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Spain Spain
File:Baloncesto Espana.png
FIBA ranking6 Decrease 4 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFEB
CoachSergio Scariolo
Nickname(s)La ÑBA, La Roja
Olympic Games
Appearances12
MedalsSilver Silver: (1984, 2008, 2012)
Bronze Bronze: (2016)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances12
MedalsGold Gold: (2006, 2019)
EuroBasket
Appearances32
MedalsGold Gold: (2009, 2011, 2015)
Silver Silver: (1935, 1973, 1983, 1999, 2003, 2007)
Bronze Bronze: (1991, 2001, 2013, 2017)
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 2 0 0
EuroBasket 3 6 4
Mediterranean Games 3 4 1
Total 8 13 6
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2019 China
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poland
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lithuania
Gold medal – first place 2015 France
Silver medal – second place 1935 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1973 Spain
Silver medal – second place 1983 France
Silver medal – second place 1999 France
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2007 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Slovenia
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Turkey
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1955 Spain Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunisia Team
Silver medal – second place 1951 Egypt Team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Lebanon Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Italy Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Syria Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Spain Team

The Spain national basketball team (Spanish: Selección Española de Baloncesto) represents Spain in men's international basketball competition. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain.

Spain has appeared 32 times at the EuroBasket, winning three gold medals, six silver medals, and four bronze medals. They have also competed at the Summer Olympics 12 times, with three silver medals and one bronze medal as their accomplishments. They have qualified for the FIBA World Cup 12 times, winning it all twice, in 2006 and 2019.

Spain is currently ranked 2nd in the FIBA World Rankings, only behind the United States.[2]

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 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 Cup (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 World Cup, 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 118-107. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the USA faced Spain for the gold once again. The Americans repeated as champions by the score of 107–100, with Spain coming away with its third Olympic (and second straight) silver medal. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Spain reached the bronze medal match against Australia, where they escaped with an 89-88 victory.

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 national 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 Cup, 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.

At the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Spain achieved its second gold medal after defeating Argentina in the final by the score of 95-75. The spectacular play of Ricky Rubio during the tournament earned him the MVP, while Marc Gasol was named to the All-Tournament team. After this victory, Marc Gasol became the second player in tournament history to have won the NBA title and the World Cup in the same year, the other being Lamar Odom.

EuroBasket

The first game in the history of the selection was a qualifier for the EuroBasket 1935, where Spain defeated Portugal 33–12.[3] 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 first introduced.

After several tries, Spain won their first continental championship in 2009, defeating Serbia to become European champions. The team repeated their success in 2011, taking out France in the final. At EuroBasket 2015, Spain once again reached the title game, and demolished Lithuania in the process 80–63.[4] Two years after winning it all in 2015, Spain followed it up with another strong performance at EuroBasket 2017, defeating Russia to win the bronze medal match.[5] It marked the fourth time Spain won the bronze at the EuroBasket, as they also won it in 1991, 2001, and 2013.

Other events

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

Medal record

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

Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket
Mediterranean Games

Competitive record

For the national team's all-time results against all nations, see Spain's head-to-head records & stats page

Results and fixtures

EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 2 2 0 162 134 +28 4 EuroBasket 2021
2  Poland 2 1 1 151 144 +7 3[a]
3  Spain 2 1 1 153 151 +2 3[a]
4  Romania 2 0 2 134 171 −37 2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 69–80 Poland
20 February 2020 Romania  71–84  Spain Cluj-Napoca
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 16–23, 19–20, 18–20
Pts: Cățe 19
Rebs: Cățe 13
Asts: Richard 4 		Boxscore Pts: Díez 21
Rebs: Saiz 10
Asts: Alocén 9 		Arena: BT Arena
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Alexey Davydov (RUS)
23 February 2020 Spain  69–80  Poland Zaragoza
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–23, 20–27, 14–15
Pts: Díez 16
Rebs: Saiz 12
Asts: Alocén 9 		Boxscore Pts: Slaughter 26
Rebs: Kulig 6
Asts: Koszarek 7 		Arena: Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Martin Vulić (CRO), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
27 November 2020 Israel  vs.  Spain
Boxscore
30 November 2020 Spain  vs.  Romania
Boxscore
18 February 2021 Poland  vs.  Spain
Boxscore
21 February 2021 Spain  vs.  Israel
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers matches played on 20 and 23 February 2020 against Romania and Poland.[8]

Spain national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 35 – (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Zaragoza Spain
PG 7 Ferrán Bassas 27 – (1992-04-29)29 April 1992 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Burgos Spain
SG 8 Darío Brizuela 25 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Unicaja Spain
PF 9 Nacho Llovet 28 – (1991-05-09)9 May 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) MoraBanc Andorra Andorra
C 11 Sebas Saiz 25 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) SR Shibuya Japan
PG 12 Carlos Alocén 19 – (2000-12-30)30 December 2000 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Zaragoza Spain
C 13 Rubén Guerrero 24 – (1995-10-22)22 October 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unicaja Spain
SF 14 Jonathan Barreiro 23 – (1997-01-16)16 January 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Zaragoza Spain
F 16 Santiago Yusta 22 – (1997-04-28)28 April 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Canarias Spain
G/F 22 Xavi Rabaseda 30 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Gran Canaria Spain
F 24 Dani Díez 26 – (1993-04-07)7 April 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Canarias Spain
F 33 Javier Beirán 32 – (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Gran Canaria Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 20 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Marc Gasol Willy Hernangómez Serge Ibaka
PF Juan Hernangómez Nikola Mirotić Pierre Oriola
SF Rudy Fernández Víctor Claver Joan Sastre
SG Sergio Llull Pau Ribas Álex Abrines
PG Ricky Rubio Sergio Rodríguez Quino Colom

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 10 teams

2 Juan Carbonell, 3 Pedro Alonso, 4 Emilio Alonso, 5 Cayetano Ortega, 6 Rafael Ruano, 7 Rafael Martín (MVP), 8 Armando Maunier, 9 Fernando Muscat (Coach: Mariano Manent)

1950 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 10 teams

3 Arturo Imedio, 4 Jaime Basso, 5 Andrés Oller, 6 Álvaro Salvadores, 7 Juan Dalmau, 8 Julio Gámez, 9 Eduardo Kucharski, 10 Ángel González, 11 Ángel Lozano, 12 Domingo Bárcenas, 13 Juan Ferrando, 14 Ignacio Pinedo (Coach: Michael Paul Rutzgis)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 17 teams

3 Alfonso Martínez, 4 José Luis Martínez Gómez, 5 Francisco Capel, 6 Jorge Parra, 7 Joaquín Hernández Gallego, 8 José Lluis, 9 José Brunet, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Juan Canals, 12 Francisco Buscató, 13 Francisco Borrell, 14 Arturo Auladell (Coach: Gabriel Alberti)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Agustín Bertomeu, 4 José Nora, 5 Alfonso Martínez, 6 Joaquín Enseñat, 7 Santiago Navarro, 8 José Lluis, 9 Jorge Guillén, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 12 Miguel Ángel González, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Juan Martos (Coach: Eduardo Kucharski González)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 19 teams

4 Santiago Navarro, 5 Lorenzo Alocén, 6 Juan Martos, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 José Lluis, 9 José Nora, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Alfonso Martínez, 12 Carlos Sevillano, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lolo Sainz, 15 Javier Sanjuán (Coach: Fernando Font)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Moncho Monsalve, 6 Miguel Ángel González, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 José Lluis, 9 Arturo Auladell, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez (MVP), 11 Carlos Sevillano, 12 Alfonso Martínez, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lolo Sainz, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Joaquín Hernández Gallego)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Joan Fa Busquets, 6 Miguel Ángel González, 7 Lolo Sainz, 8 José Lluis, 9 Enrique Margall, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Carlos Sevillano, 12 Juan Bautista Urberuaga, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Moncho Monsalve, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz González)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Ramón Guardiola, 5 Ángel Serrano, 6 Carlos Luquero, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 9 Antonio "Toncho" Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 José Laso, 12 Alfonso Martínez, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Moncho Monsalve, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Luis Carlos Santiago, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 Enrique Margall, 9 Antonio "Toncho" Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Clifford Luyk, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lorenzo Alocén, 15 Alfonso Martínez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Víctor Escorial, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Jesús Codina, 8 Enrique Margall, 9 Antonio Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Clifford Luyk, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lorenzo Alocén, 15 Alfonso Martínez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Alfonso Martínez, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Rafael Rullán, 9 Luis Miguel Santillana, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Francisco Buscató, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Wayne Brabender, 15 Cristóbal Rodríguez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Carmelo Cabrera, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Jesús Iradier, 10 Francisco Buscató, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender (MVP), 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Carmelo Cabrera, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Rafael Rullán, 10 Francisco Buscató, 11 Manuel Flores, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1974 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 14 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Rafael Rullán, 10 Jesús Iradier, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Miguel Ángel Lopez-Abril, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Joan Filbá, 10 Jesús Iradier, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 6 Juan Ramón Fernández, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Joan Filbá, 10 Luis María Prada, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Josep Maria Margall, 14 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Quim Costa, 6 José Luis Llorente, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Manuel Flores, 9 Pedro César Ansa, 10 Luis Miguel Santillana, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 José Luis Llorente, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Manuel Flores, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Luis Miguel Santillana, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Quim Costa, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Manuel Flores, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1982 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 13 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Quim Costa, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Fernando Arcega, 5 Joan "Chichi" Creus, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán (MVP), 12 Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 José Manuel Beirán, 5 José Luis Llorente, 6 Fernando Arcega, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Luis Llorente, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Vicente Gil, 12 Quim Costa, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1986 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 24 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Quim Costa, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 Fernando Martín, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 14 Joan "Chichi" Creus, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Francisco Javier Zapata, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Ignacio Solozábal, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 José Ángel Arcega, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Luis Llorente, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Ignacio Solozábal, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 8 teams

4 Rafael Vecina, 5 José Ángel Arcega, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Pablo Laso, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Enrique Villalobos, 12 Juan Antonio Morales, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Manuel Ángel Aller, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1990 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Angel Arcega, 6 José Miguel Antúnez, 7 Rafael Jofresa, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Manel Bosch, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Enrique Andreu, 15 Francisco J. Zapata (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1991 EuroBasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 8 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Mike Hansen, 6 José Miguel Antúnez, 7 Rafael Jofresa, 8 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 9 Manel Bosch, 10 Josep “Pep” Cargol, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Juan Antonio Orenga, 13 Silvano Bustos, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Arcega, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Rafael Jofresa, 8 Andrés Jiménez, 9 Santiago Aldama, 10 Tomás Jofresa, 11 Xavi Fernández, 12 Alberto Herreros, 13 Juan Antonio Orenga, 14 Enrique Andreu, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Rafael Jofresa, 6 Tomas Jofresa, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Andrés Jiménez, 9 Juan Antonio Morales, 10 Ignacio “Nacho” Azofra, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Xavier “Xavi” Crespo, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1994 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Andrés Jiménez, 5 Enrique Andreu, 6 Alberto Herreros, 7 José Cargol, 8 Ferran Martínez, 9 Juan Antonio Orenga, 10 José Miguel Antúnez, 11 Rafael Vecina, 12 Rafael Jofresa, 13 Pablo Laso, 14 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio, 15 Jordi Villacampa (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 14 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 José Luis Galilea, 6 Mike Smith, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Pablo Laso, 10 Xavi Fernández, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Alfonso Reyes, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Fran Murcia (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 José Luis Galilea, 6 Tomás Jofresa, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Mike Smith, 10 Roger Esteller, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1998 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 Nacho Rodilla, 6 Nacho Azofra, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Carlos Jiménez, 10 Rodrigo De la Fuente, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 Nacho Rodilla, 6 Iván Corrales, 7 Ignacio Romero, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Carlos Jiménez, 10 Rodrigo De la Fuente, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Roger Esteller, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

2000 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 Juan Carlos Navarro, 6 Raúl López, 7 Jorge Garbajosa, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Carlos Jiménez, 10 Rodrigo De la Fuente, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Johnny Rogers, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Chuck Kornegay, 6 Paco Vázquez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Lucio Angulo, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Raúl López, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Javier Imbroda)

2002 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Oriol Junyent, 6 Carles Marco, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Lucio Angulo, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 José Calderón, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Javier Imbroda)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Roger Grimau, 6 Carles Marco, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Rodrigo de la Fuente, 13 Antonio Bueno, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Moncho López)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Iker Iturbe, 6 Jaume Comas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Cabezas (C), 11 Óscar Yebra, 12 Roberto Dueñas, 13 Rudy Fernández, 14 Rodrigo De la Fuente, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Mario Pesquera)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Rudy Fernández, 5 Iker Iturbe, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergi Vidal, 12 Sergio Rodríguez, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Fran Vázquez, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Mario Pesquera)

2006 FIBA World Cup: finished 1st Gold among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergio Rodríguez, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Pepu Hernández)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergio Rodríguez, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Pepu Hernández)

2008 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Raül López, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 1st Gold among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Víctor Claver, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Cabezas, 11 Raül López, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Fernando San Emeterio, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Raül López, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fran Vázquez, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 1st Gold among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (MVP), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Víctor Sada (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2012 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Víctor Sada (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2013 Eurobasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 24 teams

4 Pablo Aguilar, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Xavi Rey, 8 José Calderón, 9 Ricky Rubio, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Germán Gabriel, 15 Álex Mumbrú (Coach: Juan Antonio Orenga)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (C), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Ricky Rubio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Álex Abrines (Coach: Juan Antonio Orenga)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 1st Gold among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Willy Hernangómez, 8 Pau Ribas, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Pablo Aguilar, 14 Nikola Mirotić, 15 Guillem Vives (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2016 Olympic Games: finished 3rd Bronze among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 14 Willy Hernangómez, 21 Álex Abrines, 23 Sergio Llull, 44 Nikola Mirotić, 79 Ricky Rubio (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 3rd Bronze among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 9 Ricky Rubio, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Willy Hernangómez, 15 Joan Sastre, 16 Guillem Vives, 18 Pierre Oriola, 19 Fernando San Emeterio, 21 Álex Abrines, 41 Juan Hernangómez (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 1st Gold among 32 teams

1 Quino Colom, 5 Rudy Fernández (C), 8 Pau Ribas, 9 Ricky Rubio (MVP), 10 Víctor Claver, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Willy Hernangómez, 18 Pierre Oriola, 22 Xavi Rabaseda, 23 Sergio Llull, 33 Javier Beirán, 41 Juan Hernangómez (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)

Players

  • Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.
As of 15 September 2019, including all friendly matches[9]

Top highscorers

Top highscorers in official games (friendlies not included).

As of 15 September 2019
PLAYER PTS OPPONENT EVENT DATE LOCATION
Jordi Villacampa 48  Venezuela 1990 World Cup Classification Round 1990.08.15 Salta (ARG)
Jordi Bonareu 45  Italy 1955 Mediterranean Games Main Round 1955.07.22 Barcelona (ESP)
Emiliano Rodríguez 43  Netherlands 1967 EuroBasket 1st Round 1967.10.05 Helsinki (FIN)
Pau Gasol 40  France 2015 EuroBasket Semifinal 2015.09.17 Lille (FRA)
Wayne Brabender 40  France 1980 Olympics qualification 1980.05.14 Geneva (SUI)
Pau Gasol 37  China 2004 Olympics Classification Round 2004.08.28 Athens (GRE)
Wayne Brabender 37  Philippines 1974 World Cup 1st Round 1974.07.05 Ponce (PUR)
Emiliano Rodríguez 37  East Germany 1963 EuroBasket 1st Round 1963.10.09 Wroclaw (POL)
Juan Carlos Navarro 36  Croatia 2005 EuroBasket Quarterfinal 2005.09.23 Novi Sad (SRB)
Pau Gasol 36  Lithuania 2003 EuroBasket Final 2003.09.14 Södertälje (SWE)
Epi 36  West Germany 1985 EuroBasket Quarterfinal 1985.06.11 Sttutgart (GER)

Top medallists

For a full list of all the 95 medallists with the senior team since 1935, see Medal winners in Spain men's national basketball team

Most medals won with the senior national team in (Olympic Games, World Cups and EuroBaskets):

Player Medals Details
Pau Gasol 11
Felipe Reyes 10
Rudy Fernández 10
Juan Carlos Navarro 10
Marc Gasol 9
José Manuel Calderón 8

Overall players records

Individual awards

International competitions

Other notable achievements

Head coaches

Years Name Competition
1935 SpainArgentina Mariano Manent Silver 1935 EuroBasket
1943 Spain Santiago Monerris
1947–1950 Spain Anselmo López
1950–1951 United StatesLithuania Mykolas Ruzgys 9th 1950 World Cup
1951 Spain Fernando Font
1952 Puerto RicoSpain Freddy Borrás
1953–1958 Spain Jacinto Ardevínez
1959–1960 Spain Eduardo Kucharski 15th 1959 EuroBasket
14th 1960 Summer Olympics
1961 Spain Fernando Font 13th 1961 EuroBasket
1962–1964 Spain Joaquín Hernández 7th 1963 EuroBasket
1965 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz 11th 1965 EuroBasket
1965–1992 Spain Antonio Díaz-Miguel 10th 1967 EuroBasket
7th 1968 Summer Olympics
5th 1969 EuroBasket
7th 1971 EuroBasket
11th 1972 Summer Olympics
Silver 1973 EuroBasket
5th 1974 World Cup
4th 1975 EuroBasket
9th 1977 EuroBasket
6th 1979 EuroBasket
4th 1980 Summer Olympics
4th 1981 EuroBasket
4th 1982 World Cup
Silver 1983 EuroBasket
Silver 1984 Summer Olympics
4th 1985 EuroBasket
5th 1986 World Cup
4th 1987 EuroBasket
8th 1988 Summer Olympics
5th 1989 Eurobasket
10th 1990 World Cup
Bronze 1991 EuroBasket
9th 1992 Summer Olympics
1993–2000 Spain Lolo Sainz 5th 1993 EuroBasket
10th 1994 World Cup
6th 1995 EuroBasket
5th 1997 EuroBasket
5th 1998 World Cup
Silver 1999 EuroBasket
9th 2000 Summer Olympics
2001–2002 Spain Javier Imbroda Bronze 2001 EuroBasket
5th 2002 World Cup
2003 Spain Moncho López Silver 2003 EuroBasket
2004–2005 Spain Mario Pesquera 7th 2004 Summer Olympics
4th 2005 EuroBasket
2006–2007 Spain Pepu Hernández Gold 2006 World Cup
Silver 2007 EuroBasket
2008 Spain Aíto García Reneses Silver 2008 Summer Olympics
2009–2012 Italy Sergio Scariolo Gold 2009 EuroBasket
6th 2010 World Cup
Gold 2011 EuroBasket
Silver 2012 Summer Olympics
2013–2014 Spain Juan Antonio Orenga Bronze 2013 EuroBasket
5th 2014 World Cup
2015– Italy Sergio Scariolo Gold 2015 EuroBasket
Bronze 2016 Summer Olympics
Bronze 2017 EuroBasket
Gold 2019 World Cup

Progression in the FIBA World Ranking

Date Change Pos. Points Dis.
11 Oct 2017 Steady 2nd 693.2 –126.4
28 Nov 2017 Steady 2nd 693.8 –142.4
28 Feb 2018 Steady 2nd 704.7 –30.3
3 Jul 2018 Steady 2nd 706.7 –41.4
18 Sep 2018 Steady 2nd 704.2 –62.9
4 Dec 2018 Steady 2nd 702.6 –80.4
26 Feb 2019 Steady 2nd 703.4 –90.3
19 Sep 2019 Steady 2nd 731.5 –54.9
3 Mar 2020 Steady 2nd 722.9 –58.7

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ FIBA.com – FIBA World Ranking for men
  3. ^ "La selección española de baloncesto cumple 75 años" (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Spain crowned champions at EuroBasket 2015". Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Spain at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2931/_/1936_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/schedule.html
  7. ^ http://www.feb.es/Inicio.aspx?tabid=51&file=selecciones/se00-00003.html
  8. ^ "Spain during the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers in Feb. 2020". Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. ^ Spanish national team website
  10. ^ Histórico Pau Gasol: máximo anotador de la selección, marca.com, 19 août 2016
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