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Spain national basketball team
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The Spain national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions. As of June, 2008 they are the reigning World Champions and third in the FIBA World Rankings for men.
Eurobasket 1935The Spanish team came in third place at the first European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They defeated Belgium in the preliminary round and Czechoslovakia in the semifinals to qualify for the final match against Latvia. The Spaniards lost the game 24-18 to finish with the silver medal.
Early basketball scores were low compared to modern day final scores: new rules which came to increase dynamism such as the three-point shot were still far away from being implemented in 1935.
Spain scored fewer points, 64, than every other team except Hungary and Romania, the two last-place teams in the field of ten. However, they also gave up fewer points than any other team except Latvia, the champions.
1984 Los Angeles OlympicsBefore the Spanish national team won the gold medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (see below), their greatest international success was reaching the final in the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament which took place in Los Angeles. The other finalist being the Team U.S.A. national team (led by Patrick Ewing and featuring a young Michael Jordan), which won the final and with it the gold medal. Spain, thus, took the Olympic silver medal.
FIBA World Championship 2006On September 3, 2006, Spain won the gold medal game at the 2006 FIBA World Championship against the Greek national team. The game, held in Saitama, Japan, ended with a final score of 70-47. This marked the first time the Spanish national basketball team won the gold medal in the World Championships.
Pau Gasol was named the tournament MVP, and Jorge Garbajosa also made the All-Tournament team.
Eurobasket 2007 and current squadSpain hosted the 2007 Eurobasket. At this competition, the same 12 players that won the 2006 World Championship in Japan made it through to the final. This increased expectations for the Spanish national team to become the first national team to win the first Eurobasket held right after having won the previous FIBA World Championship. However, they were defeated by the Russian national basketball team. Spain, thus took the silver medal.
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Rosters1935 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 10 teams
Rafael Martin, Emilio Alonso, Pedro Alonso, Juan Carbonell, Armando Maunier, Fernando Muscat, Cayetano Ortega, Rafael Ruano (Coach: Mariano Manent)
1950 World Championship: finished 9th among 10 teams
Ignacio Pinedo, Arturo Imedio, Jaime Basso, Andres Oller, Alvaro Salvadores, Juan Dalmau, Julio Gamez, Eduardo Kucharski, Angel Gonzalez, Angel Lozano, Domingo Barcenas, Juan Ferrando (Coach: Michael Paul Rutzgis)
1959 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 17 teams
Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Joaquin Hernandez, Alfonso Martinez Gomez, Jose Luis Martinez Gomez, Francisco Capel, Jorge Parra, Jose Lluis, Jose Brunet, Juan Canals, Francisco Borrell, Arturo Auladell (Coach: Gabriel Alberti)
1960 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams
Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Agustin Bertomeu, Jose Nora, Alfonso Martinez, Joaquin Ensenat, Santiago Navarro, Jose Lluis, Jorge Guillen, Jesus “Chus” Codina, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Juan Martos (Coach: Eduardo Kucharski Gonzalez)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 19 teams
Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Manuel “Lolo” Sainz, Carlos Sevillano, Lorenzo Alocen, Jesus “Chus” Codina, Jose Lluis, Alfonso Martinez, Santiago Navarro, Juan Martos, Jose Nora, Javier Sanjuan (Coach: Fernando Font)
1963 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Manuel “Lolo” Sainz, Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Jose Ramon Ramos, Carlos Sevillano, Jose Manuel “Moncho” Monsalve, Jesus “Chus” Codina, Alfonso Martinez, Jose Lluis, Juan Antonio Martinez Arroyo, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Arturo Auladell (Coach: Joaquin Hernandez Gallego)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams
Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Manuel “Lolo” Sainz, Jose Ramon Ramos, Carlos Sevillano, Jose Manuel “Moncho” Monsalve, Jose Lluis, Enrique Margall, Juan Antonio Martinez Arroyo, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Juan Fa Busquets, Juan Bautista Urberuaga (Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz Gonzalez)
1967 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Emiliano Rodriguez, Jose Ramon Ramos, Jose Manuel “Moncho” Monsalve, Enrique Margall, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Antonio “Toncho” Nava, Alfonso Martinez, Ramon Guardiola, Angel Serrano, Carlos Luquero, Jose Laso (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1968 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams
Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Lorenzo Alocen, Enrique Margall, Antonio “Toncho” Nava, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Alfonso Martinez, Jesus “Chus” Codina, Juan Antonio Martinez Arroyo, Luis Carlos Santiago Zabaleta (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams
Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Lorenzo Alocen, Vicente Ramos, Antonio “Toncho” Nava, Enrique Margall, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Jesus “Chus” Codina, Cristobal Rodriguez, Alfonso Martinez, Victor Manuel Escorial (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1971 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams
Wayne Brabender, Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodriguez, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Luis Miguel Santillana, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Enrique Margall, Cristobal Rodriguez, Juan Martinez, Juan Antonio Martinez Arroyo (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1972 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams
Juan Antonio Corbalan, Wayne Brabender, Clifford Luyk, Francisco “Nino” Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Luis Miguel Santillana, Enrique Margall, Carmelo Cabrera, Jesus Iradier, Miguel Angel Estrada, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1973 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams
Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco ‘Nino’ Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1974 World Championship: finished 5th among 14 teams
Juan Antonio Corbalan, Wayne Brabender, Clifford Luyk, Vicente Ramos, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Rafael Rullan, Cristobal Rodriguez, Carmelo Cabrera, Jesus Iradier, Miguel Angel Estrada (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1975 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams
Wayne Brabender, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Clifford Luyk, Rafael Rullan, Luis Miguel Santillana, Cristobal Rodriguez, Carmelo Cabrera, Manuel Flores, Jesus Iradier, Miguel Angel Estrada, Miguel Angel Lopez Abril, Juan Filba (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1977 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams
Wayne Brabender, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Luis Miguel Santillana, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Carmelo Cabrera, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Josep Maria Margall, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Luis Maria Prada, Joan Filba, Juan Ramon Fernandez (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1979 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio Corbalan, Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Wayne Brabender, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Joaquim Costa, Jose Luis Llorente, Josep Maria Margall, Pedro Cesar Ansa (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1980 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Wayne Brabender, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Fernando Romay, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Jose Luis Llorente, Josep Maria Margall (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1981 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Wayne Brabender, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Fernando Martin, Fernando Romay, Manuel Flores, Rafael Rullan, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Joaquim Costa, Josep Maria Margall (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1982 World Championship: finished 4th among 13 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Wayne Brabender, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Fernando Martin, Andres Jimenez, Fernando Romay, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Joaquim Costa, Josep Maria Margall (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1983 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Fernando Martin, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Joan “Chichi” Creus, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Fernando Romay, Josep Maria Margall, Andres Jimenez, Fernando Arcega (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1984 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Juan Antonio Corbalan, Fernando Martin, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Fernando Romay, Andres Jimenez, Josep Maria Margall, Jose Luis Llorente, Fernando Arcega, Jose Manuel Beiran (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1985 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Fernando Martin, Jordi Villacampa, Fernando Romay, Andres Jimenez, Jose Luis Llorente, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga, Joaquim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Vicente Gil (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1986 World Championship: finished 5th among 24 teams
Fernando Martin, Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Jordi Villacampa, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Joan “Chichi” Creus, Andres Jimenez, Fernando Romay, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Joaquim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Fernando Arcega (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1987 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Jordi Villacampa, Candido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Andres Jimenez, Fernando Romay, Ferran Martinez, Josep Maria Margall, Jose Antonio Montero, Francisco Javier Zapata, Fernando Arcega, Jose Angel Arcega (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1988 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Jordi Villacampa, Ignacio “Nacho” Solozabal, Andres Jimenez, Ferran Martinez, Jose Biriukov, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Antonio Martin, Josep Maria Margall, Jose Antonio Montero, Jose Luis Llorente, Fernando Arcega (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1989 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Jose Biriukov, Andres Jimenez, Jose Antonio Montero, Juan Antonio Morales, Ferran Martinez, Pablo Laso, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Rafael Vecina, Enrique Villalobos, Jose Angel Arcega, Manuel Angel Aller (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1990 World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams
Jordi Villacampa, Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martinez, Andres Jimenez, Fernando Romay, Rafael Jofresa, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Jose Antonio Montero, Manel Bosch, Jose Miguel Antunez, Jose Angel Arcega, Francisco Javier Zapata (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1991 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 8 teams
Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Jordi Villacampa, Mike Hansen, Josep “Pep” Cargol, Rafael Jofresa, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Manel Bosch, Antonio Martin, Juan Antonio Orenga, Jose Miguel Antunez, Fernando Arcega, Silvano Bustos (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1992 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams
Jordi Villacampa, Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Andres Jimenez, Alberto Herreros, Rafael Jofresa, Jose Biriukov, Javier “Xavi” Fernandez, Juan Antonio Orenga, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Tomas Jofresa, Santiago Aldama, Jose Angel Arcega (Coach: Antonio Diaz Miguel)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Jordi Villacampa, Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martinez, Andres Jimenez, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Juan Antonio Orenga, Juan Antonio Morales, Antonio Martin, Ignacio “Nacho” Azofra, Xavier “Xavi” Crespo (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
1994 World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams
Jordi Villacampa, Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi”, Andres Jimenez, Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martinez, Rafael Jofresa, Juan Antonio Orenga, Pablo Laso, Jose Miguel Antunez, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Josep “Pep” Cargol, Rafael Vecina (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
1995 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 14 teams
Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, Pablo Laso, Ferran Martinez, Juan Antonio Orenga, Antonio Martin, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Jose Luis Galilea, Alberto Angulo, Javier “Xavi” Fernandez, Alfonso Reyes, Francisco Jose “Fran” Murcia (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
1997 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martinez, Mike Smith, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Roberto Dueñas, Juan Antonio Orenga, Roger Esteller, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Alfonso Reyes, Jose Antonio Paraiso, Alberto Angulo (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
1998 World Championship: finished 5th among 16 teams
Alberto Herreros, Roberto Dueñas, Juan Antonio Orenga, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Carlos Jimenez, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Ignacio “Nacho” Azofra, Alberto Angulo, Alfonso Reyes, Ignacio “Inaki” de Miguel, Jose Antonio Paraiso, Jose Ignacio “Nacho” Rodilla (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
1999 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Alberto Herreros, Carlos Jimenez, Roberto Dueñas, Roger Esteller, Alberto Angulo, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Ignacio “Inaki” de Miguel, Alfonso Reyes, Juan Ignacio Romero, Jose Ignacio “Nacho” Rodilla, Ivan Corrales (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
2000 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams
Jorge Garbajosa, Johnny Rogers, Alberto Herreros, Raul Lopez, Roberto Dueñas, Juan Carlos Navarro, Carlos Jimenez, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Alfonso Reyes, Alberto Angulo, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Ignacio “Inaki” de Miguel (Coach: Manuel “Lolo” Sainz)
2001 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Pau Gasol, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Carlos Navarro, Charles “Chuck” Kornegay, Raul Lopez, Carlos Jimenez, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Felipe Reyes, Alfonso Reyes, Jose Antonio Paraiso, Francisco “Paco” Vazquez, Lucio Angulo (Coach: Javier Imbroda)
2002 World Championship: finished 5th among 16 teams
Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Jose Calderon, Carlos Jimenez, Felipe Reyes, Alfonso Reyes, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodriguez, Jose Antonio Paraiso, Carles Marco, Lucio Angulo, Oriol Junyent (Coach: Javier Imbroda)
2003 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Jose Calderon, Carlos Jimenez, Carles Marco, Felipe Reyes, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Alfonso Reyes, Roger Grimau, Alberto Herreros, Antonio Bueno (Coach: Ramon “Moncho” Lopez)
2004 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams
Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, José Calderon, Jorge Garbajosa, Roberto Dueñas, Carlos Jiménez, Rudy Fernandez, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Felipe Reyes, Iker Iturbe, Jaume Comas, Óscar Yebra (Coach: Mario Pesquera)
2005 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams
Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Jose Calderón, Rudy Fernández, Carlos Jiménez, Fran Vázquez, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Cabezas, Sergi Vidal, Iker Iturbe, Sergio Rodriguez, Ignacio “Inaki” de Miguel (Coach: Mario Pesquera)
2006 World Championship: finished 1st among 24 teams
Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderon, Jorge Garbajosa, Rudy Fernandez, Carlos Jiménez, Carlos Cabezas, Bernardo “Berni” Rodríguez, Felipe Reyes, Marc Gasol, Alex Mumbrú, Sergio Rodríguez (Coach: Jose Vicente “Pepu” Hernández)
2007 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams
Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderón, Rudy Fernández, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Jiménez, Carlos Cabezas, Bernardo “Berni” Rodríguez, Felipe Reyes, Marc Gasol, Sergio Rodríguez, Alex Mumbrú (Coach: Jose Vicente “Pepu” Hernández)
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