Spain men's national basketball team

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Spain
FIBA ranking2 Steady (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFEB
CoachSergio Scariolo
Nickname(s)La Roja (The Red One)
La ÑBA[2]
La Familia (The Family)[3][2]
Olympic Games
Appearances13
MedalsSilver Silver: (1984, 2008, 2012)
Bronze Bronze: (2016)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances13
MedalsGold Gold: (2006, 2019)
EuroBasket
Appearances32
MedalsGold Gold: (2009, 2011, 2015, 2022)
Silver Silver: (1935, 1973, 1983, 1999, 2003, 2007)
Bronze Bronze: (1991, 2001, 2013, 2017)
First international
 Spain 33–12 Portugal 
(Madrid, Spain; 15 April 1935)
Biggest win
 Spain 118–32 Libya 
(Madrid, Spain; 9 May 1963)
Biggest defeat
 Soviet Union 118–58 Spain 
(Essen, West Germany; 12 September 1971)

The Spain men's national basketball team (Spanish: Selección Española de Baloncesto) represents Spain in international basketball competitions. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain. Spain is the current European champion.

Spain has appeared 32 times at the

FIBA World Cup 13 times, winning it twice, in 2006 and 2019
.

Spain is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking.[4]

History

Olympic Games

When Spain qualified for the

1935 EuroBasket. Unfortunately, as one of the favorites to win medals, Spain could not attend the Games due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
just days before the start of the event.

Spain's first Olympic success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The team made it all the way to the gold medal game, before losing to the United States (led by Patrick Ewing and featuring a young Michael Jordan).

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Spain reached the gold medal game for the second time. However, in a rematch of the 1984 Olympic final, Spain fell to the United States once more. This time led by Kobe Bryant and nicknamed the "Redeem Team". The Americans won after a remarkably close game 118–107. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the United States faced Spain in the Olympic final for the third time. The USA would go on to win gold again, by the score of 107–100, with Spain coming away with its third Olympic (and second straight) silver medal. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Spain reached the bronze medal match against Australia, where they escaped with an narrow 89–88 victory.[5]

FIBA World Cup

During the early years of the FIBA World Cup, Spain struggled to establish a steady presence as a competitor. Between 1950 and 1970, the national team only qualified once. Then, beginning in 1974, Spain developed into a serious competitor and regularly finished among the World Cup top performers in the competitions to follow.

At the

Prince of Asturias Award
in Sports.

At the

final by the score of 95–75.[7] The spectacular play of Ricky Rubio during the tournament earned him the MVP, while Marc Gasol was named to the All-Tournament team. After this victory, Marc Gasol became the second player in tournament history to win the NBA title and the World Cup in the same year; with the other being Lamar Odom.[8][9]

EuroBasket

The first game in the history of the selection was a qualifier for the EuroBasket 1935, where Spain defeated Portugal 33–12.[10] This event, which was held in Geneva in the summer of 1935, was the first EuroBasket game in history. Spain went on to finish as runners-up in the tournament behind Latvia.

After coming in second in 1935,

title game, and demolished Lithuania in the process 80–63.[11] Two years after winning it all in 2015, Spain followed it up with another strong performance at EuroBasket 2017, defeating Russia to win the bronze medal match.[12][13] It marked the fourth time Spain won bronze at the EuroBasket, as they also won it in 1991, 2001, and 2013
.

Spain captured their fourth European title at the

final once again, a rematch of the 2011 title game.[14][15] Additionally, center Willy Hernangómez was selected as tournament MVP.[16]

Other events

Besides success at the "Big Three" events (Summer Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup, and EuroBasket) Spain has also had success at the Mediterranean Games, where it has won several medals: three gold, four silver and one bronze.

Medal record

The Spain national team's medal record through the years:

Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket
Mediterranean Games

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023

4 August 2023
Friendly
Spain  87–57  Venezuela Madrid, Spain
21:45 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–6, 15–9, 26–22
6 Boxscore Pts: Carrera, Sojo 11
Rebs: Sojo 4
Asts: Guillent 6
Arena: WiZink Center
11 August 2023
Friendly
Spain  99–79  Slovenia Málaga, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 25–14, 22–22, 26–16
7 Boxscore Pts: Dončić 17
Rebs: Tobey 8
Asts: Dončić 5
Arena: José María Martín Carpena Arena
13 August 2023
Friendly
Spain  88–98  United States Málaga, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 17–29, 27–18, 16–25
6 Boxscore Pts: Brunson 23
Rebs: Edwards 7
Asts: Haliburton 12
Arena: José María Martín Carpena Arena
17 August 2023
Friendly
Spain  80–850(OT)  Canada Granada, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 23–13, 12–15, 17–18Overtime: 7–12
4 Boxscore Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 22
Rebs: Powell 12
Asts: Olynyk 6
Arena: Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
19 August 2023
Friendly
Spain  86–77  Dominican Republic Granada, Spain
22:15 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 22–15, 28–24, 18–17
7 Boxscore Pts: Towns 20
Rebs: Delgado 7
Asts: Feliz, Montero 5
Arena: Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada
26 August 2023 Spain  94–64  Ivory Coast Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 (UTC+7) Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 29–17, 20–13, 21–17
8 Boxscore Pts: Koné 11
Rebs: V. Fofana 5
Asts: Koné 3
Arena: Indonesia Arena
Attendance: 8,144
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
28 August 2023 Brazil  78–96  Spain Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 (UTC+7) Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–29, 17–14, 19–32
Georginho
7
Boxscore Pts: Aldama 15
Rebs: Núñez 7
Asts: Núñez 5
Arena: Indonesia Arena
Attendance: 7,354
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Johnny Batista (PUR)
30 August 2023 Iran  65–85  Spain Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 (UTC+7) Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 17–27, 18–21, 13–21
7 Boxscore Pts: J. Hernangómez 21
Rebs: W. Hernangómez 9
Asts: Núñez 6
Arena: Indonesia Arena
Attendance: 7,320
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR)
1 September 2023 Spain  69–74  Latvia Jakarta, Indonesia
16:45 (UTC+7) Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 16–12, 26–18, 11–27
7 Boxscore Pts: Dāv. Bertāns 16
Rebs: R. Kurucs 8
Asts: Žagars 5
Arena: Indonesia Arena
Attendance: 7,117
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Juan Fernández (ARG)
3 September 2023 Spain  85–88  Canada Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 (UTC+7) Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 27–17, 25–23, 12–27
7 Boxscore Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 30
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 7
Arena: Indonesia Arena
Attendance: 12,493
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Jenna Reneau (USA)

2024

22 February 2024 Spain  75–79  Latvia Zaragoza, Spain
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–17, 20–17, 18–22
5 Boxscore Pts:
Cavars 7
Asts: Lomažs
7
Arena: Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Attendance: 10,533
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Beniamino Attard (ITA)
25 February 2024 Belgium  58–53  Spain Charleroi, Belgium
17:30 CET (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 8–12, 21–13, 18–14
4 Boxscore Pts: Brizuela 14
Rebs: López-Arostegui 7
Asts: Brizuela, Rubio 3
Arena: Dôme
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Carsten Straube (GER)
22 November 2024 Slovakia  vs.  Spain Slovakia
Boxscore
25 November 2024 Spain  vs.  Slovakia Spain
Boxscore

2025

20 February 2025 Latvia  vs.  Spain Latvia
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Spain  vs.  Belgium Spain
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Latvia and Belgium.[19][20]

Spain men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Alberto Díaz 29 – (1994-04-23)23 April 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Unicaja Spain
SF 6 Xabier López-Arostegui 26 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Valencia Spain
SG 7 Jaime Fernández 30 – (1993-06-04)4 June 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Tenerife
Spain
SG 8 Darío Brizuela 29 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Barcelona Spain
PG 9 Ricky Rubio 33 – (1990-10-21)21 October 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Barcelona Spain
F
10 Víctor Claver 35 – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Valencia Spain
F/C 11 Sebas Saiz 29 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Alvark Tokyo Japan
PG 12 Carlos Alocén 23 – (2000-12-30)30 December 2000 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid Spain
PF
15 Jaime Pradilla 23 – (2001-01-03)3 January 2001 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Valencia Spain
C 17 Yankuba Sima 27 – (1996-07-28)28 July 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Unicaja Spain
G/F 20 Alberto Abalde 28 – (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Real Madrid Spain
PF
41 Juancho Hernangómez 28 – (1995-09-28)28 September 1995 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Panathinaikos Greece
F
44 Joel Parra 23 – (2000-04-04)4 April 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Barcelona Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 February 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 Inactive
C Willy Hernangómez Usman Garuba Sebas Saiz Yankuba Sima Fran Guerra
PF
Santi Aldama Juan Hernangómez Jaime Pradilla Víctor Claver Miquel Salvo
SF Álex Abrines Xabier López-Arostegui Joel Parra Alberto Abalde Jonathan Barreiro
SG Dario Brizuela Rudy Fernández Jaime Fernández Santiago Yusta Carlos Alocén
PG Ricky Rubio Lorenzo Brown Sergio Llull Juan Núñez Alberto Díaz

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 10 teams

2 Juan Carbonell, 3 Pedro Alonso, 4 Emilio Alonso, 5 Cayetano Ortega, 6 Rafael Ruano, 7 Rafael Martín (MVP), 8 Armando Maunier, 9 Fernando Muscat (Coach: Mariano Manent)


1950 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 10 teams

3 Arturo Imedio, 4 Jaime Basso, 5 Andrés Oller, 6 Álvaro Salvadores, 7 Juan Dalmau, 8 Julio Gámez, 9 Eduardo Kucharski, 10 Ángel González, 11 Ángel Lozano, 12 Domingo Bárcenas, 13 Juan Ferrando, 14 Ignacio Pinedo (Coach: Michael Paul Rutzgis)


1959 EuroBasket
: finished 15th among 17 teams

3 Alfonso Martínez, 4 José Luis Martínez Gómez, 5 Francisco Capel, 6 Jorge Parra, 7 Joaquín Hernández Gallego, 8 José Lluis, 9 José Brunet, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Juan Canals, 12 Francisco Buscató, 13 Francisco Borrell, 14 Arturo Auladell (Coach: Gabriel Alberti)


1960 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Agustín Bertomeu, 4 José Nora, 5 Alfonso Martínez, 6 Joaquín Enseñat, 7 Santiago Navarro, 8 José Lluis, 9 Jorge Guillén, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 12 Miguel Ángel González, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Juan Martos (Coach: Eduardo Kucharski González)


1961 EuroBasket
: finished 13th among 19 teams

4 Santiago Navarro, 5 Lorenzo Alocén, 6 Juan Martos, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 José Lluis, 9 José Nora, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Alfonso Martínez, 12 Carlos Sevillano, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lolo Sainz, 15 Javier Sanjuán (Coach: Fernando Font)


1963 EuroBasket
: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Moncho Monsalve, 6 Miguel Ángel González, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 José Lluis, 9 Arturo Auladell, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez (MVP), 11 Carlos Sevillano, 12 Alfonso Martínez, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lolo Sainz, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Joaquín Hernández Gallego)


1965 EuroBasket
: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Joan Fa Busquets, 6 Miguel Ángel González, 7 Lolo Sainz, 8 José Lluis, 9 Enrique Margall, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Carlos Sevillano, 12 Juan Bautista Urberuaga, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Moncho Monsalve, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz González)


1967 EuroBasket
: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Ramón Guardiola, 5 Ángel Serrano, 6 Carlos Luquero, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 9 Antonio "Toncho" Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 José Laso, 12 Alfonso Martínez, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Moncho Monsalve, 15 José Ramón Ramos (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1968 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Luis Carlos Santiago, 7 Jesús "Chus" Codina, 8 Enrique Margall, 9 Antonio "Toncho" Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Clifford Luyk, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lorenzo Alocén, 15 Alfonso Martínez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1969 EuroBasket
: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Víctor Escorial, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Jesús Codina, 8 Enrique Margall, 9 Antonio Nava, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Clifford Luyk, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Francisco Buscató, 14 Lorenzo Alocén, 15 Alfonso Martínez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1971 EuroBasket
: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Alfonso Martínez, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Rafael Rullán, 9 Luis Miguel Santillana, 10 Emiliano Rodríguez, 11 Francisco Buscató, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Wayne Brabender, 15 Cristóbal Rodríguez (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1972 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Carmelo Cabrera, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Jesús Iradier, 10 Francisco Buscató, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1973 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender (MVP), 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Carmelo Cabrera, 7 Enrique Margall, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Rafael Rullán, 10 Francisco Buscató, 11 Manuel Flores, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1974 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 14 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Vicente Ramos Cecilio, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Rafael Rullán, 10 Jesús Iradier, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 José Luis Sagi-Vela, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1975 EuroBasket
: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Miguel Ángel Lopez-Abril, 6 Cristóbal Rodríguez, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Joan Filbá, 10 Jesús Iradier, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Clifford Luyk, 14 Miguel Ángel Estrada, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1977 EuroBasket
: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Wayne Brabender, 5 Juan Domingo de la Cruz, 6 Juan Ramón Fernández, 7 Carmelo Cabrera, 8 Luis Miguel Santillana, 9 Joan Filbá, 10 Luis María Prada, 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán, 12 Rafael Rullán, 13 Josep Maria Margall, 14 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, 15 Manuel Flores (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1979 EuroBasket
: finished 6th among 12 teams

4

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
)


1980 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 12 teams

4

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
)


1981 EuroBasket
: finished 4th among 12 teams

4

)


1982 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 13 teams

4

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
)


1983 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4

)


1984 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel
)


1985 EuroBasket
: finished 4th among 12 teams

4

)


1986 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 24 teams

4

)


1987 EuroBasket
: finished 4th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Francisco Javier Zapata, 6 Cándido "Chicho" Sibilio, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Fernando Romay, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Ignacio Solozábal, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 José Ángel Arcega, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1988 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Luis Llorente, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Josep Maria Margall, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Ignacio Solozábal, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1989 EuroBasket
: finished 5th among 8 teams

4 Rafael Vecina, 5 José Ángel Arcega, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Pablo Laso, 8 Andrés Jiménez Fernández, 9 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 10 José Antonio Montero, 11 Enrique Villalobos, 12 Juan Antonio Morales, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Manuel Ángel Aller, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1990 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 16 teams

4

)


1991 EuroBasket
: finished 3rd Bronze among 8 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 Mike Hansen, 6 José Miguel Antúnez, 7 Rafael Jofresa, 8 Enrique “Quique” Andreu, 9 Manel Bosch, 10 Josep “Pep” Cargol, 11 Fernando Arcega, 12 Juan Antonio Orenga, 13 Silvano Bustos, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1992 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Jordi Villacampa, 5 José Arcega, 6 José Biriukov, 7 Rafael Jofresa, 8 Andrés Jiménez, 9 Santiago Aldama, 10 Tomás Jofresa, 11 Xavi Fernández, 12 Alberto Herreros, 13 Juan Antonio Orenga, 14 Enrique Andreu, 15 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)


1993 EuroBasket
: finished 5th among 16 teams

4

)


1994 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 16 teams

4 Andrés Jiménez, 5 Enrique Andreu, 6 Alberto Herreros, 7 José Cargol, 8 Ferran Martínez, 9 Juan Antonio Orenga, 10 José Miguel Antúnez, 11 Rafael Vecina, 12 Rafael Jofresa, 13 Pablo Laso, 14 Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio, 15 Jordi Villacampa (Coach: Lolo Sainz)


1995 EuroBasket
: finished 6th among 14 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 José Luis Galilea, 6 Mike Smith, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Pablo Laso, 10 Xavi Fernández, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Alfonso Reyes, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Antonio Martín Espina, 15 Fran Murcia (Coach: Lolo Sainz)


1997 EuroBasket
: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Alberto Angulo, 5 José Luis Galilea, 6 Tomás Jofresa, 7 Juan Antonio Orenga, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Mike Smith, 10 Roger Esteller, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Ferran Martínez, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz)


1998 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 16 teams

4

Rodrigo De la Fuente, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Roberto Dueñas (Coach: Lolo Sainz
)


1999 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4

)


2000 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

4

)


2001 EuroBasket
: finished 3rd Bronze among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Chuck Kornegay, 6 Paco Vázquez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Lucio Angulo, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 Raúl López, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Javier Imbroda)


2002 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Oriol Junyent, 6 Carles Marco, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Ignacio Rodríguez, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Lucio Angulo, 12 José Antonio Paraíso, 13 José Calderón, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Javier Imbroda)


2003 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Roger Grimau, 6 Carles Marco, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Alberto Herreros, 12 Rodrigo de la Fuente, 13 Antonio Bueno, 14 Alfonso Reyes, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Moncho López)


2004 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

4

Rodrigo De la Fuente, 15 Jorge Garbajosa
(Coach: Mario Pesquera)


2005 EuroBasket
: finished 4th among 16 teams

4 Rudy Fernández, 5 Iker Iturbe, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergi Vidal, 12 Sergio Rodríguez, 13 Iñaki de Miguel, 14 Fran Vázquez, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Mario Pesquera)


2006 FIBA World Cup: finished 1st Gold among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergio Rodríguez, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Pepu Hernández)


2007 EuroBasket
: finished 2nd Silver among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Carlos Cabezas, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Sergio Rodríguez, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Pepu Hernández)


2008 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Jiménez, 11 Raül López, 12 Berni Rodríguez, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Aíto García Reneses)


2009 EuroBasket
: finished 1st Gold among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Víctor Claver, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Carlos Cabezas, 11 Raül López, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Fernando San Emeterio, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro, 8 Raül López, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fran Vázquez, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Álex Mumbrú, 15 Jorge Garbajosa (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2011 EuroBasket
: finished 1st Gold among 16 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Ricky Rubio, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (C) & (MVP), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Víctor Sada (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2012 Olympic Games: finished 2nd Silver among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (C), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Víctor Sada (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2013 Eurobasket
: finished 3rd Bronze among 24 teams

4 Pablo Aguilar, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Xavi Rey, 8 José Calderón, 9 Ricky Rubio, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Germán Gabriel, 15 Álex Mumbrú (Coach: Juan Antonio Orenga)


2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 5th among 24 teams[21]

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (C), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Ricky Rubio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Serge Ibaka, 15 Álex Abrines (Coach: Juan Antonio Orenga)


2015 EuroBasket
: finished 1st Gold among 24 teams

4 Pau Gasol (MVP), 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Willy Hernangómez, 8 Pau Ribas, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 11 Fernando San Emeterio, 12 Sergio Llull, 13 Pablo Aguilar, 14 Nikola Mirotić, 15 Guillem Vives (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2016 Olympic Games: finished 3rd Bronze among 12 teams

4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández, 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 7 Juan Carlos Navarro (C), 8 José Calderón, 9 Felipe Reyes, 10 Víctor Claver, 14 Willy Hernangómez, 21 Álex Abrines, 23 Sergio Llull, 44 Nikola Mirotić, 79 Ricky Rubio (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2017 EuroBasket
: finished 3rd Bronze among 24 teams

4

Juan Hernangómez (Coach: Sergio Scariolo
)


2019 FIBA World Cup
: finished 1st Gold among 32 teams

1

)


2020 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams[22]

3 Xabier López-Arostegui, 4 Pau Gasol, 5 Rudy Fernández (C), 6 Sergio Rodríguez, 9 Ricky Rubio, 10 Víctor Claver, 13 Marc Gasol, 14 Willy Hernangómez, 16 Usman Garuba, 20 Alberto Abalde, 21 Álex Abrines, 23 Sergio Llull (Coach: Sergio Scariolo)


2022 EuroBasket
: finished 1st Gold among 24 teams

2

Juan Hernangómez, 44 Joel Parra (Coach: Sergio Scariolo
)


2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 32 teams[23]

5

Juan Hernangómez, 44 Joel Parra (Coach: Sergio Scariolo
)

Statistics

  • Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.
As of 3 September 2023, including all friendly matches[24]

Top highscorers

Top highscorers in official games (friendlies not included).

As of 7 July 2022
PLAYER PTS OPPONENT EVENT DATE LOCATION
Jordi Villacampa 48  Venezuela 1990 World Cup Classification Round 1990.08.15 Salta (ARG)
Jordi Bonareu 45  Italy 1955 Mediterranean Games Main Round 1955.07.22 Barcelona (ESP)
Emiliano Rodríguez 43  Netherlands 1967 EuroBasket 1st Round 1967.10.05 Helsinki (FIN)
Pau Gasol 40  France 2015 EuroBasket Semifinal 2015.09.17 Lille (FRA)
Wayne Brabender 40  France 1980 Olympics qualification 1980.05.14 Geneva (SUI)
Ricky Rubio 38  United States 2020 Olympics Quarterfinal 2021.08.03 Saitama (JPN)
Pau Gasol 37  China 2004 Olympics Classification Round 2004.08.28 Athens (GRE)
Wayne Brabender 37  Philippines 1974 World Cup 1st Round 1974.07.05 Ponce (PUR)
Emiliano Rodríguez 37  East Germany 1963 EuroBasket 1st Round 1963.10.09 Wroclaw (POL)
Juan Carlos Navarro 36  Croatia 2005 EuroBasket Quarterfinal 2005.09.23 Novi Sad (SRB)
Pau Gasol 36  Lithuania 2003 EuroBasket Final 2003.09.14 Södertälje (SWE)
Epi 36  West Germany 1985 EuroBasket Quarterfinal 1985.06.11 Sttutgart (GER)

Top medallists

Most medals won with the senior national team in (

World Cups and EuroBaskets
):

Player Medals Details
Rudy Fernández 11
Pau Gasol 11
Felipe Reyes 10
Juan Carlos Navarro 10
Marc Gasol 9
José Manuel Calderón 8

Overall players records

Individual awards

International competitions

Other notable achievements

Head coaches

Years Name Competition
1935 SpainArgentina Mariano Manent Silver 1935 EuroBasket
1943 Spain Santiago Monerris
1947–1950 Spain Anselmo López
1950–1951 LithuaniaUnited States Mykolas Ruzgys 9th 1950 World Cup
1951 Spain Fernando Font
1952 Puerto RicoSpain Freddy Borrás
1953–1958 Spain Jacinto Ardevínez
1959–1960 Spain Eduardo Kucharski 15th 1959 EuroBasket
14th 1960 Summer Olympics
1961 Spain Fernando Font 13th
1961 EuroBasket
1962–1964
Joaquín Hernández
7th
1963 EuroBasket
1965 Spain Pedro Ferrándiz 11th 1965 EuroBasket
1965–1992 Spain Antonio Díaz-Miguel 10th
1993–2000 Spain Lolo Sainz 5th
2001–2002 Spain Javier Imbroda Bronze 2001 EuroBasket
5th 2002 World Cup
2003 Spain Moncho López Silver 2003 EuroBasket
2004–2005 Spain Mario Pesquera 7th 2004 Summer Olympics
4th 2005 EuroBasket
2006–2007 Spain Pepu Hernández Gold 2006 World Cup
Silver 2007 EuroBasket
2008 Spain Aíto García Reneses Silver 2008 Summer Olympics
2009–2012 Italy Sergio Scariolo Gold 2009 EuroBasket
6th 2010 World Cup
Gold 2011 EuroBasket
Silver 2012 Summer Olympics
2013–2014 Spain Juan Antonio Orenga Bronze
2014 World Cup
2015– Italy Sergio Scariolo Gold 2015 EuroBasket
Bronze 2016 Summer Olympics
Bronze 2017 EuroBasket
Gold 2019 World Cup
6th 2020 Summer Olympics
Gold 2022 EuroBasket
9th 2023 World Cup

Progression in the FIBA World Ranking

Date Change Pos. Points Dis.
18 November 2022 Increase 1 1st 758.6 +1.1
26 September 2022 Steady 2nd 758.9 −1.8
1 March 2022 Steady 2nd 724.0 −39.4
7 December 2021 Steady 2nd 724.1 −39.2
9 August 2021 Steady 2nd 721.4 −42.8
2 March 2021 Steady 2nd 721.3 −60.5
3 March 2020 Steady 2nd 722.9 −58.7
19 September 2019 Steady 2nd 731.5 −54.9
26 February 2019 Steady 2nd 703.4 −90.3
4 December 2018 Steady 2nd 702.6 −80.4
18 September 2018 Steady 2nd 704.2 −62.9
3 July 2018 Steady 2nd 706.7 −41.4
28 February 2018 Steady 2nd 704.7 −30.3
28 November 2017 Steady 2nd 693.8 −142.4
11 October 2017 Steady 2nd 693.2 −126.4

See also

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