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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 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.
Based in Madrid, it was founded on 31 July 1923 in Barcelona, Spain. [ 1 ] It organizes all the female national competitions ( Liga Femenina (1st), Liga Femenina 2 (2nd), Copa de la Reina and Supercopa de España ), and three of the four male nation-wide leagues ( Primera FEB (2nd), Segunda FEB (3rd) and Tercera FEB (4th)), while oversees the ...
Results of the Spain national basketball team since 1935, as recognized by the Spanish Basketball Federation: [1] Olympic Games, World Cups, EuroBaskets and the respective qualifying tournaments, as well as seven editions of the Mediterranean Games when the A-team was involved.
The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain. [1] The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels.
The Liga ACB, [a] known as Liga Endesa [b] for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system.Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs.
UCAM Murcia Club Baloncesto, S.A.D., [1] more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball club based in Murcia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League. Their home venue is Palacio de Deportes. The team is sponsored by the Spanish university Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).
Primera División de Baloncesto; Sport: Basketball: No. of teams: 271 teams in 15 groups: Country: Spain: Continent: Europe: Most recent champion(s) Náutico Sevilla (Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla), Helios (Aragón), Bàsquet Sa Real (Balearic Islands), Tabirako (Basque Country, La Rioja, Navarre), Felipe Antón (Canary Islands), Solares B (Cantabria), Real Valladolid B (Castile and León ...