The Castile and León autonomous basketball team is the

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team of

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

. The team is not affiliated to

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, so only plays friendly games.

History

The first appearance of Castile and León was on 2005, in

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and they were defeated by

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. Next year, another friendly game was played this time at

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...

with

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, and the team was defeated again. In 2007, the Castile and León team was invited by the Portuguese Basketball Federation to play a tournament in Anadia. Castile and León won only one game against the 'B' team of

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Roster

This is the roster of the Castile and León team for the 2007 Tournament in Anadia.La selección autonómica de baloncesto masculina y femenina juegan en Palencia
Portal Castellanoleoneses. June 21, 2007 , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ; Assistant coaches * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *Club field describes pro club
during the 2006–07 season

Games played

References

External links

Castile and León Federation website
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