Torneo de las Naciones

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 who play the tournament are not called with the Spanish national team, and the invited teams usually don't participate with their best players.

Champions

Ed.YearHostWinnerRunner-UpScoreMVPThird placeFourth 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
TeamWRUWinning years
 Basque Country
2
0
2008, 2009
 Catalonia
1
0
2010
Invited team
0
2
 Galicia
0
1

Results

I Copa de las Naciones 2008

 
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

 
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

 
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

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