Andorra men's national basketball team explained

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Country:Andorra
First Game: Andorra –
(Serravalle, San Marino; 23 May 1985)
Largest Win: 43–97 Andorra
(Serravalle, San Marino; 30 June 2018)
Largest Loss: 97–56 Andorra
(Monaco; 6 June 2007)
Andorra 49–90
(Serravalle, San Marino; 31 May 2017)
Coach:David Eudal
Joined Fiba:1988
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
National Fed:Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol
Oly Appearances:None
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:None
Zone Championship2:Championship for Small Countries
Zone Appearances2:13
Zone Medals2: (5) 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014
(3) 2010, 2016, 2021
(2) 2006, 2022
Zone Championship3:Games of the Small States of Europe
Zone Appearances3:14
Zone Medals3: (1) 1989
(1) 2015
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The Andorra national basketball team is the national team of Andorra. The national team has always represented in the EuroBasket Division C. It also takes part well in Games of the Small States of Europe.

History

Despite not joining FIBA until 1988, Andorra made its debut in the 1985 Games of the Small States of Europe where, after winning their first game ever against Luxembourg, finished in the last position after losing to Cyprus and Malta.

Andorra would come back to competition in 1989, where it achieved its first great success by winning the tournament at the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe, played in Cyprus after beating the home team in the final by 54–52.[1] In 1991, the team could not repeat success and ended in the fourth position of the 1991 edition, that Andorra hosted.

In 1994, Andorra would make its debut at the FIBA Promotion Cup. In its first participation, the team ended in the seventh position after losing all its five games.

Four years later, the team conquered its first Promotion Cup title by ending unbeaten in the 1998 edition. Andorra would repeat success in 2000 European Promotion Cup for Men for starting to be one of the top teams in the Promotion Cup, later renamed as European Championship for Small Countries.

In 2009, Andorra achieved the bronze medal at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe by taking advantage to Iceland in a three-way tie.

During the 2010s, Andorra always qualified for the final of the Championship for Small Countries, being only beaten by more powerful teams like Denmark or Armenia.

Competitive record

At the Championship for Small Countries

Championship for Small Countries
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30
Did not enter
1990
1992
8th 5 0 5
6th 5 1 4
4 4 0
5 5 0
4th 5 2 3
4 4 0
5 3 2
4th 5 2 3
5 4 1
4 4 0
4 4 0
5 4 1
5th 4 2 2
4 3 1
5 3 2
5 4 1
Total 74 49 25

At the Games of the Small States

Roster

This was the Andorran list for the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

Head to head against other national basketball teams

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2 0 2
3 1 2
1 0 1
3 3 0
10 1 9
1 0 1
14 12 2
2 0 2
[2] 13 2 11
11 4 7
20 14 6
9 7 2
3 2 1
2 0 2
20 13 7
7 2 5
8 5 3
Total 129 66 63

Individual records

Most capped players

PlayerNational careerMatchesPoints
1 Felip de Oliveira 2000–2017 59 311
2 Daniel Marín 1998–2015 53 872
3 Xavier Galera 2000–2015 50 520
4 Cinto Gabriel 2008–2018 43 385
5 Oriol Fernández 2008–2017 40 268
6 Guillem Colom 2010– 33 423
7 Albert Farfan 2010–2017 30 223
8 Sergio Salesa 1998–2006 27 261
9 Héctor Grau 1998–2006 24 95
10 Rafael Casals 2009–2015 23 270
Xavier Isern 2006– 23 22

Top scorers

PlayerNational careerPointsMatchesAverage
1 Daniel Marín 1998–2015 872 53 16.5
2 Xavier Galera 2000–2015 520 50 10.4
3 Guillem Colom 2010– 423 33 12.8
4 Cinto Gabriel 2008–2018 385 43 9.0
5 Felip de Oliveira 2000–2017 311 59 5.3
6 Antonio Jiménez 1998–2002 301 11 27.4
7 Rafael Casals 2009–2015 270 23 11.7
8 Oriol Fernández 2008–2017 268 40 6.7
9 Sergio Salesa 1998–2006 261 27 9.7
10 Albert Farfan 2010–2017 223 30 7.4

Notable players

Progression in the FIBA World Ranking

Date Change Points
11 Oct 2017 88th 27.6
28 Nov 2017 3 91st 27.6
28 Feb 2018 15 106th 22.9
3 Jul 2018 6 100th 33.8
18 Sep 2018 6 94th 60.4
4 Dec 2018 11 83rd 113.6
26 Feb 2019 2 81st 113.6
16 Sep 2019 4 77th 113.6
3 Mar 2020 1 78th 110.9

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://basketball.org.cy/el/page/national-team?id=3&slug=%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD&year=1989 Cyprus results of the 1989 GSSE at the Cyprus Basketball Federation
  2. Web site: Iceland national basketball team results. Icelandic Basketball Association. 13 July 2016.