The Basque Country autonomous basketball team is the

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team of the Basque Country. The team is not affiliated to

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, so only plays friendly games.

History

Basque Country played the

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, a tournament co-organized with

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and

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. It was played from 2008 to 2010 and basques won the 2008 and 2009 editions. In summer 2011, Basque Country, coached by

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, played three games at

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. One against the 'B' team of, other with a team of players of

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and a third game with the

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. In this last game, where Argentina played with the team of the

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won Basque Country by a huge 92–28. In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against

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. Basque Country won the first game by 86–74 and lost the second one by 66–82.

Roster

This is the roster of the Basque Country team for the 2016 games against

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on 17 July 2016

Games played

Women's team

Games played

References

Historic data and 2013 rosters at Basque Federation website

External links

Basque Basketball Federation website
{{Basque national teams

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History

Roster

Games played

Women's team

Games played

See also

References

External links