Spain men's national basketball team

Spain
FIBA ranking	2
Joined FIBA	1934
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FEB
Coach	Sergio Scariolo
Nickname(s)	La ÑBA, la Roja
Olympic Games
Appearances	11
Medals	Silver: (1984, 2008, 2012) Bronze: (2016)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	11
Medals	Gold: (2006)
EuroBasket
Appearances	31
Medals	Gold: (2009, 2011, 2015) Silver: (1935, 1973, 1983, 1999, 2003, 2007) Bronze: (1991, 2001, 2013)
Uniforms
Home Away Alternative
First international
Spain 33–12 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 15 April 1935)
Biggest win
Spain 118–32 Libya (Madrid, Spain; 9 May 1963)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 118–58 Spain (Essen, West Germany; 12 September 1971)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 1 FIBA World Cup 1 0 0 EuroBasket 3 6 3 Mediterranean Games 3 4 1 Total 7 13 5 Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team FIBA World Cup 2006 Japan EuroBasket 2009 Poland 2011 Lithuania 2015 France 1935 Switzerland 1973 Spain 1983 France 1991 Italy 1999 France 2003 Sweden 2007 Spain 2001 Turkey 2013 Slovenia Mediterranean Games 1955 Spain Team 1997 Italy Team 2001 Tunisia Team 1951 Egypt Team 1959 Lebanon Team 1963 Italy Team 1987 Syria Team 2005 Spain Team

The Spanish national basketball team is the basketball team representing Spain in international competitions, organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation. (Spanish: Federación Española de Baloncesto)

Their last major title was in 2015, when they won the European championship. They are second in the FIBA World Rankings for men, only behind the United States.

History

Olympic Games

When Spain qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics, where basketball was part of the games for the first time, expectations were high for the runner-up of the 1935 EuroBasket. Unfortunately, as one of the favorites to win medals, Spain but could not attend the Games because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just days before the start of the Games.

Before 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 was the USA 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.

Continuing the success started at the 2006 FIBA championship, Spain again reached the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics. This proved to be a rematch of the 1984 Olympic final; this time, the USA team was led by Kobe Bryant and nicknamed the "Redeem Team". The Americans won after a remarkably close game 116 to 105. Four years later, in London, USA faced Spain again with a result of 107–100 for the Americans, for the Spanish team to take its third Olympic (and second straight) silver medal.

FIBA World Cup

In the early years of the FIBA World Cup, Spain struggled to establish a steady presence as a competitor. Between 1950 and 1970, the team only qualified once. Then, beginning in 1974 Spain developed into a serious competitor and regularly finished among the tournaments top performers for years to come.

At the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the Spanish team finally achieved the ultimate victory, the greatest success in its history. The date was 3 September 2006, as Spain won the gold medal game against the Greek national team. Held in the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, the game ended with a final score of 70–47. Pau Gasol was named the tournament MVP, and Jorge Garbajosa also made the All-Tournament team. Shortly afterwards, the team were awarded with the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award in Sports.

FIBA EuroBasket

The first game in the history of the selection was a qualifier for the 1935 EuroBasket, where Spain defeated the team of Portugal by 33–12. This event, which was held in Geneva in the summer of 1935 was the first EuroBasket game in history. Spain finished 2nd and qualified for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where basketball was introduced for the first time.

After several tries, Spain won its first continental championship in 2009, repeating its success in 2011 and 2015.

Media controversy prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

In August 2008, prior to their competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the Spanish national men's basketball team were photographed pulling the sides of their eyes in a slit-eyed gesture, which media reports worldwide described as a 'racist' and 'insensitive' image. The image was requested for an advertising campaign for a courier company and was published in a Spanish national daily sports newspaper.

Other Events

Besides success at the "Big Three" events (Summer Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup, and EuroBasket) Spain has also shown success at the Mediterranean Games, where its selection won three gold medals, four silver and one bronze.

Medal record

The Spanish national team's medal record through the years:

Olympic Games

• Silver medals: 1984, 2008, 2012
• Bronze medals: 2016

FIBA World Cup

• Gold medals: 2006

EuroBasket

• Gold medals: 2009, 2011, 2015
• Silver medals (6): 1935, 1973, 1983, 1999, 2003, 2007
• Bronze medals: 1991, 2001, 2013

Mediterranean Games

• Gold medals: 1955, 1997, 2001
• Silver medals: 1951, 1959, 1963, 1987
• Bronze medals: 2005

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1936	Did not enter
1948	Did not qualify
1952
1956
1960	11th place	7	2	5
1964	Did not qualify
1968	7th place	9	5	4
1972	11th place	9	4	5
1976	Did not qualify
1980	4th place	8	4	4
1984	Silver Medal	8	6	2
1988	8th place	8	4	4
1992	9th place	8	4	4
1996	Did not qualify
2000	9th place	6	2	4
2004	7th place	6	5	1
2008	Silver Medal	8	6	2
2012	Silver Medal	8	5	3
2016	Bronze Medal	8	5	3
Total	11/19	93	52	41

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Basketball World Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1950	9th place	5	1	4
1954	Did not qualify
1959
1963
1967
1970
1974	5th place	10	4	6
1978	Did not qualify
1982	4th place	10	7	3
1986	5th place	12	9	3
1990	10th place	8	5	3
1994	10th place	8	5	3
1998	5th place	9	7	2
2002	5th place	9	7	2
2006	Champions	9	9	0
2010	6th place	9	5	4
2014	5th place	7	6	1
2019	To be determined
Total	11/18	93	65	28

EuroBasket

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1935	Runners-up	3	2	1		1	1	0
1937	Did not enter					Did not enter
1939
1946
1947
1949
1951
1953
1955
1957
1959	15th	7	3	4
1961	13th	7	5	2
1963	7th	9	5	4		2	2	0
1965	11th	9	4	5		3	2	1
1967	6th	9	3	6		2	1	1
1969	5th	7	4	3		4	4	0
1971	7th	7	3	4		3	3	0
1973	Runners-up	7	5	2		Directly qualified
1975	4th	7	4	3
1977	9th	7	4	3
1979	6th	8	4	4		10	8	2
1981	4th	9	6	3		Directly qualified
1983	Runners-up	7	5	2
1985	4th	8	5	3
1987	4th	8	4	4
1989	5th	5	3	2		6	5	1
1991	3rd	5	3	2		6	4	2
1993	5th	9	7	2		Directly qualified
1995	6th	9	5	4		6	5	1
1997	5th	9	6	3		Directly qualified
1999	Runners-up	9	5	4		10	10	0
2001	3rd	7	5	2		Directly qualified
2003	Runners-up	6	5	1		10	9	1
2005	4th	6	3	3		Directly qualified
2007	Runners-up	9	7	2
2009	Champions	9	7	2
2011	Champions	11	10	1
2013	3rd	11	7	4
2015	Champions	9	7	2
2017	Qualified
Total	31/40	224	139	85

Team

Current roster

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Spain men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 5.0 !C 4 Gasol, Pau 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-06-06)6 June 1980 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Chicago Bulls USA ! 3.0 !SF 5 Fernández, Rudy 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-04-04)4 April 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid ESP ! 1.0 !PG 6 Rodríguez, Sergio 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Real Madrid ESP ! 2.0 !SG 7 Navarro, Juan Carlos 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FC Barcelona Lassa ESP ! 1.0 !PG 8 Calderón, José Manuel 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) New York Knicks USA ! 4.0 !PF 9 Reyes, Felipe 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-03-16)16 March 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid ESP ! 4.0 !PF 10 Claver, Víctor 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Lokomotiv Kuban RUS ! 5.0 !C 14 Hernangómez, Willy 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-05-27)27 May 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Real Madrid ESP ! 3.0 !SF 21 Abrines, Álex 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FC Barcelona Lassa ESP ! 2.0 !SG 23 Llull, Sergio 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid ESP ! 4.0 !PF 44 Mirotić, Nikola 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Chicago Bulls USA ! 1.0 !PG 79 Rubio, Ricky 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-10-21)21 October 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Minnesota Timberwolves USA !	Head coach Sergio Scariolo Assistant coach(es) Jaume Ponsarnau Txus Vidorreta Ángel Sánchez-Cañete Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Pau Gasol	Willy Hernangómez
PF	Nikola Mirotić	Felipe Reyes
SF	Rudy Fernández	Víctor Claver	Álex Abrines
SG	Sergio Llull	Juan Carlos Navarro
PG	Ricky Rubio	Sergio Rodríguez	José Manuel Calderón

Individual records

• Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.

As of 22 August 2016

Most capped players

#	Player	National career	Matches	Points
1	Epi	1979–1994	239	3330
2	Juan Carlos Navarro	2000–0000	237	2729
3	Felipe Reyes	2001–0000	236	1713
4	Nino Buscató	1959–1973	224	1947
5	Rudy Fernández	2004–0000	211	1835
6	José Manuel Calderón	2002–2016	193	1233
7	Pau Gasol	2001–0000	192	3373
8	Wayne Brabender	1969–1982	190	2861
9	Josep Maria Margall	1975–1988	188	1030
10	Andrés Jiménez	1982–1994	187	2393

Top scorers

#	Player	National career	Points	Matches	Average
1	Pau Gasol	2001–0000	3373	192	17.6
2	Epi	1979–1994	3330	239	13.9
3	Emiliano Rodríguez	1959–1971	2879	177	16.3
4	Wayne Brabender	1969–1982	2861	190	12.7
5	Juan Carlos Navarro	2000–0000	2729	237	11.5
6	Andrés Jiménez	1982–1994	2393	187	12.8
7	Clifford Luyk	1966–1976	2021	150	13.5
8	Alberto Herreros	1990–2003	2003	172	11.6
9	Nino Buscató	1959–1973	1947	224	8.9
10	Rudy Fernández	2004–0000	1835	211	8.7

Players

• Most games played: Epi: 239 games played
• Most points scored: Pau Gasol: 3,373 points scored
• Most points scored In One Game: Jordi Villacampa: 48 points scored against Venezuela at the 1990 FIBA World Championship.
• Played in most Summer Olympic Games (5):
  • Juan Carlos Navarro (Sidney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016)
• Longest tenure in the national team: Epi: 15 years, three months, and 19 days.
• Most medals won with the national team: (8):
  • Pau Gasol
  • Felipe Reyes
  • Juan Carlos Navarro

Coaches

• Most games as head coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel: 423 games, over 27 years.
• Most medals won with the national team: (5): Antonio Díaz-Miguel

Past rosters

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1935 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 10 teams

1950 World Championship: finished 9th among 10 teams

Ignacio Pinedo, Arturo Imedio, Jaime Basso, Andrés Oller, Álvaro Salvadores, Juan Dalmau, Julio Gámez, Eduardo Kucharski, Ángel González, Ángel Lozano, Domingo Bárcenas, Juan Ferrando (Coach: Michael Paul Rutzgis)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 17 teams

Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Joaquín Hernández, Alfonso Martínez Gómez, José Luis Martínez Gómez, Francisco Capel, Jorge Parra, José Lluis, José Brunet, Juan Canals, Francisco Borrell, Arturo Auladell (Coach: Gabriel Alberti)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams

Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Agustín Bertomeu, José Nora, Alfonso Martínez, Joaquín Ensenat, Santiago Navarro, José Lluis, Jorge Guillén, Jesús “Chus” Codina, Miguel Ángel González, Juan Martos (Coach: Eduardo Kucharski González)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 19 teams

Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Lolo Sainz, Carlos Sevillano, Lorenzo Alocén, Jesús “Chus” Codina, José Lluis, Alfonso Martínez, Santiago Navarro, Juan Martos, José Nora, Javier Sanjuán (Coach: Fernando Font)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

Lolo Sainz, Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, José Ramón Ramos, Carlos Sevillano, Moncho Monsalve, Jesús “Chus” Codina, Alfonso Martínez, José Lluis, Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, Miguel Ángel González, Arturo Auladell (Coach: Joaquín Hernández Gallego)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Lolo Sainz, José Ramón Ramos, Carlos Sevillano, Moncho Monsalve, José Lluis, Enrique Margall, Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, Miguel Ángel González, Juan Fa Busquets, Juan Bautista Urberuaga (Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz González)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams

Francisco Buscató, Emiliano Rodríguez, José Ramón Ramos, Moncho Monsalve, Enrique Margall, José Luis Sagi-Vela, Antonio “Toncho” Nava, Alfonso Martínez, Ramón Guardiola, Ángel Serrano, Carlos Luquero, José Laso (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams

Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Vicente Ramos, Lorenzo Alocén, Enrique Margall, Antonio “Toncho” Nava, José Luis Sagi-Vela, Alfonso Martínez, Jesús “Chus” Codina, Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, Luis Carlos Santiago Zabaleta (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams

1971 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Wayne Brabender, Clifford Luyk, Emiliano Rodríguez, Francisco Buscató, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullán, Luis Miguel Santillana, José Luis Sagi-Vela, Enrique Margall, Cristóbal Rodríguez, Juan Martínez, Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

1973 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

1974 World Championship: finished 5th among 14 teams

1975 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

1977 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

Wayne Brabender, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Luis Miguel Santillana, Rafael Rullán, Manuel Flores, Carmelo Cabrera, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Josep Maria Margall, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Luis Maria Prada, Joan Filba, Juan Ramón Fernandez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

Juan Antonio Corbalán, Epi, Wayne Brabender, Rafael Rullán, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Quim Costa, José Luis Llorente, Josep Maria Margall, Pedro César Ansa (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 12 teams

1981 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

Epi, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Wayne Brabender, Nacho Solozábal, Cándido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Fernando Martín, Fernando Romay, Manuel Flores, Rafael Rullán, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Quim Costa, Josep Maria Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1982 World Championship: finished 4th among 13 teams

1983 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Epi, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Fernando Martín, Cándido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Nacho Solozábal, Joan Creus, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Fernando Romay, Josep Maria Margall, Andrés Jiménez, Fernando Arcega (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

1985 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

Epi, Cándido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Fernando Martín, Jordi Villacampa, Fernando Romay, Andrés Jiménez, José Luis Llorente, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Quim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Vicente Gil (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1986 World Championship: finished 5th among 24 teams

1987 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

Epi, Jordi Villacampa, Cándido Antonio “Chicho” Sibilio, Nacho Solozábal, Andrés Jiménez, Fernando Romay, Ferran Martínez, Josep Maria Margall, José Antonio Montero, Francisco Javier Zapata, Fernando Arcega, José Ángel Arcega (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams

1989 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams

Epi, José Biriukov, Andrés Jiménez, José Antonio Montero, Juan Antonio Morales, Ferran Martínez, Pablo Laso, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Rafael Vecina, Enrique Villalobos, José Ángel Arcega, Manuel Ángel Aller (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1990 World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams

1991 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 8 teams

Epi, Jordi Villacampa, Mike Hansen, Josep “Pep” Cargol, Rafael Jofresa, Enrique “Quique” Andreu, Manel Bosch, Antonio Martín, Juan Antonio Orenga, José Miguel Antunez, Fernando Arcega, Silvano Bustos (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

1993 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

Jordi Villacampa, Epi, Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martínez, Andrés Jiménez, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Juan Antonio Orenga, Juan Antonio Morales, Antonio Martín, Ignacio “Nacho” Azofra, Xavier “Xavi” Crespo (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1994 World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams

1995 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 14 teams

Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, Pablo Laso, Ferran Martínez, Juan Antonio Orenga, Antonio Martín, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodríguez, José Luis Galilea, Alberto Angulo, Javier “Xavi” Fernandez, Alfonso Reyes, Francisco José “Fran” Murcia (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

Alberto Herreros, Ferran Martínez, Mike Smith, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Roberto Dueñas, Juan Antonio Orenga, Roger Esteller, Ignacio “Nacho” Rodríguez, Alfonso Reyes, José Antonio Paraiso, Alberto Angulo (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1998 World Championship: finished 5th among 16 teams

1999 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

2000 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

2001 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

2002 World Championship: finished 5th among 16 teams

2003 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

2004 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

2005 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

2006 World Championship: finished 1st among 24 teams

2007 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

2008 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

2009 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

2010 World Championship: finished 6th among 24 teams

2011 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

2012 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

2013 Eurobasket: finished 3rd among 24 teams

2014 World Cup: finished 5th among 24 teams

2015 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 24 teams

See also

• Spanish Basketball Federation
• Spain women's national basketball team
• Spain national youth basketball teams

External links

• Official website
• Spanish Basketball Federation website
• FIBA profile
• EuroBasket.com profile