Basketball Sport in Spain




spain national team in 2006 world championships


the spanish acb 1 of major european basketball leagues. spanish teams such real madrid baloncesto, fc barcelona bàsquet , joventut badalona have won international championships such euroleague or eurocup.


a number of spanish players such pau gasol , younger brother marc gasol, josé calderón, ricky rubio, , naturalized spaniard serge ibaka playing in nba. other spanish players have played in league include rudy fernández , sergio rodríguez.


the spanish men s national basketball team has achieved high ranked position in international tournament winning first ever gold medal @ 2006 fiba world championship, , have won 6 silver medals , 3 gold medals @ eurobasket. recently, won gold medal @ eurobasket 2011, silver @ 2012 summer olympics, gold @ eurobasket 2015, , bronze @ 2016 summer olympics. women s national team silver medalists @ 2014 fiba world championship women (since renamed fiba women s basketball world cup) , 2016 olympics. have won 9 medals (three gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze) @ eurobasket women, gold in 2017. country host next edition of fiba women s world cup in 2018.







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