Galicia national basketball team

Basketball team of Galicia (Spain)

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Galicia

National federation| Galician Basketball Federation
Coach| Quino Salvo

Home

First international
Galicia 63–58 Japan
(Lugo, Spain; 20 June 2006)
Biggest win
Galicia 70–62 Portugal
(Girona, Spain; 6 June 2008)
Biggest defeat
Catalonia 93–72 Galicia
(Bilbao, Spain; 27 June 2009)

The Galicia national basketball team is the basketball team of Galicia (Spain). The team is not affiliated with FIBA and only plays friendly games.

## History

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Galicia's first game was held in 2006 in Lugo against Japan; the following year, the team played against Cuba. Galicia won only the first game.

One year later, Galicia started to play the Torneo de las Naciones, a tournament co-organized with the Basque Country and Catalonia. It was played from 2008 to 2010.[1]

## Games played

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Galicia  v  Japan 20 June 2006 | Galicia  | 63–58 |  Japan | Lugo

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Galicia  v  Cuba 21 June 2007 | Galicia  | 76–89 |  Cuba | Ourense

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21:00  | Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 9–22, 22–20, 27–22
| Pts: E. Gómez 15  | Report | Pts: Hemmott 21  | Arena: Pazo Paco Paz
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Cortés, Castro, Guillán

Galicia  v  Portugal 6 June 2008 | Galicia  | 70–62 |  Portugal | Fontajau, Girona

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18:00  | Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–8, 14–20, 20–19
| Pts: L. Fernández 17  | Report | Pts: Gomes 20  |  |

Basque Country  v  Galicia 7 June 2008 | Basque Country  | 80–72 |  Galicia | Girona

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

Basque Country  v  Galicia 27 June 2009 | Basque Country  | 84–80 |  Galicia | Bilbao

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| 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: Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla
Referees: García, Alonso, López

Catalonia  v  Galicia 27 June 2009 | Catalonia  | 93–72 |  Galicia | Bilbao

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| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–16, 26–20, 21–21
| Pts: B. Álvarez 26
Rebs: Fornas, M. Fernández 8
Asts: M. Fernández 4
PIR: Fornas 25  | Report
Stats | Pts: R. Fernández 11
Rebs: Cabanas 6
Asts: De la Fuente, Esmorís 2
PIR: Esmorís 13  | Arena: Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla
Referees: Loroño, Quintas

Galicia  v  Lithuania 'B' 3 July 2010 | Galicia  | 71–76 |  Lithuania 'B' | Lugo

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20:00  | Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–19, 11–14, 15–22
| Pts: Cabanas 20
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: L. López 5
PIR: Cabanas 25  | Stats | Pts: Vingelis 22
Rebs: Birbalas 8
Asts: Malasauskas, Vingelis 4
PIR: Birbalas, Vingelis 21  | Arena: Pazo dos Deportes

Galicia  v  Basque Country 3 July 2010 | Galicia  | 71–79 |  Basque Country | Lugo

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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

## Women's team

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### Games played

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Galicia  v  Japan 29 June 2006 | Galicia  | 59–75 |  Japan | Vigo

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Galicia  v  Cuba 20 June 2007 | Galicia  | 63–81 |  Cuba | Vilagarcía de Arousa

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Galicia  v  Basque Country 16 May 2008 | Galicia  | 96–62 |  Basque Country | Santiago de Compostela

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Galicia  v  Catalonia 17 May 2008 | Galicia  | 51–66 |  Catalonia | Santiago de Compostela

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Basque Country  v  Galicia 22 May 2010 | Basque Country  | 44–62 |  Galicia | Durango

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Basque Country  v  Galicia 13 May 2011 | Basque Country  | 58–52 |  Galicia | Getxo

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Galicia  v  Basque Country 18 May 2012 | Galicia  | 51–62 |  Basque Country | Noia

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## List of Galician basketball players who also represented FIBA teams in international matches

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* Alberto Abalde
* Jonathan Barreiro
* Miguel Juane
* Javi Rodríguez Pérez
* Fernando Romay
* Manel Sánchez
* Ismael Santos
* Fran Vázquez

## See also

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* Galicia national football team
* Torneo de las Naciones

## References

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1. ^ Seleccións galegas Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Galician Basketball Website.

## External links

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* Galician Basketball Federation website

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