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{{Infobox sport overview
| title          = Basketball in Spain
| image          = Palacio de Deportes (Madrid) 16.jpg
| imagesize      = 240px
| caption        = Barclaycard Center, Real Madrid’s Stadium.
| union          = [[Spanish Basketball Federation|FEB]]
| country        = Spain
| sport          = basketball
| noncountry     = 
| nickname       = 
| first          = 1923
| registered     = 385,110<ref name=auto>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:dc406096-a312-4b9d-bd73-2830d0affb2d/anuario-de-estadisticas-deportivas-2019.pdf|title=Anuario de estadísticas deportivas 2019|access-date=13 April 2023|website=culturaydeporte.gob.es|language=es}}</ref>
| clubs          = 3,619 <ref name="auto"/>

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| national_list  = {{Collapsible list|
* [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]
* [[EuroBasket]]
* [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
}}
| club_list      = {{Collapsible list|
* '''League:''' <br /> [[Liga ACB|Liga Endesa]] <br /> [[Liga Española de Baloncesto|LEB Oro]] <br /> [[LEB Plata]] <br /> [[Liga EBA]] <br /> [[Primera División de Baloncesto|Primera División]]
* '''Cups''':<br /> [[Copa del Rey de Baloncesto|Copa del Rey]] <br /> [[Copa Federación de España|Copa Federación]] <br /> [[Supercopa de España de Baloncesto|Supercopa de España]]
}}
| intl_list = {{Collapsible list|
* [[Euroleague]]
* [[Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]]
* [[FIBA Europe Cup]]
}}

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'''[[Basketball]]''' is the second most popular sport '''in [[Spain]]''', directly behind [[association football]]. The top Spanish League, [[Liga ACB]], is a member of [[ULEB]], and the top Spanish League teams can compete in Europe, most notably in the [[Euroleague]] and [[Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]], and also under the [[FIBA Europe]] umbrella, in the [[FIBA Europe Cup]]. The Spanish teams also compete in a national domestic cup competition each year, called the [[Copa del Rey de Baloncesto]], which is played by the top eight teams in the standings of the Liga ACB, at the end of the first half of the regular season.

==Spanish basketball league system==
{{main|Spanish basketball league system}}

===The tier levels===
{{:Spanish basketball league system#The tier levels}}

==Evolution of the Spanish basketball league system==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Tier\Years !! 1957–78 !! 1978–83 !! 1983–90 !! 1990–94 !! 1994–96 !! 1996–2000 !! 2000–07 !! 2007–09 !! 2009–
|-
| 1 || colspan=2 bgcolor=97DEFF|[[Liga Nacional de Baloncesto|1ª División]] || colspan=7 bgcolor=97DEFF|[[Liga ACB|ACB]]
|-
| 2 || 2ª División || colspan=2|1ª División B || 1ª División || bgcolor=D0F0C0|[[Liga EBA|EBA]] || colspan=4 bgcolor=gold|[[Liga Española de Baloncesto|LEB]] (since 2007, LEB Oro)
|-
| 3 || 3ª División ||colspan=4| 2ª División ||  bgcolor=D0F0C0|[[Liga EBA|EBA]] || colspan=3 bgcolor=silver|[[LEB Plata|LEB 2]] (since 2007, LEB Plata)
|-
| 4 ||  rowspan=4|Lower || 3ª División ||rowspan=4|Lower|| rowspan=4|Lower || rowspan=4|Lower || 2ª División || bgcolor=D0F0C0|[[Liga EBA|EBA]] || bgcolor=888888|[[Liga Española de Baloncesto|LEB Bronce]] ||bgcolor=D0F0C0|[[Liga EBA|EBA]]
|-
| 5 || rowspan=3|Lower || rowspan=3|Lower || bgcolor=FFCCCC|[[Primera División de Baloncesto|1ª División]] || bgcolor=D0F0C0|[[Liga EBA|EBA]] || bgcolor=FFCCCC|[[Primera División de Baloncesto|1ª División]]
|-
| 6 || rowspan=2|Lower || bgcolor=FFCCCC|[[Primera División de Baloncesto|1ª División]] || rowspan=2|Lower
|-
| 7 || Lower
|}

==Spanish women's basketball league system==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-south
!colspan="1" width="4%" |Level
! colspan="6" width="96%" |League
|-
|colspan="1" width="4%" |1
| colspan="6" width="96%" |'''[[Liga Femenina de Baloncesto|Liga Femenina]]'''<br />(14 teams)
|-
|2
| colspan="6" |'''[[:es:Liga_Femenina_Challenge|Liga Femenina Challenge]]'''<br />(16 teams)
|-
| colspan="1" width="4%" |3
| colspan="3" width="48%" |'''[[Liga Femenina 2]] Group A'''<br />(12 teams)
| colspan="3" width="48%" |'''[[Liga Femenina 2]] Group B'''<br />(12 teams)
|-
| colspan="1" width="4%" |4
| width="19.2%" |'''1ª División Group A'''<br />{{flagicon|Asturias}} {{flagicon|Cantabria}} {{flagicon|Castile and León}} {{flagicon|Galicia}}
| width="19.2%" |'''1ª División Group B'''<br />{{flagicon|Aragon}} {{flagicon|Basque Country}} {{flagicon|La Rioja (Spain)}} {{flagicon|Navarre}}
| colspan="2" width="19.2%" |'''1ª División Group C'''<br />{{flagicon|Balearic Islands}} {{flagicon|Catalonia}}
| width="19.2%" |'''1ª División Group D'''<br />{{flagicon|Castile-La Mancha}} {{flagicon|Madrid}} {{flagicon|Murcia}} {{flagicon|Valencian Community}}
| width="19.2%" |'''1ª División Group E'''<br />{{flagicon|Andalusia}} {{flagicon|Canary Islands}} {{flagicon|Ceuta}} {{flagicon|Extremadura}} {{flagicon|Melilla}}
|}

==Spain national basketball team==

===Men's team===
{{Main|Spain men's national basketball team}}

===Women's team===
{{Main|Spain women's national basketball team}}

== Autonomous teams ==
Like in [[association football|football]], several [[Autonomous Communities of Spain|Autonomous Communities]] have their own autonomous team. These teams are not recognized by [[FIBA Europe]], and only play in friendly games.

Between 2008 and 2010, the [[Torneo de las Naciones]] was played between the teams of Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia, and a foreign national team was invited. The following Autonomous Communities have played at least one friendly game:

*{{bk|Andalusia}}
*{{bk|Aragón}}
*{{bk|Asturias}}
*{{bk|Balearic Islands}}
*{{bk|Basque Country}}
*{{bk|Cantabria}}
*{{bk|Castile and León}}
*{{bk|Catalonia}}
*{{bk|Galicia}}

Also, {{bk|Menorca}} has got a basketball team which plays biennially in the [[Island Games]].

On the other hand, [[Gibraltar]] has its own national team recognized by [[FIBA Europe]]. {{bk|Gibraltar}} plays biannually in the [[European Basketball Championship for Small Countries]] and, like Menorca, the [[Island Games]].

== Other competitions ==
*[[Copa del Rey de Baloncesto]]
*[[Supercopa de España de Baloncesto]]
*[[Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto|Copa Príncipe de Asturias]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.acb.com/ Liga ACB Official Website] {{in lang|es}}
*[http://www.feb.es/ Spanish Basketball Federation] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://www.basketballinspain.com Basketball In Spain] (In English)

{{Sport in Spain}}
{{Basketball in Spain}}
{{Basketball in Europe by country}}

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