Spain's basketball is a safe bullfight!

Spanish basketball is the phrase that makes fans of this wonderful game prick up their ears and stand still in anticipation of a real sports show. "Barcelona", "Unicaja", "Real Madrid", "Valencia" - the legendary clubs, at one mention of which any basketball player can strongly shake their knees, because these are great teams with a rich history.

Glorious traditions

Spain, in addition to football and bullfighting, is famous throughout the world for its basketball talents and regalia. It is difficult to imagine a basketball tournament at which the national team of this country would not have taken one of the prize places. In the overall rating of FIBA for the current day, the Spaniards are inferior only to the invincible team of the United States. At the Olympics held in 2016 in a match for bronze, the formidable team of Australia was defeated, which, by the way, came exclusively for gold. Character, will, professionalism - all this is the Spanish national basketball team.

National Championship

The championship of Spain in basketball is held under the aegis of a special organization called "Association of Basketball Clubs." It consists of 18 teams from different parts of the country. Basketball in Spain has always been famous for fierce battles and tensions. Nevertheless, history puts everything in its place and at the moment serious competitors from the team called "Real Madrid" does not exist. Throughout the history of this tournament, "Real" won the national championship 33 times, while its closest competitor, "Barcelona" raised the championship cup over his head 18 times. Also in the championship teams from Bilbao, Joventut, Baskonia and many other cities participate. The final series of the championship lasts until one of the teams wins 3 matches. In 2016, the champion of the country once again became "Real Madrid", once again glorified his proud name in particular, as well as basketball in Spain as a whole.

Spanish Basketball Federation

The main body in the country in charge of Spain's basketball is the Spanish Basketball Federation. It was founded almost 100 years ago, in 1923, and its first president was the legendary Fidel Bricall. Spanish basketball clubs are incredibly titled, and the total number of trophies inferior only to Italian. It's no surprise that every year a large number of players leave for the draft in the NBA: Pau and Mark Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Jose Calderon, and many others have already written their names not only in the history of Spain's basketball, but also in the glorious history of the national basketball Association. In addition, the federation of basketball oversees the work of the national teams. For example, the main women's team is the champion of Europe in 1993, and also the three-time bronze medalist of Eurobasket.

Spain's basketball is known all over the world for its frantic speeds, unexpected transfers, crushing danks, unpredictable coaching decisions, as well as insane fans in a good sense of the word. Recently in an interview with NBA champion Pau Gasol said: "Spain is forever in my heart, this is my home, in which I am always ready to return and for which I am ready to fight."