Andorra national basketball team

Andorra
FIBA ranking	94 6 (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA	1988
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol
Coach	David Eudal
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	13
Medals	(5) 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014; (2) 2010, 2016; (1) 2006
Games of the Small States of Europe
Appearances	14
Medals	(1) 1989; (1) 2015
Uniforms
Light	Dark
First international
	Andorra – Luxembourg ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 23 May 1985)
Biggest win
	Moldova 43–97 Andorra ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 30 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Cyprus 97–56 Andorra ; (Monaco; 6 June 2007); Andorra 49–90 Montenegro ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 31 May 2017)

The Andorra national basketball team is the national team of Andorra. The national team has always represented in the EuroBasket Division C. It also takes part well in Games of the Small States of Europe.

History

Despite not joining FIBA until 1988, Andorra made its debut in the 1985 Games of the Small States of Europe where, after winning their first game ever against Luxembourg, finished in the last position after losing to Cyprus and Malta.

Andorra would come back to competition in 1989, where it achieved its first great success by winning the tournament at the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe, played in Cyprus after beating the home team in the final by 54–52.^[1] In 1991, the team could not repeat success and ended in the fourth position of the 1991 edition, that Andorra hosted.

In 1994, Andorra would make its debut at the FIBA Promotion Cup. In its first participation, the team ended in the seventh position after losing all its five games.

Four years later, the team conquered its first Promotion Cup title by ending unbeaten in the 1998 edition. Andorra would repeat success in 2000 European Promotion Cup for Men for starting to be one of the top teams in the Promotion Cup, later renamed as European Championship for Small Countries.

In 2009, Andorra achieved the bronze medal at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe by taking advantage to Iceland in a three-way tie.

During the 2010s, Andorra always qualified for the final of the Championship for Small Countries, being only beaten by more powerful teams like Denmark or Armenia.

Competitive record

At the Championship for Small Countries

Championship for Small Countries
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1988	Did not enter
1990
1992
1994	8th	5	0	5
1996	6th	5	1	4
1998		4	4	0
2000		5	5	0
2002	4th	5	2	3
2004		4	4	0
2006		5	3	2
2008	4th	5	2	3
2010		5	4	1
2012		4	4	0
2014		4	4	0
2016		5	4	1
2018	5th	4	2	2
Total		60	39	21

At the Games of the Small States

Games of the Small States of Europe
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1985	4th	3	1	2
1987	Did not enter
1989		3	3	0
1991	4th	5	2	3
1993	4th	5	2	3
1995	6th	3	0	3
1997	6th	3	0	3
2001	7th	3	0	3
2003	5th	4	2	2
2005	5th	4	0	4
2007	4th	5	1	4
2009		5	3	2
2013	4th	4	1	3
2015	4th	3	0	3
2017	5th	5	2	3
Total		55	17	38

Roster

This was the Andorran list for the 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.

Andorra men's national basketball team - 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Serrato, Jordi	7003775700000000000♠21 – (1997-04-05)5 April 1997	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Sedis Hidrology–Piros Seguretat
PF	5	Isern, Xavier	7004116860000000000♠31 – (1986-07-03)3 July 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	MoraBanc Andorra B
PF	6	Pons, Albert	7003632500000000000♠17 – (2001-03-07)7 March 2001	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	MoraBanc Andorra B
SF	7	Peña, Eric	7003724900000000000♠19 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Outletmoto.com Grup Barna
SG	8	Colom, Guillem	7003978500000000000♠26 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	MoraBanc Andorra
PG	11	Lliteras, Roger	7003818300000000000♠22 – (1996-02-04)4 February 1996	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Cornellà
SF	12	Schneider, Hugo	7003739300000000000♠20 – (1998-04-04)4 April 1998	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	MoraBanc Andorra B
PF	13	Bartolomé, Alexis	7003722100000000000♠19 – (1998-09-23)23 September 1998	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Gallofa
C	15	Gabriel, Cinto	7004113350000000000♠31 – (1987-06-19)19 June 1987	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	MoraBanc Andorra B
C	16	Guzmán, Aarón	7003729700000000000♠19 – (1998-07-09)9 July 1998	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Minibasket Milazzo
PG	19	Martí, Dot	7003752000000000000♠20 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	MoraBanc Andorra B
PF	21	Bartolomé, Bruno	7003679800000000000♠18 – (1999-11-20)20 November 1999	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Gallofa

Head coach

David Eudal

Legend

Age – describes age
on 1 July 2018

Head to head against other national basketball teams

Included all FIBA competitions and all GSSE editions.
Updated as of 1 July 2018.

Team	GP	W	L	Pct.
Albania	2	0	2	.000
Armenia	2	1	1	.500
Austria	1	0	1	.000
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	1.000
Cyprus	10	1	9	.100
Denmark	1	0	1	.000
Gibraltar	11	9	2	.818
Ireland	1	0	1	.000
Iceland^[2]	13	2	11	.154
Luxembourg	11	4	7	.364
Malta	16	11	5	.688
Moldova	9	7	2	.778
Monaco	3	2	1	.667
Montenegro	2	0	2	.000
San Marino	17	11	6	.647
Scotland	7	2	5	.286
Wales	8	5	3	.625
Total	115	56	59	.487

Individual records

Bold denotes players who played the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe.
FIBA Championships included since 1998, GSSE included since 2009 and the 2003 edition.

As of 1 July 2018

Most capped players

#	Player	National career	Matches	Points
1	Felip de Oliveira	2000–2017	59	311
2	Daniel Marín	1998–2015	53	872
3	Xavier Galera	2000–2015	50	520
4	Cinto Gabriel	2008–0000	43	385
5	Oriol Fernández	2008–2017	40	268
6	Albert Farfan	2010–2017	30	223
7	Guillem Colom	2010–0000	29	338
8	Sergio Salesa	1998–2006	27	261
9	Héctor Grau	1998–2006	24	95
10	Rafael Casals	2009–2015	23	270

Top scorers

#	Player	National career	Points	Matches	Average
1	Daniel Marín	1998–2015	872	53	16.5
2	Xavier Galera	2000–2015	520	50	10.4
3	Cinto Gabriel	2008–0000	385	43	9.0
4	Guillem Colom	2010–0000	338	29	11.7
5	Felip de Oliveira	2000–2017	311	59	5.3
6	Antonio Jiménez	1998–2002	301	11	27.4
7	Rafael Casals	2009–2015	270	23	11.7
8	Oriol Fernández	2008–2017	268	40	6.7
9	Sergio Salesa	1998–2006	261	27	9.7
10	Albert Farfan	2010–2017	223	30	7.4

Notable players

Quino Colom (youth teams)
Pere Pràxedes
Guillem Colom
David Navarro

Progression in the FIBA World Ranking

Date	Change	Pos.	Points
11 Oct 2017		88th	27.6
28 Nov 2017	3	91st	27.6
28 Feb 2018	15	106th	22.9
3 Jul 2018	6	100th	33.8
18 Sep 2018	6	94th	60.4

Youth teams

Under-18 team at the European Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1997		5	3	2
1999	4th	5	2	3
2001	5th	4	1	3
2003		4	2	2
2005		5	5	0
2007	4th	4	3	1
2009		4	2	2
2011	4th	4	1	3
2013		5	3	2
2014		4	3	1
2015		5	4	1
2016		5	4	1

Under-16 team at the European Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2000		4	3	1
2002	4th	5	2	3
2004		4	4	0
2006	6th	5	1	4
2008	7th	5	2	3
2010		5	3	2
2011		4	4	0
2012	5th	4	2	2
2013		4	2	2
2014		4	2	2
2015	6th	5	2	3
2016	6th	6	3	3
2017	4th	6	3	3
2018		6	5	1

References

↑ Cyprus results of the 1989 GSSE at the Cyprus Basketball Federation
↑ "Iceland national basketball team results". Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

External links

Andorran Basketball Federation

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[1] Cyprus results of the 1989 GSSE at the Cyprus Basketball Federation

[2] "Iceland national basketball team results". Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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