Basque Country autonomous basketball team explained

Country:Basque Country
Coach:Pablo Laso
National Fed:Basque Basketball Federation
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First Game: Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country
(Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980)
Largest Win: Córdoba 65–96 Basque Country
(Córdoba, Argentina; 4 August 2011)
Largest Loss: Argentina 92–28 Basque Country
(Resistencia, Argentina; 31 July 2011)

The Basque Country autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of the Basque Country. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

History

Basque Country played the Torneo de las Naciones, a tournament co-organized with Galicia and Catalonia. It was played from 2008 to 2010 and basques won the 2008 and 2009 editions.

In summer 2011, Basque Country, coached by Pablo Laso, played three games at Argentina. One against the 'B' team of, other with a team of players of Córdoba and a third game with the Argentina national basketball team. In this last game, where Argentina played with the team of the FIBA Americas Championship won Basque Country by a huge 92–28.[1]

In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against Senegal. Basque Country won the first game by 86–74[2] and lost the second one by 66–82.[3]

Roster

This is the roster of the Basque Country team for the 2016 games against Venezuela.[4] |}| valign="top" |

Head coach
Assistant coaches

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Women's team

Games played

Notable players

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://basketbasko.com/web/fvb/cas/noticiasdet.asp?id=294 Argentina supera con claridad a Euskadi
  2. http://basketbasko.com/web/fvb/cas/noticiasdet.asp?id=743 Euskadi se impone a Senegal en Azpeitia
  3. http://basketbasko.com/web/fvb/cas/noticiasdet.asp?id=744 Euskadi cede ante Senegal en el segundo de sus duelos
  4. Web site: Euskadi se medirá a Venezuela el domingo en Getxo. Basque Basketball Federation. es. 11 July 2016. 14 July 2016.