Basque Country autonomous basketball team

The Basque Country autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of the Basque Country. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

Basque Country
National federationBasque Basketball Federation
CoachPablo Laso
First international
Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country
(Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980)
Biggest win
Córdoba 65–96 Basque Country
(Córdoba, Argentina; 4 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 92–28 Basque Country
(Resistencia, Argentina; 31 July 2011)

History

Basque Country played the Torneo de las Naciones, a tournament co-organized with Galicia and Catalonia. It was played from 2008 to 2010 and basques won the 2008 and 2009 editions.

In summer 2011, Basque Country, coached by Pablo Laso, played three games at Argentina. One against the 'B' team of, other with a team of players of Córdoba and a third game with the Argentina national basketball team. In this last game, where Argentina played with the team of the FIBA Americas Championship won Basque Country by a huge 92–28.[1]

In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against Senegal. Basque Country won the first game by 86–74[2] and lost the second one by 66–82.[3]

Roster

This is the roster of the Basque Country team for the 2016 games against Venezuela.[4]

Basque Country Basketball Team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C Aramburu, Jon Ander 23 – (1992-09-03)3 September 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fundación Lucentum
SG Brizuela, Darío 21 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Estudiantes
C Bilbao, Jorge – 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Texas–Arlington
PF de la Fuente, Sergio 26 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ciudad de Valladolid
SF Lasa, Lander 28 – (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) TAKE Tolosa
PG Maiza, Gaizka 20 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Iraurgi
SF Motos, Mikel 23 – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Gipuzkoa Basket
C Olaizola, Julen 23 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Gipuzkoa Basket
C Otegi, Urko 34 – (1981-08-11)11 August 1981 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Gipuzkoa Basket
PG Salgado, Javier 35 – (1980-08-06)6 August 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Estudiantes
SG Zubizarreta, Ander – College of Idaho
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lorenzo Encinas
Legend
  • Club – describes last club
    before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 July 2016

Games played

Women's team

Games played

See also

References
  1. Argentina supera con claridad a Euskadi Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. August 7, 2011
  2. Euskadi se impone a Senegal en Azpeitia Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 6, 2012
  3. Euskadi cede ante Senegal en el segundo de sus duelos Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 8, 2012
  4. "Euskadi se medirá a Venezuela el domingo en Getxo" (in Spanish). Basque Basketball Federation. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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