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Basque Country autonomous basketball team

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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 Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980)
Biggest win
Córdoba 65–96 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Córdoba, Argentina; 4 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Argentina Argentina 92–28 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Resistencia, Argentina; 31 July 2011)

History

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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

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

Basque Country Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C Jon Ander Aramburu 23 – (1992-09-03)3 September 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fundación Lucentum  
SG Darío Brizuela 21 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Estudiantes  
C Jorge Bilbao – 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Texas–Arlington  
PF Sergio de la Fuente 26 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ciudad de Valladolid  
SF Lander Lasa 28 – (1988-01-16)16 January 1988 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) TAKE Tolosa  
PG Gaizka Maiza 20 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Iraurgi  
SF Mikel Motos 23 – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Gipuzkoa Basket  
C Julen Olaizola 23 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Gipuzkoa Basket  
C Urko Otegi 34 – (1981-08-11)11 August 1981 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Gipuzkoa Basket  
PG Javier Salgado 35 – (1980-08-06)6 August 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Estudiantes  
SG Ander Zubizarreta – 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

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23 April 1980 Catalonia   102–84   Basque Country Valls
24 April 1980 Catalonia   99–92   Basque Country Vic
26 April 1980 Basque Country   96–101   Catalonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
27 April 1980 Basque Country   129–124   Catalonia Bilbao
29 May 1989 Basque Country   96–112   San Marino Bilbao
31 May 1989 Basque Country   86–116   Soviet Union Bilbao
29 June 2001 Basque Country   79–82   Egypt Bilbao
28 June 2002 Basque Country   93–97   Croatia Bilbao
27 June 2002 Basque Country   88–77   Uruguay Vitoria-Gasteiz
28 June 2005 Basque Country   72–74   Cuba Bilbao
22 June 2006 Basque Country   82–73   Japan Bilbao
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–9, 23–20, 26–30
Pts: Salgado, T. Urtasun 15 Report Pts: Amino 13 Referees: García, Sánchez
6 June 2008 Catalonia   79–81   Basque Country Girona
Pts: Ribas 14 Report Pts: Cortaberría 14 Arena: Fontajau
Referees: García, Sánchez
7 June 2008 Basque Country   80–72   Galicia Girona
Pts: L. Fernández 18 Report Pts: Salgado 19 Arena: Fontajau
27 June 2009 Basque Country   84–80   Galicia Bilbao
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 22–22, 20–12, 17–25
Pts: Otegi 20
Rebs: Otegi 11
Asts: Alonso 4
PIR: Otegi 29 		Report
Stats[permanent dead link] 		Pts: Castro 15
Rebs: Antelo 8
Asts: Seijo 2
PIR: Castro 15 		Arena: La Casilla
Referees: García, Alonso, López
28 June 2009 Basque Country   75–68   Canada Bilbao
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 13–23, 22–12, 22–14
Pts: Otegi 23 Report Pts: Kabongo 12 Arena: La Casilla
Referees: Uruñuela, García, Manuel
2 July 2010 Basque Country   72–76   Catalonia Lugo
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–16, 13–24, 19–17
Pts: Iglesias 19
Rebs: Lasa 8
Asts: M. Uriz, R. Uriz 3
PIR: Lasa 17 		Stats[permanent dead link] Pts: Blanch, G. Rubio 15
Rebs: Fornas 7
Asts: Rabaseda 2
PIR: G. Rubio 18 		Arena: Pazo dos Deportes
3 July 2010 Galicia   71–79   Basque Country Lugo
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 21–26, 16–14, 17–27
Pts: L. Fernández, L. López 11
Rebs: Cabanas 11
Asts: L. López 5
PIR: Pereiro 17 		Stats[permanent dead link] Pts: Casado, Lasa 15
Rebs: Iglesias, M. Uriz 6
Asts: R. Uriz 3
PIR: R. Uriz 16 		Arena: Pazo dos Deportes
31 July 2011 Argentina   'B' 75–59   Basque Country Resistencia (Argentina)
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 25–21, 18–6, 10–19
Pts: Alloatti 13 Pts: Otegi 20 Arena: Estadio de Sarmiento
4 August 2011 Córdoba   65–96   Basque Country Córdoba (Argentina)
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 25–21, 12–27, 14–26
Pts: M. García 18 Report Pts: Otegi 20 Arena: Sociedad Unión Eléctrica
Referees: Tarifeño, Zanabone, Aramayo
7 August 2011 Argentina   92–28   Basque Country Salta (Argentina)
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 21–8, 23–6, 29–5
Pts: Nocioni 24 Report Pts: Salgado 11
6 July 2012 Basque Country   86–74   Senegal Azpeitia
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 11–17, 21–20, 27–17
Pts: Calbarro 17
Rebs: Aranburu 7
Asts: Salgado 7
PIR: Calbarro 20 		Report
Stats 		Pts: Ndoye 16
Rebs: Seck 10
Asts: Ndoye 2
PIR: Seck 19 		Arena: Polideportivo Azpeitia
7 July 2012 Basque Country   66–82   Senegal Gernika
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–19, 10–19, 16–20
Pts: Salgado 15 Report Pts: Faye 12 Arena: Polideportivo Maloste
5 July 2013 Tunisia   79–64   Basque Country Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 17–10, 18–15, 26–19
Report Pts: Arruti, 18
7 July 2013 Tunisia   77–60   Basque Country Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 23–10, 19–26, 13–20
Pts: Ben Romdhane 15 Report Pts: Lasa, Aranburu 9
19 August 2014 Basque Country   75–66   Philippines San Sebastián
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 20-12, 14-15, 18-27
Pts: Cortaberría 14
Rebs: M. Uriz 7
Asts: Cortaberría 4 		Report
Stats 		Pts: Blatche 19
Rebs: Pingris 9
Asts: Alapag 2 		Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca
Referees: Antonio Sacristán, Rubén Sánchez, Paul Urbano
20 August 2014 Basque Country   77–80   Angola San Sebastián
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 26-16, 10-27, 29-16
Pts: Cortaberría 19
Rebs: Otegi 14
Asts: Lasa 3 		Report
Stats 		Pts: Mingas, Joaquim 12
Rebs: Moreira 9
Asts: Costa 3 		Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca
Referees: Carlos Julio, Sergio Manuel, Gorka García
27 July 2016 Basque Country   58–59   Venezuela Getxo
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 20–15, 19–8, 11–19
Pts: Salgado 12 Report Pts: Cox 12 Arena: Polideportivo Fadura
Referees: Manuel, Sacristán

Women's team

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Games played

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27 April 1980 Basque Country   82–85   Mexico San Sebastián
9 June 1983 Basque Country   66–99   Bosnia and Herzegovina Lasarte-Oria
6 December 2000 Basque Country   104–63   Australia San Sebastián
30 December 2001 Basque Country   91–62   Ireland Vitoria-Gasteiz
27 December 2002 Basque Country   75–40   Algeria Durango
8 June 2003 Basque Country   44–69   Cuba Irun
9 June 2003 Basque Country   43–82   Cuba Gernika
28 June 2005 Basque Country   49–72   Cuba Bilbao
22 June 2006 Basque Country   48–43   Japan Bilbao
20 June 2007 Castile and León   53–66   Basque Country Palencia
16 May 2008 Galicia   94–62   Basque Country Santiago de Compostela
17 May 2008 Basque Country   66–45   Portugal Santiago de Compostela
22 May 2009 Catalonia   56–61   Basque Country La Seu d'Urgell
23 May 2009 Basque Country   65–87   Cuba La Seu d'Urgell
22 May 2010 Basque Country   44–62   Galicia Durango
23 May 2010 Basque Country   82–75   Lithuania Durango
13 May 2011 Basque Country   58–52   Galicia Getxo
15 May 2011 Basque Country   48–55   Catalonia Getxo
18 May 2012 Galicia   51–62   Basque Country Noia
19 May 2012 Basque Country   54–74   Catalonia Noia
10 August 2013 Senegal   61–42   Basque Country Dakar
Pts: Nar 11 Report Pts: Asurmendi 10
12 August 2013 Senegal   71–35   Basque Country Dakar
Pts: Sène 10 Report Pts: García, Moreno 8
13 August 2013 Senegal   71–40   Basque Country Dakar
Pts: Traoré 23 Report Pts: Díaz 9
12 June 2015 Basque Country   71–44   Venezuela Vitoria-Gasteiz
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–16, 17–5, 25–10
Pts: Pardo 14
Rebs: Lázaro, Pardo 9
PIR: Pardo 24 		Boxscore Pts: Silva 12
Rebs: three players 4
PIR: Silva 16 		Referees: Uruñuela, García
13 June 2015 Basque Country   84–49   Venezuela Tolosa
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 19–9, 22–8, 22–14
Pts: Olabarria 15
Rebs: Pardo 6
PIR: Asurmendi 20 		Boxscore Pts: Silva 31
Rebs: Corrales, Silva 6
PIR: Silva 32 		Referees: Uruñuela, García
3 June 2016 Basque Country   53–58   Venezuela Zornotza
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 16–15, 14–14, 14–9
Pts: Díez 12
Rebs: Díez 5
PIR: Díez 10 		Boxscore Pts: Silva 16
Rebs: Pérez 9
PIR: Silva 22 		Referees: Urbano, Gómez
4 June 2016 Basque Country   53–59   Argentina Zornotza
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 19–12, 5–20, 8–19
Pts: Asurmendi 12
Rebs: Díez 7
PIR: Asurmendi 14 		Boxscore Pts: Boquete 10
Rebs: Boquete 6
PIR: Gretter, Santana 13 		Referees: Pérez Bermejo, París Sarasúa
8 July 2017 Basque Country   51–69   Russia Under-19 Barakaldo
Boxscore
9 July 2017 Basque Country   71–66   Spain Under-19 Barakaldo
Boxscore

Notable players

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See also

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References

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  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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