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Torneo de las Naciones

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The Torneo de las Naciones (Nations Tournament) is a friendly basketball tournament held in Spain co-organized by the basketball federations of Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. This three regional teams participate each year in a Final Four format with an invited national team.

The players in the tournament are not identified with the Spain men's national basketball team, and the invited teams usually do not participate with their best players.

Champions

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Ed. Year Host Winner Runner-up Score MVP Third place Fourth place
I
2008
Catalonia Girona  Basque Country  Galicia
80–72
Basque Country (autonomous community) Javi Salgado  Catalonia  Portugal
II
2009
Basque Country (autonomous community) Bilbao  Basque Country  Canada
75–68
Basque Country (autonomous community) Urko Otegi  Catalonia  Galicia
III
2010
Galicia (Spain) Lugo  Catalonia  Lithuania[1]
78–67
Catalonia Guillem Rubio  Basque Country  Galicia
Team W RU Winning years
 Basque Country
2
0
2008, 2009
 Catalonia
1
0
2010
Invited team
0
2
 Galicia
0
1

Results

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I Copa de las Naciones 2008

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June
 
 
 Galicia 70
 
7 June
 
Portugal Portugal 62
 
 Galicia 72
 
6 June
 
 Basque Country 80
 
 Catalonia 79
 
 
 Basque Country 81
 
Third place
 
 
7 June
 
 
Portugal Portugal 63
 
 
 Catalonia 93

II Copa de las Naciones 2009

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 Catalonia 68
 
27 June
 
Canada Canada 69
 
Canada Canada 68
 
26 June
 
 Basque Country 75
 
 Basque Country 84
 
 
 Galicia 80
 
Third place
 
 
27 June
 
 
 Catalonia 93
 
 
Galicia (Spain) Galicia 72

III Copa de las Naciones 2010

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
 Basque Country 72
 
3 July
 
Catalonia Catalonia 76
 
 Catalonia 78
 
2 July
 
Lithuania Lithuania 67
 
 Galicia 71
 
 
Lithuania Lithuania 76
 
Third place
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Galicia 71
 
 
 Basque Country 79

Notes

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  1. ^ Lithuania played with a team composed basically by LKKA-Atletas players