group A alongside Turkey, Germany and Russia with their first game taking place on Thursday, 6th August.
Kareem is the son of businessman Sherlock Queeley and former ECCB Employee Emma Walters-Queeley.