Catalonia national basketball team

Catalonia
National federation	Federació Catalana de Basquetbol
Coach	Salva Maldonado
Home	Away
First international
	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. Their last game was played in 2023 against Argentina.

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

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, in 2002 Catalonia played for a second time 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.

In 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.

In 2018, the women's team returned to activity with an 83–57 win against Montenegro at Pavelló Fontajau in Girona.

After 13 years, the Catalonia men's team played a friendly game against Argentina on 25 July 2023 in Manresa, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Catalan Basketball Federation.^[2]

Games played

Date	Venue	Home Team	Visitor	Score
25 Mar 1927	Catalonia	Catalonia	Hindú Club	16–50
8 Dec 1929	Barcelona	Catalonia	Ambrosiana Milano	29–42
13 Jul 1930	Barcelona	Catalonia	Foyer alsacien Mulhouse	29–26
17 Jul 1932	Barcelona	Catalonia	CA Colonne	31–22
1933	Barcelona	Catalonia	Castile	29–33
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
25 July 2023	Manresa	Catalonia	Argentina	88-94

Roster

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	5	Dani Rodríguez	26 – (1984-02-13)13 February 1984	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	CB Tarragona
SF	7	Marc Blanch	28 – (1982-01-12)12 January 1982	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Bàsquet Mallorca
PG	8	Quino Colom	21 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
PF	9	Roger Fornas	27 – (1982-10-24)24 October 1982	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Andorra
SF	10	Xavier Rabaseda	21 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	CB Cornellà
PF	11	Andreu Matalí	29 – (1981-02-26)26 February 1981	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Andorra
PF	12	Josep Ortega	26 – (1984-04-06)6 April 1984	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	CB Sant Josep
SF	15	Edgar San Epifanio	22 – (1987-10-05)5 October 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	CB Cornellà
C	16	Guille Rubio	27 – (1982-10-14)14 October 1982	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB Málaga
SG	23	David Navarro	27 – (1983-05-17)17 May 1983	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

Notable players

References

^ "Prije 20 godina: Sve utakmice Hrvatske do Olimpijskih igara u Barceloni" (in Croatian). Crošarka. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ Infobae, Por Newsroom (2023-06-15). "Cataluña se medirá a Argentina por su centenario". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-17.

External links

Catalan Basketball Federation website

[1] "Prije 20 godina: Sve utakmice Hrvatske do Olimpijskih igara u Barceloni" (in Croatian). Crošarka. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

[:0-2] Infobae, Por Newsroom (2023-06-15). "Cataluña se medirá a Argentina por su centenario". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-17.

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