Английская Википедия:Basketball in Spain
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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 Spanish teams also compete in a national domestic cup competition each year, called the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, which is played by the top eight teams in the standings of the Liga ACB, at the end of the first half of the regular season.
Spanish basketball league system
The tier levels
Spanish basketball league system
Evolution of the Spanish basketball league system
| Tier\Years | 1957–78 | 1978–83 | 1983–90 | 1990–94 | 1994–96 | 1996–2000 | 2000–07 | 2007–09 | 2009– |
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| 1 | 1ª División | ACB | |||||||
| 2 | 2ª División | 1ª División B | 1ª División | EBA | LEB (since 2007, LEB Oro) | ||||
| 3 | 3ª División | 2ª División | EBA | LEB 2 (since 2007, LEB Plata) | |||||
| 4 | Lower | 3ª División | Lower | Lower | Lower | 2ª División | EBA | LEB Bronce | EBA |
| 5 | Lower | Lower | 1ª División | EBA | 1ª División | ||||
| 6 | Lower | 1ª División | Lower | ||||||
| 7 | Lower | ||||||||
Spanish women's basketball league system
| Level | League | |||||
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| 1 | Liga Femenina (14 teams) | |||||
| 2 | Liga Femenina Challenge (16 teams) | |||||
| 3 | Liga Femenina 2 Group A (12 teams) |
Liga Femenina 2 Group B (12 teams) | ||||
| 4 | 1ª División Group A Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
1ª División Group B Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
1ª División Group C Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
1ª División Group D Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
1ª División Group E Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Spain national basketball team
Men's team
Women's team
Autonomous teams
Like in football, several Autonomous Communities have their own autonomous team. These teams are not recognized by FIBA Europe, and only play in friendly games.
Between 2008 and 2010, the Torneo de las Naciones was played between the teams of Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia, and a foreign national team was invited. The following Autonomous Communities have played at least one friendly game:
Also, Шаблон:Bk has got a basketball team which plays biennially in the Island Games.
On the other hand, Gibraltar has its own national team recognized by FIBA Europe. Шаблон:Bk plays biannually in the European Basketball Championship for Small Countries and, like Menorca, the Island Games.
Other competitions
References
External links
- Liga ACB Official Website Шаблон:In lang
- Spanish Basketball Federation Шаблон:In lang
- Basketball In Spain (In English)
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