Catalonia national basketball team

Catalonia
National federation	Federació Catalana de Basquetbol
Coach	Salva Maldonado
Uniforms
Light Dark
First international
Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country (Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980)
Biggest win
Catalonia 101–70 Cuba (Badalona, Spain; 30 June 2005)
Biggest defeat
Catalonia 82–118 Croatia (Badalona, Spain; 24 May 1992)

The Catalonia autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of Catalonia. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games. Last appear was in summer 2010, in the Torneo de las Naciones. Catalonia won this tournament.

History

Catalonia started to play in 1927 a friendly game against Hindú Club of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Catalonia lost by 50–16.

From 1929 to 1936, the team played several friendly games with another European regions.

In April 1980, Catalonia plays several games against Basque Country, and other games against important teams like the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia.

In 1992, Catalonia played a game against Croatia; Croatia won by 118-82 led with 30 points of Toni Kukoč and 21 point of Dražen Petrović. The game was played as the opening of new Olympic arena, ^[1] before the special qualifying tournament that was held for European teams to allocate four extra berths.

Several years later, on 2002 Catalonia plays against Croatia in Palau Sant Jordi, with a record attendance of 16,471 spectators. With players like Juan Carlos Navarro or Pau Gasol, Catalonia wins by 82–75.

On 2005, Catalonia played against Cuba at Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona winning by a huge margin: 101–70.

Last Catalonia appearances were in the Torneo de las Naciones, a tournament co-organized with Galicia and Basque Country. It was played from 2008 to 2010 and Catalans won the last edition.

Several players couldn't play with Catalonia this tournament due to their call ups with the Spain national basketball team.

Games played

Date	Venue	Home Team	Visitor	Score
Apr 1980	Valls	Catalonia	Basque Country	102–84
Apr 1980	Vic	Catalonia	Basque Country	99–92
Apr 1980	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Basque Country	Catalonia	96–101
Apr 1980	Bilbao	Basque Country	Catalonia	129–124
Apr 28 1980	Badalona	Catalonia	Soviet Union	97–109
Jun 1982	Barcelona	Catalonia	Brazil	81–76
Jun 1982	Barcelona	Catalonia	France	111–98
Jun 1982	Barcelona	Catalonia	Czechoslovakia	110–94
Dec 26 1987	Barcelona	Catalonia	Yugoslavia	95–120
May 24 1992	Badalona	Catalonia	Croatia	82–118
Jun 27 2002	Barcelona	Catalonia	Croatia	82–75
Jun 30 2005	Badalona	Catalonia	Cuba	101–70
Jun 6 2008	Girona	Catalonia	Basque Country	79–81
Jun 7 2008	Girona	Catalonia	Portugal	93–63
Jun 26 2009	Bilbao	Catalonia	Canada	68–69
Jun 26 2009	Bilbao	Catalonia	Galicia	93–72
Jul 2 2010	Lugo	Catalonia	Basque Country	76–72
Jul 3 2010	Lugo	Catalonia	Lithuania 'B'	78–67

Roster

This was the roster of the Catalonian team for the 2010 Torneo de las Naciones.

Catalonia Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 5 Rodríguez, Dani – CB Tarragona SF 7 Blanch, Marc 28 – 12 January 1982 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bàsquet Mallorca PG 8 Colom, Quino 21 – 1 November 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada PF 9 Fornas, Roger 27 – 24 October 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Andorra SF 10 Rabaseda, Xavier 21 – 24 February 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) CB Cornellà PF 11 Matalí, Andreu – BC Andorra PF 12 Ortega, Josep – CB Sant Josep SF 15 San Epifanio, Edgar 22 – 5 October 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Cornellà C 16 Rubio, Guille 27 – 14 October 1982 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Málaga SG 23 Navarro, David 30 – 25 May 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CB Sant Josep	Head coach Salva Maldonado Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes pro club during the 2010–11 season

Famous players

• Pau Gasol
• Marc Gasol
• Juan Carlos Navarro
• Rudy Fernández
• Raül López
• Ricky Rubio

See also

• Torneo de las Naciones

References

1. (Croatian) Crošarka Prije 20 godina: Sve utakmice Hrvatske do Olimpijskih igara u Barceloni, Autor: Sanjin Vučković/ Foto: Olimpijci.hr , Aug 08, 2012

External links

• Catalan Basketball Federation website