Basque Country autonomous basketball team
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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.
National federationBasque Basketball Federation
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| National federation | Basque Basketball Federation | ||
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| Coach | Pablo Laso | ||
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| First international | |||
 Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country  (Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Córdoba 65–96 Basque Country (Córdoba, Argentina; 4 August 2011) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Argentina 92–28 Basque Country (Resistencia, Argentina; 31 July 2011) | |||
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]
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Games played
| 23 April 1980 | Catalonia |
102–84 | Basque Country |
Valls |
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| 24 April 1980 | Catalonia |
99–92 | Basque Country |
Vic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 1980 | Basque Country |
96–101 | Catalonia |
Vitoria-Gasteiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 1980 | Basque Country |
129–124 | Catalonia |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 1989 | Basque Country |
96–112 |  San Marino |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1989 | Basque Country |
86–116 |  Soviet Union |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2001 | Basque Country |
79–82 |  Egypt |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2002 | Basque Country |
93–97 |  Croatia |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2002 | Basque Country |
88–77 |  Uruguay |
Vitoria-Gasteiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2005 | Basque Country |
72–74 |  Cuba |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2008 | Basque Country |
80–72 |  Galicia |
Girona |
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| Pts: L. Fernández 18 | Report[link removed] | Pts: Salgado 19 | Arena: Fontajau |
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| 27 June 2009 | Basque Country |
84–80 | Galicia |
Bilbao |
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| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 22–22, 20–12, 17–25 | ||||
| Pts: Otegi 20 Rebs: Otegi 11 Asts: Alonso 4 PIR: Otegi 29 |
Report Stats[permanent dead link] |
Pts: Castro 15 Rebs: Antelo 8 Asts: Seijo 2 PIR: Castro 15 |
Arena: La Casilla Referees: García, Alonso, López |
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| 28 June 2009 | Basque Country |
75–68 |  Canada |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 13–23, 22–12, 22–14 | ||||
| Pts: Otegi 23 | Report | Pts: Kabongo 12 | Arena: La Casilla Referees: Uruñuela, García, Manuel |
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| 2 July 2010 | Basque Country |
72–76 | Catalonia |
Lugo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–16, 13–24, 19–17 | |||
| Pts: Iglesias 19 Rebs: Lasa 8 Asts: M. Uriz, R. Uriz 3 PIR: Lasa 17 |
Stats[permanent dead link] | Pts: Blanch, G. Rubio 15 Rebs: Fornas 7 Asts: Rabaseda 2 PIR: G. Rubio 18 |
Arena: Pazo dos Deportes |
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| 3 July 2010 | Galicia |
71–79 | Basque Country |
Lugo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 21–26, 16–14, 17–27 | |||
| Pts: L. Fernández, L. López 11 Rebs: Cabanas 11 Asts: L. López 5 PIR: Pereiro 17 |
Stats[permanent dead link] | Pts: Casado, Lasa 15 Rebs: Iglesias, M. Uriz 6 Asts: R. Uriz 3 PIR: R. Uriz 16 |
Arena: Pazo dos Deportes |
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| 31 July 2011 | Argentina 'B' |
75–59 | Basque Country |
Resistencia (Argentina) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 25–21, 18–6, 10–19 | ||||
| Pts: Alloatti 13 | Pts: Otegi 20 | Arena: Estadio de Sarmiento |
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| 5 July 2013 | Tunisia  |
79–64 | Basque Country |
Tunisia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 17–10, 18–15, 26–19 | ||||
| Report | Pts: Arruti, 18 | |||
| 7 July 2013 | Tunisia |
77–60 | Basque Country |
Tunisia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 23–10, 19–26, 13–20 | ||||
| Pts: Ben Romdhane 15 | Report | Pts: Lasa, Aranburu 9 | ||
| 19 August 2014 | Basque Country |
75–66 |  Philippines |
San Sebastián |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 20-12, 14-15, 18-27 | |||
| Pts: Cortaberría 14 Rebs: M. Uriz 7 Asts: Cortaberría 4 |
Report Stats |
Pts: Blatche 19 Rebs: Pingris 9 Asts: Alapag 2 |
Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca Referees: Antonio Sacristán, Rubén Sánchez, Paul Urbano |
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| 20 August 2014 | Basque Country |
77–80 |  Angola |
San Sebastián |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 26-16, 10-27, 29-16 | |||
| Pts: Cortaberría 19 Rebs: Otegi 14 Asts: Lasa 3 |
Report Stats |
Pts: Mingas, Joaquim 12 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Costa 3 |
Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca Referees: Carlos Julio, Sergio Manuel, Gorka García |
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Women's team
Games played
| 27 April 1980 | Basque Country |
82–85 |  Mexico |
San Sebastián |
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| 9 June 1983 | Basque Country |
66–99 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Lasarte-Oria |
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| 6 December 2000 | Basque Country |
104–63 |  Australia |
San Sebastián |
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| 30 December 2001 | Basque Country |
91–62 |  Ireland |
Vitoria-Gasteiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 2002 | Basque Country |
75–40 |  Algeria |
Durango |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2003 | Basque Country |
44–69 | Cuba |
Irun |
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| 9 June 2003 | Basque Country |
43–82 | Cuba |
Gernika |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2005 | Basque Country |
49–72 | Cuba |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2006 | Basque Country |
48–43 |  Japan |
Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2007 | Castile and León  |
53–66 | Basque Country |
Palencia |
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| 16 May 2008 | Galicia |
94–62 | Basque Country |
Santiago de Compostela |
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| 17 May 2008 | Basque Country |
66–45 |  Portugal |
Santiago de Compostela |
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| 22 May 2009 | Catalonia |
56–61 | Basque Country |
La Seu d'Urgell |
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| 23 May 2009 | Basque Country |
65–87 | Cuba |
La Seu d'Urgell |
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| 22 May 2010 | Basque Country |
44–62 | Galicia |
Durango |
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| 23 May 2010 | Basque Country |
82–75 |  Lithuania |
Durango |
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| 13 May 2011 | Basque Country |
58–52 | Galicia |
Getxo |
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| 15 May 2011 | Basque Country |
48–55 | Catalonia |
Getxo |
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| 18 May 2012 | Galicia |
51–62 | Basque Country |
Noia |
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| 19 May 2012 | Basque Country |
54–74 | Catalonia |
Noia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2013 | Senegal  |
71–35 | Basque Country |
Dakar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts: Sène 10 | Report | Pts: García, Moreno 8 | ||
| 12 June 2015 | Basque Country |
71–44 |  Venezuela |
Vitoria-Gasteiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–16, 17–5, 25–10 | ||||
| Pts: Pardo 14 Rebs: Lázaro, Pardo 9 PIR: Pardo 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Silva 12 Rebs: three players 4 PIR: Silva 16 |
Referees: Uruñuela, García |
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| 8 July 2017 | Basque Country |
51–69 |  Russia Under-19 |
Barakaldo |
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| Boxscore | ||||
| 9 July 2017 | Basque Country |
71–66 |  Spain Under-19 |
Barakaldo |
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| Boxscore | ||||
Notable players
- Román Carbajo
- José Luis Galilea
- Iker Iturbe
- Pablo Laso
- Juanma López Iturriaga
- Juan Antonio Morales
- Santiago Zabaleta