Basque Country autonomous basketball team

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.

In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against Senegal. 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 Venezuela.


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 * Head coach
 * Pablo Laso
 * Assistant coaches
 * Lorenzo Encinas


 * Legend:
 * Club – describes last club before the tournament
 * Age – describes age on 17 July 2016
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Notable players

 * Román Carbajo
 * José Luis Galilea
 * Iker Iturbe
 * Pablo Laso
 * Juanma López Iturriaga
 * Juan Antonio Morales
 * Santiago Zabaleta