Torneo de las Naciones

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The Torneo de las Naciones (Nations Tournament) is a friendly basketball tournament held in Spain co-organized by the basketball federations of Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. This three regional teams participate each year in a Final Four format with an invited national team.

The players in the tournament are not identified with the Spain men's national basketball team, and the invited teams usually do not participate with their best players.

Champions

Ed. Year Host Winner Runner-up Score MVP Third place Fourth place
I
2008
Catalonia Girona  
Basque Country
 Galicia
80–72
Basque Country (autonomous community) Javi Salgado  
Catalonia
 Portugal
II
2009
Basque Country (autonomous community) Bilbao  
Basque Country
 Canada
75–68
Basque Country (autonomous community) Urko Otegi  
Catalonia
 Galicia
III
2010
Galicia (Spain) Lugo  
Catalonia
 Lithuania[1]
78–67
Guillem Rubio
 
Basque Country
 Galicia
Team W RU Winning years
 
Basque Country
2
0
2008, 2009
 
Catalonia
1
0
2010
Invited team
0
2
 Galicia
0
1

Results

I Copa de las Naciones 2008

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June
 
 
 
Portugal
62
 
 
Basque Country
80
 
 
Basque Country
81
 
Third place
 
 
7 June
 
 
Catalonia
93

II Copa de las Naciones 2009

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 
Catalonia
68
 
27 June
 
Canada Canada 69
 
Basque Country
75
 
 
Basque Country
84
 
 
 Galicia 80
 
Third place
 
 
27 June
 
 
 
Catalonia
93
 
 
Galicia (Spain) Galicia 72

III Copa de las Naciones 2010

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
 
Basque Country
72
 
3 July
 
Catalonia Catalonia 76
 
 
Catalonia
78
 
2 July
 
Lithuania Lithuania 67
 
 Galicia 71
 
 
Lithuania Lithuania 76
 
Third place
 
 
3 July
 
 
 
Basque Country
79

Notes

  1. ^ Lithuania played with a team composed basically by LKKA-Atletas players