Catalonia national basketball team
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| National federation | Federació Catalana de Basquetbol | ||
| Coach | Salva Maldonado | ||
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| First international | |||
 Catalonia 16–50 Hindú Club  (Catalonia, Spain; 25 March 1927) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Catalonia 101–70 Cuba  (Badalona, Spain; 30 June 2005) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Catalonia 82–118 Croatia  (Badalona, Spain; 24 May 1992) |
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The Catalonia autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of Catalonia. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games. Last appear was in summer 2010, in the Torneo de las Naciones. Catalonia won this tournament.
Catalonia started to play in 1927 a friendly game against Hindú Club of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Catalonia lost by 50–16.
From 1929 to 1936, the team played several friendly games with another European regions.
In April 1980, Catalonia plays several games against Basque Country, and other games against important teams like the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia.
In 1992, Catalonia played a game against Croatia; Croatia won by 118-82 led with 30 points of Toni Kukoč and 21 point of Dražen Petrović. The game was played as the opening of new Olympic arena, before the special qualifying tournament that was held for European teams to allocate four extra berths.
Several years later, on 2002 Catalonia plays against Croatia in Palau Sant Jordi, with a record attendance of 16,471 spectators. With players like Juan Carlos Navarro or Pau Gasol, Catalonia wins by 82–75.
On 2005, Catalonia played against Cuba at Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona winning by a huge margin: 101–70.
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