Spain women's national basketball team

Spain
FIBA ranking	3
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
Coach	Lucas Mondelo
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (2016)
World Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	Silver: (2014); Bronze: (2010)
FIBA EuroBasket Women
Appearances	20
Medals	Gold: (1993, 2013, 2017); Silver: (2007); Bronze: (2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2015)
Home	Away

The Spain women's national basketball team represents Spain in international basketball competitions for women. The team has participated in the FIBA World Championship for Women since 1994. It has won one Olympic medal (a silver in 2016) and two World Championship medals.

History

After winning the EuroBasket 1993 Women, in 1994 the female selection of the Spanish team qualified for the FIBA World Championship for Women for the first time. Since then, the team has qualified for every World Championship. Overall, Spain finished 8th in Australia, and two consecutive 5th in Germany and China, and 8th in Brazil 2006. These results are quite commendable, considering that Spain has only competed with the world elite for 12 years. The female section of the Spanish team is ranked No. 3 in the ranking of FIBA,^[1] achieving bronze and silver medals in the 2010 and 2014 Championships respectively.

At the EuroBasket Women, the Spanish selection won gold in 1993, 2013 and 2017 , won silver in 2007 and bronze medals in 2001, 2003 and 2005, 2009, 2015.

At the Mediterranean Games, Spain won gold in 1991, and bronze in 1993, 2001 and 2005.

Competition record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Top scorer
1970 Eurobasket qualification 0 0		61–44 37–53 45–69	Switzerland Hungary France	0 0 3 / 4
1974 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0		84–45 71–46 57–104 72–51	England Sweden Yugoslavia Belgium	0 0 0 2 / 5
1974 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	50–84 67–84 72–76	Poland Bulgaria Romania	0 0 4 / 4
1974 Eurobasket 0 0	Placement 0 0 0	53–54 71–49 71–80 41–49	Netherlands Denmark Yugoslavia West Germany	0 0 0 12 / 13
1976 Eurobasket qualification 0 0		85–38 95–51 62–60	Scotland Denmark West Germany	0 0 1 / 4
1976 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	62–72 57–56 34–69	Bulgaria Netherlands Czechoslovakia	0 0 3 / 4
1976 Eurobasket 0 0	Placement 0 0 0	41–50 73–51 60–64 62–82	West Germany Belgium Hungary Romania	0 0 0 9 / 13
1978 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0		73–63 110–58 73–49 63–66	England Scotland Ireland West Germany	0 0 0 2 / 5
1978 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	61–66 61–90 72–79	Italy Bulgaria Hungary	0 0 4 / 4
1978 Eurobasket 0 0	Placement 0 0 0	63–64 65–71 71–64 87–62	Romania Netherlands West Germany Sweden	0 0 0 10 / 13
1980 Eurobasket qualification 0 0		103–66 83–79 63–49	England Israel West Germany	0 0 1 / 4
1980 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	47–88 88–67 65–89	Bulgaria Belgium Czechoslovakia	0 0 3 / 4
1980 Eurobasket 0 0	Placement 0 0 0	84–71 76–43 56–74 75–55	Finland England Italy France	0 0 0 9 / 13
1983 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0		85–59 99–94 80–92 94–61	Ireland Finland Italy Switzerland	0 0 0 2 / 5
1983 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	59–92 64–94 64–83 57–75 52–53	Poland Hungary Romania Yugoslavia Netherlands	0 0 0 0 6 / 6
1983 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	Placement 0	82–85 64–63	Sweden West Germany	0 11 / 12
1985 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	65–78 46–77 70–65 84–51 42–115	Hungary Italy Poland Belgium Soviet Union	0 0 0 0 5 / 6
1985 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	Placement 0	56–44 73–93	Netherlands Romania	0 10 / 12
1987 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	74–45 47–49 58–60 74–84 83–73	Finland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Bulgaria Italy	0 0 0 0 4 / 6
1987 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	Placement 0	92–76 87–102	Sweden Italy	0 6 / 12
1988 Summer Olympics qualification 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	65–82 62–119 62–101 89–57 80–71	Brazil Soviet Union China Angola Chinese Taipei	0 0 0 0 4 / 6
1989 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0 0 0	76–77 104–68 76–70 54–76 82–78	France England West Germany Czechoslovakia Finland	0 0 0 0 3 / 6
1991 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0 0 0	57–86 64–62 75–61 67–65 45–62	Israel Hungary Greece Netherlands Denmark	0 0 0 0 3 / 6
1992 Summer Olympics 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	63–66 59–58 59–114	China Czechoslovakia United States	0 0 3 / 4
1992 Summer Olympics 0 0	Placement 0	92–80 59–58	Italy Czechoslovakia	0 5 / 12
1993 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0 0 0	94–79 ?–? 83–95 111–64 69–81	Finland Israel Germany Sweden Czechoslovakia	0 0 0 0 2 / 6
1993 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	92–68 76–70 56–66	Poland Bulgaria Italy	0 0 2 / 4
	Semifinals	73–55	Slovakia
	Final	63–53	France	1 / 8
1994 World Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	117–54 71–92 89–88	New Zealand United States South Korea	0 0 2 / 4
	2nd Stage 0 0	76–60 65–68 87–92	China Cuba Brazil	0 0 3 / 4
	Placement 0	69–90 65–70	Slovakia Canada	0 8 / 16
1995 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0 0	97–68 70–73 101–59 105–108 66–72 54–73	Romania Croatia Moldova Hungary Slovakia Ukraine	0 0 0 0 0 9 / 14
1997 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0 0 0	83–52 81–73 95–62 95–62 71–83	Israel Bulgaria Moldova Germany Croatia	0 0 0 0 1 / 6
1997 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	71–72 82–78 76–62 86–71 67–78	Germany Czech Republic Ukraine Yugoslavia Lithuania	0 0 0 0 2 / 6
	Quarterfinals	70–84	Hungary
	Placement 0	71–47 82–77	Yugoslavia Russia	0 5 / 16
1998 World Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	64–45 72–55 70–72	Argentina China Russia	0 0 2 / 4
	2nd Stage 0 0	97–58 68–79 63–66	Japan United States Lithuania	0 0 4 / 6
	Quarterfinals	57–84	Australia
	Placement 0	80–63 70–59	Cuba Lithuania	0 5 / 16
1999 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0 0		73–64 54–61 69–76 66–49 68–53	Croatia Italy Latvia Moldova Greece	0 0 0 0 4 / 6
2001 Eurobasket qualification 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0	79–47 82–58 65–59 72–57 54–47 62–60	Latvia Bulgaria Czech Republic	0 0 1 / 4
2001 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	78–68 93–65 83–61 79–80 64–70	Poland Ukraine Romania Yugoslavia France	0 0 0 0 2 / 6
	Quarterfinals	71–60	Hungary
	Semifinals	59–74	Russia
	Third Place	99–74	Lithuania	3 / 12
2002 World Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	58–73 100–63 97–55	Australia Japan Argentina	0 0 2 / 4
	2nd Stage 0 0	59–72 78–68 81–67	China Brazil Yugoslavia	0 0 4 / 6
	Quarterfinals	55–94	United States
	Placement 0	69–59 91–72	France China	0 5 / 16
2003 Eurobasket qualification 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0	85–57 84–59 93–46 71–58 83–47 79–54	Germany Romania Israel	0 0 1 / 4
2003 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	77–62 71–47 71–59 76–71 64–61	Belgium Slovakia Hungary Ukraine Russia	0 0 0 0 1 / 6
	Quarterfinals	76–64	Serbia and Montenegro
	Semifinals	71–78	Russia
	Third Place	87–81	Poland		3 / 12
2004 Summer Olympics 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	80–78 75–67 91–57 58–71 64–61	Czech Republic China New Zealand United States South Korea	0 0 0 0 2 / 6	Palau, Valdemoro 14 Valdemoro 30 Palau 15 Valdemoro 22 Valdemoro 11
	Quarterfinals	63–67	Brazil		M. Fernández 16
	Placement	68–79	Czech Republic	6 / 12	Valdemoro 24
2005 Eurobasket 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	69–74 98–53 83–77 52–69 78–64	Lithuania Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Turkey	0 0 0 0 2 / 6	Valdemoro 27 Valdemoro 20 Valdemoro 26 Valdemoro 26 Valdemoro 16
	Quarterfinals	69–50	Latvia		Valdemoro 17
	Semifinals	66–76	Czech Republic		Valdemoro 26
	Third Place	83–65	Lithuania	3 / 12	Montañana 21
2006 World Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	87–57 64–77 67–66	South Korea Argentina Brazil	0 0 3 / 4	Valdemoro 17 Palau 20 Valdemoro 19
	2nd Stage 0 0	68–72 85–57 75–55	Australia Canada Lithuania	0 0 2 / 6	Valdemoro 19 Valdemoro 28 Valdemoro 39
	Quarterfinals	56–60	Russia		Valdemoro 21
	Placement 0	71–80 49–57	Lithuania Czech Republic	0 8 / 12	Valdemoro 28 Valdemoro 20
2007 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	76–62 79–76 63–52	Belarus Serbia Croatia	0 0 1 / 4	Valdemoro 17 Aguilar 22 Valdemoro 15
	2nd Stage 0 0	79–64 63–53 49–64	Italy France Russia	0 0 2 / 6	Aguilar 17 Valdemoro 17 Valdemoro 14
	Quarterfinals	72–53	Belgium		Valdemoro 19
	Semifinals	70–54	Belarus		Montañana 14
	Final	68–74	Russia	2 / 16	Valdemoro 26
2008 Summer Olympics 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	64–67 85–62 74–55 55–93 79–49	China New Zealand Czech Republic United States Mali	0 0 0 0 3 / 6	Torrens 18 I. Sánchez 19 Montañana 20 Valdemoro 17 Valdemoro 21
2008 Summer Olympics 0 0 0 0	Quarterfinals	65–84	Russia	5 / 12	Valdemoro 16
2009 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	66–59 85–59 71–54	Czech Republic Ukraine Slovakia	0 0 1 / 4	Montañana 16 S. Domínguez 11 Montañana 24
	2nd Stage 0 0	67–48 67–55 67–60	Greece Poland Latvia	0 0 1 / 6	Montañana 19 Montañana 16 Montañana 25
	Quarterfinals	61–42	Italy		Montañana 10
	Semifinals	61–77	Russia		Torrens 17
	Third Place	63–56	Belarus	3 / 12	Montañana 16
2010 World Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	80–36 84–69 69–57	Mali South Korea Brazil	0 0 1 / 4	Valdemoro 18 Little 28 Valdemoro 17
	2nd Stage 0 0	86–59 77–57 67–76	Japan Czech Republic Russia	0 0 2 / 6	Lyttle 29 Valdemoro 25 Valdemoro 21
	Quarterfinals	74–71	France		Valdemoro 28
	Semifinals	70–106	United States		M. Fernández 16
	Third Place	77–68	Belarus	3 / 12	Lyttle 22
2011 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	79–69 57–66 78–63	Germany Montenegro Poland	0 0 2 / 4	Torrens 18 Torrens 25 Lyttle 18
2011 Eurobasket 0 0	2nd Stage 0 0	55–79 66–57 71–75	France Latvia Croatia	0 0 10 / 16	Lyttle, Montañana 11 Lyttle, Montañana 16 Palau 19
2013 Eurobasket qualification 0 0 0		64–48 / 79–51 69–78 / 73–79 66–39 / 61–55 68–51 / 68–54	Bulgaria Sweden Germany Romania	0 0 0 2 / 6	Aguilar 10 + 13 Valdemoro 13 + 19 Valdemoro 11 + 18 Cruz 15 + 9
2013 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	77–72 71–59 73–49	Russia Italy Sweden	0 0 1 / 4
	2nd Stage 0 0	80–44 66–50 61–48	Slovakia Montenegro Turkey	0 0 1 / 6
	Quarterfinals	75–58	Czech Republic
	Semifinals	88–69	Serbia
	Final	70–69	France	1 / 16
2014 World Championship^[2]	1st Stage 0 0	74–50 83–56 67–43	Japan Brazil Czech Republic	1/3 (Qualified Directly for Quarterfinals )	Lyttle 19 Lyttle 15 Lyttle 17
	Quarterfinals	71–55	China		Lyttle 24
	Semifinals	66–56	Turkey		Torrens 28
	Final	64–77	USA	2 / 16	Lyttle 16
/ 2015 Eurobasket 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	72–58 82–81 69–46 64–60	Lithuania Slovakia Hungary Sweden	0 0 1 / 5
	2nd Stage 0 0	95–52 91–80 66–57	Croatia Serbia Russia	0 0 1 / 6
	Quarterfinals	75–74	Montenegro
	Semifinals	58–63	France
	Third Place	74–58	Belarus	3 / 20

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2017.^[3]

Spain women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	4	Laura Nicholls	28 – (1989-02-26)26 February 1989	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Virtus Eirene Ragusa
PG	6	Silvia Domínguez	30 – (1987-01-31)31 January 1987	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	CB Avenida
SF	7	Alba Torrens	27 – (1989-08-30)30 August 1989	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
PG	9	Laia Palau	37 – (1979-09-10)10 September 1979	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	USK Praha
SG	10	Marta Xargay	26 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	USK Praha
SG	11	Leonor Rodríguez	25 – (1991-10-21)21 October 1991	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Uni Girona CB
C	14	Sancho Lyttle	33 – (1983-09-20)20 September 1983	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
SG	15	Anna Cruz	30 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Dynamo Kursk
PG	20	Leticia Romero	22 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Florida State
SF	22	María Conde	20 – (1997-01-14)14 January 1997	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Florida State
PF	24	Laura Gil	25 – (1992-04-24)24 April 1992	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	CB Avenida
PF	28	Beatriz Sánchez	27 – (1989-12-20)20 December 1989	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Universitario de Ferrol

Head coach

Lucas Mondelo

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 16 June 2017

Individual records

Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.

As of 22 August 2016^[4]

Most capped players

#	Player	National career	Games	Points
1	Amaya Valdemoro	1995–2013	258	2743
2	Marina Ferragut	1989–2006	253	1867
3	Betty Cebrián	1989–2004	252	1978
4	Laia Palau	2002–0000	248	1595
5	Lucila Pascua	2001–0000	237	882
6	Elisa Aguilar	1996–2013	222	1171
7	Ana Belén Álvaro	1988–2002	204	1730
8	Carolina Mújica	1984–1995	202	1264
9	Mónica Messa	1985–1995	185	798
10	María Pilar Alonso	1987–1998	171	912

Top scorers

#	Player	National career	Points	Matches	Average
1	Amaya Valdemoro	1995–2013	2743	258	10.6
2	Betty Cebrián	1989–2004	1978	252	7.8
3	Marina Ferragut	1989–2006	1867	253	7.4
4	Blanca Ares	1988–1994	1754	124	14.1
5	Alba Torrens	2008–0000	1738	137	12.7
6	Ana Belén Álvaro	1988–2002	1730	204	8.5
7	Margarita Geuer	1985–1993	1716	158	10.9
8	Laia Palau	2002–0000	1595	248	6.4
9	Rocío Jiménez	1974–1988	1487	127	11.7
10	Anna Montañana	2005–2012	1430	129	11.1

Youth teams

U-20

FIBA Europe U-20 Championship for Women
2000:	5th place	2002:	5th place	2004:	9th place
2005:	8th	2006:	4th place	2007:	Champion
2008:	4th place	2009:	Runner-up	2010:	Runner-up
2011:	Champion	2012:	Champion	2013:	Champion
2014:	Runner-up	2015:	Champion	2016:	Champion

U-19

FIBA U-19 World Championship for Women
1985:	7th place	1989:	5th place	1993:	Did not qualify
1997:	8th place	2001:	Did not qualify	2005:	5th place
2007:	4th place	2009:	Runner-up	2011:	Runner-up
2013:	4th place	2015:	4th place	2017:	–

U-18

FIBA Europe U-18 Championship for Women
1973:	8th place	1975:	6th place	1977:	11th place
1979:	Did not participate	1981:	9th place	1983:	8th place
1984:	4th place	1986:	12th place	1988:	6th place
1990:	Runner-up	1992:	5th place	1994:	Runner-up
1996:	4th place	1998:	Champion	2000:	6th place
2002:	5th place	2004:	Runner-up	2005:	Runner-up
2006:	Champion	2007:	Runner-up	2008:	5th place
2009:	Champion	2010:	Runner-up	2011:	3rd place
2012:	5th place	2013:	Champion	2014:	3rd place
2015:	Champion	2016:	Runner-up	2017:	–

U-17

FIBA U-17 World Championship for Women
2010:	8th place	2012:	Runner-up	2014:	Runner-up
2016:	6th place

U-16

FIBA Europe U-16 Championship for Women
1976:	10th place	1978:	11th place	1980:	10th place
1982:	8th place	1984:	8th place	1985:	9th place
1987:	9th place	1989:	4th place	1991:	9th place
1993:	Runner-up	1995:	4th place	1997:	5th place
1999:	Champion	2001:	7th place	2003:	4th place
2004:	Champion	2005:	Champion	2006:	Champion
2007:	Runner-up	2008:	Champion	2009:	Champion
2010:	4th place	2011:	Champion	2012:	Champion
2013:	Champion	2014:	3rd place	2015:	4th place
2016:	Champion	2017:	—

References

^ http://www.fiba.com/rankingwomen
^ http://www.fiba.com/world/women/2014/Spain#%7Ctab=schedules_and_results Results of Spain at the World Championship
^ EuroBasket 2017 roster
^ Spanish women's national team website

External links

[1] ttp://www.fiba.com/rankingwomen

[2] ttp://www.fiba.com/world/women/2014/Spain#%7Ctab=schedules_and_results Results of Spain at the World Championship

[3] EuroBasket 2017 roster

[4] Spanish women's national team website

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