Víctor Lapeña
Spanish basketball coach
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Víctor Antonio Lapeña Tortosa (born 12 March 1975, in Zaragoza) is a Spanish basketball coach.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 12 March 1975 |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2003–2004 | Stadium Casablanca [LF2] |
| 2004–2005 | Puig d'en Valls [LF2] |
| 2005–2007 | Extrugasa Cortegada [LF2] |
| 2007–2009 | Cadí La Seu |
| 2009–2012 | CDB Zaragoza |
| 2012 | UNB Obenasa |
| 2013–2014 | Perfumerías Avenida |
| 2015–2018 | Stadium Casablanca |
| 2018–2019 | Nadezhda Orenburg |
| 2019–2022 | Fenerbahçe |
| 2022–2024 | Canada women's national team |
| 2024–2025 | Çukurova Basketbol |
| Career highlights | |
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Club career
He coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.[1]
In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[2]
In May 2024, Lapeña signed a three-year contract with Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League .[3] In January 2025 Lapena and Mersin part ways.[4]
In May 2025 the Italian champion Famila basket Schio announced Lapena as their new head coach for the next two years.[5]
National team
Spain
Lapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals.[6] In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.[7]
2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth) (assistant coach)
2007 Eurobasket (senior) (assistant coach)
2009 Eurobasket (senior) (assistant coach)- 8th 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)
- 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth) (assistant coach)
2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)- 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth) (head coach)
2013 Eurobasket (senior) (assistant coach)- 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)
2014 World Championship (senior) (assistant coach)- 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth) (head coach)
- 2015 Eurobasket (senior) (assistant coach)
- 7th 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth) (head coach)
2016 Summer Olympics (senior) (assistant coach)- 2017 Eurobasket (senior) (assistant coach)
2018 World Championship (senior) (assistant coach)
Canada
In January 2022, Lapeña was appointed head coach for the Canada women's national basketball team.[8] He guided the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and third place at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Following the 2024 Olympic tournament, where Canada failed to win a game, Canada Basketball and Lapeña mutually agreed to part ways.[9]