Basketball in Spain
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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, 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
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The tier levels
Spanish basketball league system
Evolution of the Spanish basketball league system
| Tier\Years | 1957–78 | 1978–83 | 1983–90 | 1990–94 | 1994–96 | 1996–2000 | 2000–07 | 2007–09 | 2009– |
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| 1 | 1ª División | ACB | |||||||
| 2 | 2ª División | 1ª División B | 1ª División | EBA | LEB (since 2007, LEB Oro) | ||||
| 3 | 3ª División | 2ª División | EBA | LEB 2 (since 2007, LEB Plata) | |||||
| 4 | Lower | 3ª División | Lower | Lower | Lower | 2ª División | EBA | LEB Bronce | EBA |
| 5 | Lower | Lower | 1ª División | EBA | 1ª División | ||||
| 6 | Lower | 1ª División | Lower | ||||||
| 7 | Lower | ||||||||
Spanish women's basketball league system
| Level | League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liga Femenina (14 teams) | |||||
| 2 | Liga Femenina Challenge (16 teams) | |||||
| 3 | Liga Femenina 2 Group A (12 teams) |
Liga Femenina 2 Group B (12 teams) | ||||
| 4 | 1ª División Group A Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon |
1ª División Group B Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon |
1ª División Group C Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon |
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Spain national basketball team
Men's team
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Women's team
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Autonomous teams
Like in football, several 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:
- File:Flag of Andalucía.svg Andalusia
- File:Flag of Aragon.svg Aragon
- File:Flag of Asturias.svg Asturias
- File:Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg Balearic Islands
- File:Flag of the Basque Country.svg Basque Country
- File:Flag of Cantabria.svg Cantabria
- File:Flag of Castile and León.svg Castile and León
- File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia
- File:Flag of Galicia.svg Galicia
Also, File:Bandera de Menorca.svg 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. File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar plays biannually in the European Basketball Championship for Small Countries and, like Menorca, the Island Games.
Other competitions
References
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External links
- Liga ACB Official Website Template:In lang
- Spanish Basketball Federation Template:In lang
- Basketball In Spain (In English)
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