Basque Country autonomous basketball team

Basque Country
National federation	Basque Basketball Federation
Coach	Pablo Laso
Home	Away
First international
	Catalonia 102–84 Basque Country ; (Valls, Spain; 23 April 1980)
Biggest win
	Córdoba 65–96 Basque Country ; (Córdoba, Argentina; 4 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Argentina 92–28 Basque Country ; (Resistencia, Argentina; 31 July 2011)

Last updated August 01, 2025

The Basque Country autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of the Basque Country. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

History

Basque Country played the Torneo de las Naciones, a tournament co-organized with Galicia and Catalonia. It was played from 2008 to 2010 and basques won the 2008 and 2009 editions.

In summer 2011, Basque Country, coached by Pablo Laso, played three games at Argentina. One against the 'B' team of, other with a team of players of Córdoba and a third game with the Argentina national basketball team. In this last game, where Argentina played with the team of the FIBA Americas Championship won Basque Country by a huge 92–28.^[1]

In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against Senegal. Basque Country won the first game by 86–74^[2] and lost the second one by 66–82.^[3]

Roster

This is the roster of the Basque Country team for the 2016 games against Venezuela.^[4]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	Jon Ander Aramburu	23 – (1992-09-03)3 September 1992	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Fundación Lucentum
SG	Darío Brizuela	21 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Estudiantes
C	Jorge Bilbao	–	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Texas–Arlington
PF	Sergio de la Fuente	26 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Ciudad de Valladolid
SF	Lander Lasa	28 – (1988-01-16)16 January 1988	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	TAKE Tolosa
PG	Gaizka Maiza	20 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Iraurgi
SF	Mikel Motos	23 – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Gipuzkoa Basket
C	Julen Olaizola	23 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Gipuzkoa Basket
C	Urko Otegi	34 – (1981-08-11)11 August 1981	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Gipuzkoa Basket
PG	Javier Salgado	35 – (1980-08-06)6 August 1980	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Estudiantes
SG	Ander Zubizarreta	–		College of Idaho

Head coach

Pablo Laso

Assistant coaches

Lorenzo Encinas

Legend

Club – describes last club
before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 17 July 2016

Games played

23 April 1980	Catalonia	102–84	Basque Country	Valls

24 April 1980	Catalonia	99–92	Basque Country	Vic

26 April 1980	Basque Country	96–101	Catalonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz

27 April 1980	Basque Country	129–124	Catalonia	Bilbao

29 May 1989	Basque Country	96–112	San Marino	Bilbao

31 May 1989	Basque Country	86–116	Soviet Union	Bilbao

29 June 2001	Basque Country	79–82	Egypt	Bilbao

28 June 2002	Basque Country	93–97	Croatia	Bilbao

27 June 2002	Basque Country	88–77	Uruguay	Vitoria-Gasteiz

28 June 2005	Basque Country	72–74	Cuba	Bilbao

22 June 2006	Basque Country	82–73	Japan	Bilbao
	Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–9, 23–20, 26–30
	Pts: Salgado, T. Urtasun 15	Report	Pts: Amino 13	Referees: García, Sánchez

6 June 2008	Catalonia	79–81	Basque Country	Girona

	Pts: Ribas 14	Report	Pts: Cortaberría 14	Arena: Fontajau Referees: García, Sánchez

7 June 2008	Basque Country	80–72	Galicia	Girona

	Pts: L. Fernández 18	Report	Pts: Salgado 19	Arena: Fontajau

27 June 2009	Basque Country	84–80	Galicia	Bilbao
	Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 22–22, 20–12, 17–25
	Pts: Otegi 20 Rebs: Otegi 11 Asts: Alonso 4 PIR: Otegi 29	Report Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Pts: Castro 15 Rebs: Antelo 8 Asts: Seijo 2 PIR: Castro 15	Arena: La Casilla Referees: García, Alonso, López

28 June 2009	Basque Country	75–68	Canada	Bilbao
	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 13–23, 22–12, 22–14
	Pts: Otegi 23	Report	Pts: Kabongo 12	Arena: La Casilla Referees: Uruñuela, García, Manuel

2 July 2010	Basque Country	72–76	Catalonia	Lugo
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–16, 13–24, 19–17
	Pts: Iglesias 19 Rebs: Lasa 8 Asts: M. Uriz, R. Uriz 3 PIR: Lasa 17	Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Pts: Blanch, G. Rubio 15 Rebs: Fornas 7 Asts: Rabaseda 2 PIR: G. Rubio 18	Arena: Pazo dos Deportes

3 July 2010	Galicia	71–79	Basque Country	Lugo
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 21–26, 16–14, 17–27
	Pts: L. Fernández, L. López 11 Rebs: Cabanas 11 Asts: L. López 5 PIR: Pereiro 17	Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ]}	Pts: Casado, Lasa 15 Rebs: Iglesias, M. Uriz 6 Asts: R. Uriz 3 PIR: R. Uriz 16	Arena: Pazo dos Deportes

31 July 2011	Argentina 'B'	75–59	Basque Country	Resistencia (Argentina)
	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 25–21, 18–6, 10–19
	Pts: Alloatti 13		Pts: Otegi 20	Arena: Estadio de Sarmiento

4 August 2011	Córdoba	65–96	Basque Country	Córdoba (Argentina)
	Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 25–21, 12–27, 14–26
	Pts: M. García 18	Report	Pts: Otegi 20	Arena: Sociedad Unión Eléctrica Referees: Tarifeño, Zanabone, Aramayo

7 August 2011	Argentina	92–28	Basque Country	Salta (Argentina)
	Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 21–8, 23–6, 29–5
	Pts: Nocioni 24	Report	Pts: Salgado 11

6 July 2012	Basque Country	86–74	Senegal	Azpeitia
	Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 11–17, 21–20, 27–17
	Pts: Calbarro 17 Rebs: Aranburu 7 Asts: Salgado 7 PIR: Calbarro 20	Report Stats	Pts: Ndoye 16 Rebs: Seck 10 Asts: Ndoye 2 PIR: Seck 19	Arena: Polideportivo Azpeitia

7 July 2012	Basque Country	66–82	Senegal	Gernika
	Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–19, 10–19, 16–20
	Pts: Salgado 15	Report	Pts: Faye 12	Arena: Polideportivo Maloste

5 July 2013	Tunisia	79–64	Basque Country	Tunisia
	Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 17–10, 18–15, 26–19
		Report	Pts: Arruti, 18

7 July 2013	Tunisia	77–60	Basque Country	Tunisia
	Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 23–10, 19–26, 13–20
	Pts: Ben Romdhane 15	Report	Pts: Lasa, Aranburu 9

19 August 2014	Basque Country	75–66	Philippines	San Sebastián
20:30	Scoring by quarter:23-12, 20-12, 14-15, 18-27
	Pts: Cortaberría 14 Rebs: M. Uriz 7 Asts: Cortaberría 4	Report Stats	Pts: Blatche 19 Rebs: Pingris 9 Asts: Alapag 2	Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca Referees: Antonio Sacristán, Rubén Sánchez, Paul Urbano

20 August 2014	Basque Country	77–80	Angola	San Sebastián
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 26-16, 10-27, 29-16
	Pts: Cortaberría 19 Rebs: Otegi 14 Asts: Lasa 3	Report Stats	Pts: Mingas, Joaquim 12 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Costa 3	Arena: Polideportivo J.A. Gasca Referees: Carlos Julio, Sergio Manuel, Gorka García

27 July 2016	Basque Country	58–59	Venezuela	Getxo
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 20–15, 19–8, 11–19
	Pts: Salgado 12	Report	Pts: Cox 12	Arena: Polideportivo Fadura Referees: Manuel, Sacristán

Women's team

Games played

27 April 1980	Basque Country	82–85	Mexico	San Sebastián

9 June 1983	Basque Country	66–99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lasarte-Oria

6 December 2000	Basque Country	104–63	Australia	San Sebastián

30 December 2001	Basque Country	91–62	Ireland	Vitoria-Gasteiz

27 December 2002	Basque Country	75–40	Algeria	Durango

8 June 2003	Basque Country	44–69	Cuba	Irun

9 June 2003	Basque Country	43–82	Cuba	Gernika

28 June 2005	Basque Country	49–72	Cuba	Bilbao

22 June 2006	Basque Country	48–43	Japan	Bilbao

20 June 2007	Castile and León	53–66	Basque Country	Palencia

16 May 2008	Galicia	94–62	Basque Country	Santiago de Compostela

17 May 2008	Basque Country	66–45	Portugal	Santiago de Compostela

22 May 2009	Catalonia	56–61	Basque Country	La Seu d'Urgell

23 May 2009	Basque Country	65–87	Cuba	La Seu d'Urgell

22 May 2010	Basque Country	44–62	Galicia	Durango

23 May 2010	Basque Country	82–75	Lithuania	Durango

13 May 2011	Basque Country	58–52	Galicia	Getxo

15 May 2011	Basque Country	48–55	Catalonia	Getxo

18 May 2012	Galicia	51–62	Basque Country	Noia

19 May 2012	Basque Country	54–74	Catalonia	Noia

10 August 2013	Senegal	61–42	Basque Country	Dakar

	Pts: Nar 11	Report	Pts: Asurmendi 10

12 August 2013	Senegal	71–35	Basque Country	Dakar

	Pts: Sène 10	Report	Pts: García, Moreno 8

13 August 2013	Senegal	71–40	Basque Country	Dakar

	Pts: Traoré 23	Report	Pts: Díaz 9

12 June 2015	Basque Country	71–44	Venezuela	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Scoring by quarter:16–13, 13–16, 17–5, 25–10
	Pts: Pardo 14 Rebs: Lázaro, Pardo 9 PIR: Pardo 24	Boxscore	Pts: Silva 12 Rebs:three players 4 PIR: Silva 16	Referees: Uruñuela, García

13 June 2015	Basque Country	84–49	Venezuela	Tolosa
	Scoring by quarter:21–18, 19–9, 22–8, 22–14
	Pts: Olabarria 15 Rebs: Pardo 6 PIR: Asurmendi 20	Boxscore	Pts: Silva 31 Rebs: Corrales, Silva 6 PIR: Silva 32	Referees: Uruñuela, García

3 June 2016	Basque Country	53–58	Venezuela	Zornotza
	Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 16–15, 14–14, 14–9
	Pts: Díez 12 Rebs: Díez 5 PIR: Díez 10	Boxscore	Pts: Silva 16 Rebs: Pérez 9 PIR: Silva 22	Referees: Urbano, Gómez

4 June 2016	Basque Country	53–59	Argentina	Zornotza
	Scoring by quarter:21–8, 19–12, 5–20, 8–19
	Pts: Asurmendi 12 Rebs: Díez 7 PIR: Asurmendi 14	Boxscore	Pts: Boquete 10 Rebs: Boquete 6 PIR: Gretter, Santana 13	Referees: Pérez Bermejo, París Sarasúa

8 July 2017	Basque Country	51–69	Russia Under-19	Barakaldo

		Boxscore

9 July 2017	Basque Country	71–66	Spain Under-19	Barakaldo

		Boxscore

Notable players

References

↑ Argentina supera con claridad a Euskadi Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. August 7, 2011
↑ Euskadi se impone a Senegal en Azpeitia Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 6, 2012
↑ Euskadi cede ante Senegal en el segundo de sus duelos Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 8, 2012
↑ "Euskadi se medirá a Venezuela el domingo en Getxo" (in Spanish). Basque Basketball Federation. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

Historic data and 2013 rosters at Basque Federation website

External links

Basque Basketball Federation website

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[1] Argentina supera con claridad a Euskadi Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. August 7, 2011

[2] Euskadi se impone a Senegal en Azpeitia Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 6, 2012

[3] Euskadi cede ante Senegal en el segundo de sus duelos Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Basque Basketball Federation website. July 8, 2012

[4] "Euskadi se medirá a Venezuela el domingo en Getxo" (in Spanish). Basque Basketball Federation. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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Basque Country autonomous basketball team

Contents

History

Roster

Games played

Women's team

Games played

Notable players

See also

References

External links

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