SPAIN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPION 2015

The "Golden Generation (1999)" of Spanish Basketball have put Spanish Sports back on top after proclaiming this evening the 2015 European Basketball Championship title. Spain defeated Lithuania 80 - 63 in a controlled Final from the Spaniards point of view.

Few gave Spain hopes of going so far after 2 defeats in their difficult Group, which included Serbia & Italy, however the team went from less to more as the competition continued & they won with self believe, pride & with some fabulous Basketball. Its the 4th Euro Final of this group & tonight their 3rd Gold Medal. The win takes Spain directly ( along with Lithuania) into the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

The player that has taken all the headlines is Spaniard & Chicago Bulls pivot PAU GASOL, who has lead Spain with leadership, sacrifice & with an extraordinary level of Basketball. Pau Gasol was included in the EURO 2016 Ideal 5 & was award MVP of the tournament.

Another Spaniard prized for his extraordinary effort was RODRIGUEZ who was also included in the EURO 2016 Ideal Team. Said this, the triumph is collective as the Spaniards apart for the individual talents mentions rose to the occasion as a unit, a solid bloc.

Lastly congratulations to Lithuania for their tournament & I am sure both will again meet in the future to battle again. 

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REAL MADRID EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS

It has taken 20 years for Spanish Basketball Club Real Madrid to proclaim themselves European Champions. They did this tonight in the Final Four Final winning 78 - 59 Greek Club Olympiakos. Tonight’s victory was even sweeter for the Spaniards as it "erased" their previous three finals where they failed to win.

The Spanish Club neutralized Olympiakos most dangerous player Spanoulis & managed themselves to put in a flawless exhibition of Basketball to defeat the Greeks in the final.

Real Madrid players Jaycee Carroll & Andres Nocioni lead their team with 16 & 12 points respectively, helping Real Madrid win historically its 9th European Championship.

The MVP went to Andres Nocioni.

Congratulations, great night for Spanish Basketball & Spanish Sports overall.

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FC BARCELONA WINS ACB LIGA TITLE | SPANISH BASKETBALL

FC Barcelona won tonight the Spanish Basketball League (ACB) after defeating 83-81 Real Madrid & taking the "Best of 5 games" Final with a final 3 - 1 aggregate. Rough & tough game with controversial referee decision along with Real Madrid Coach Pablo Laso being expelled from the game. Very tension as Real Madrid needed to win to stay alive.

FC Barcelona player & Captain Juan Carlos Navarro was named MVP of the Finals, while tonight Barça player Tomic was outstanding with 22 points.

Real Madrid will be very disappointed as they finished the regular season on top of the ACB ladder. But the team went from more to less in the latter part of the season. Real Madrid felt their loss in the Euro-league final & has not did recovered since from the blow. 

Congratulations to Barça for winning the ACB Basketball League Title.

Details of tonights fourth match:

Result: Barcelona 83 - Real Madrid 81

Barcelona: Marcelinho (9), Navarro (14), Papanikolaou (3), Nachbar (10) & Tomic (22) —starting—; Dorsey (2), Sada (2), Abrines (8), Oleson (10) & Lampe (3).

Real Madrid: Llull (8), Rudy Fernández (13), Darden (6), Mirotic (11) & Bourousis (12) —starting—; Felipe Reyes (11), Sergio Rodríguez (5), Carroll (5), Slaughter (-), Dani Díez (-) & Mejri (10).

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | REAL MADRID WINS BARCELONA IN SPANISH CUP BY 1 POINT

There was only 26 seconds left & FC Barcelona had a 1 point advantage over Real Madrid after a terrible Sergio Rodriguez mistake allowed Barça to score. Sergio then made up in the last attack when he found Sergio Llull who dropped a 2 pointer leaving the match with 0.1 second left & Real Madrid up by 1 point. Real Madrid had regained the lead & when Barcelona attempted a long throw tap-on & missed the winner of the Basketball Spanish Cup for 2014 was decided. FC Barcelona lost 76 - 77 to Real Madrid which proclaimed themselves winners of this years Basketball Copa del Rey. Its their 24th Spanish Cup title in the history of the Real Madrid Basketball Club.

The Basketball Spanish Cup Final victory at Malaga over arch rivals Barcelona puts the icing on the Real Madrid Basketball team which are having one of their best seasons in history. As expected Barça lifted for this occasion playing a very good & concentrated match that nearly gave them the victory had the last moment shot of Real Madrid player Llull not gone in.

Real Madrid won thanks to an impressive game from Morotic ( 17 points tonight ) who was given the MVP from the whole tournament. Along with Moratic, Sergio Rodriguez was outstanding & Rudy Fernandez was on target. Overall a great team effort that went down to the wire & entertained the packed Malaga stadium.

Details Basketball Copa del Rey Final:
Barcelona FC (17+25+17+17)- 76: Huertas (15), Navarro (5), Papanikolaou (2), Lorbek (8), Tomic (14)-initial five- Dorsey (7), Sada (0), Abrines (7), Oleson (11), Nachbar (7) & Pullen (0).
Real Madrid (16+22+22+17) - 77: Llull (9), Rudy Fernández (19), Darden (2), Mirotic (17), Bourousis (2) -cinco inicial-, Draper (5), Reyes (9), Rodriguez (8), Carroll (2) y Slaughter (4).

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BASKETBALL | SPANISH CUP FINAL RESULT | FC BARCELONA 85 VALENCIA 69

FC BARCELONA proclaimed themselves winners of the Basketball Spanish Cup ( Copa del Rey ) Final defeating VALENCIA BASKET 85 - 69. The Catalan Basketball Club joins Real Madrid as the Club with most Spanish Cup titles with 23 each. 

The scoreline fools, as Barça worked hard in this Final. But it was their consistency & Finals experience that managed to open up a gap on their rivals & slowly grind them down. The teamwork was an important element in the Barça victory, a true team effort with everyone participating with 6 players above the 10 points mark individually.

The MVP was awarded to FC Barcelona player MICKEAL.

An excellent tournament for both teams, but more so for Barcelona which nearly did not qualify to get in. Their opening match & victory over favourites Real Madrid which went down to the wire was the catalyst that set them off on the the title road. 


FC Barcelona Regal (17+19+25+24) 85 : Sada (7), Navarro, Mickeal(14), Wallace (6) & Tomic (13) -starting 5-; Huertas (13),Oleson (12), Lorbek (10), Jawai (10), Rabaseda & Todorovic ().

Valencia Basket (18+15+20+16) 69 : San Miguel, Ribas (8),Kelati, Doellman (14) & Lishchuk (2) -starting 5 -; Markovic(14), Rafa Martínez (10), Pietrus (4), Faverani (12) & Dubljevic(5). 

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | BARCELONA WINS TITLE 73 - REAL MADRID 69 ( 3 - 2 SERIES)

FC BARCELONA has won the final series 3 - 2 REAL MADRID to win back to back SPANISH BASKETBALL (LIGA) titles after scoring 73 - 69 , thus becoming the 2012 Champions. An excellent series of high quality Basketball that was taken right down to the wire.

Fran Vazquez

The winning differences came down to details & in this particular match to a much better Barcelona defence & rebound taking opportunities. Real Madrid always was swimming upstream in this match & their free shooting suffered tonight & may have been another negative element factor in the final result.

Barça players Fran Vazquez & Pete Mickeal were pivotal in the teams victory with their scoring & rebounds - 16 points & 8 rebounds Vazquez. For Madrid Carroll & Singler  were neutralized from scoring their habitual three pointers, although Llull put in a blinder.

The final three minutes were exciting as Real Madrid attempted everything to pull back & got to within two points but Barça managed well the situation & the times, apart from making sure of their free shots.

Congratulations to Barça for another Spanish Basketball title.

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | REAL MADRID DEFEATS BARCELONA IN SPANISH CUP FINAL

Big SPANISH BASKETBALL afternoon/evening with the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) Final between FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID. The final result of this "clasico" was BARCELONA  74 - REAL MADRID 91, thus giving the title to Real Madrid after waiting 19 years, as that was the last time they last lifted the Basketball Spanish Cup.

Real Madrid win Cup after 19 years.

Real Madrid dominated from the start & maintained a strong rhythm allowing them to break away up to half time. Barcelona made an effort to equal forces & closed the gap to 6 points before watching Real Madrid race away in the last quarter to seal the match & stamp their authority.

Barca-Real Madrid Basketball

The main names to note were the outstanding performances from Real Madrid players SERGI LLULL with 23 points,  with his team-mate JAYCEE CARROLL also scoring 23 points.
For Barça Boniface Ndong stood out with his admirable 19 point contribution.

Big celebrations happening at Madrid Club with their Basketball fans. Congratulations.
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BASKETBALL | SPAIN WINS 2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEATING FRANCE 98 - 85

Big day of celebrations for SPANISH SPORTS after Spain managed two out of three Moto GP bike wins, a birth in the upcoming Davis Cup Tennis Final & tonight the EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Title. SPAIN defeated FRANCE 98 - 85 to proclaim themselves Euro Champs repeating the Basketball achievement to retain the title.

Pau Gasol

This is an exceptional generation of Spanish Basketball players which have put in an excellent & spectacular exhibition of Basketball against a very good French Basketball team. The MVP was JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO with 27 points tonight, followed by an impeccable PAU GASOL with 17 pts equal with an excellent CALDERON. 

Juan Carlos Navarro

However, the key to the victory & title was the whoe team effort with Marc Gasol, Felipe Reyes, Rudy Fernandez, Ricky Rubio, Lull, Ibaka, Sada, Claver, Emeterio etc all outstanding throughout the whole tournament. The defensive work tonight was vital as the attacking players then made sure to get in the shots & the many triple points to make it difficult for the opponents.

Congratulations to the SPANISH BASKETBALL Team, well done guys, were are all very proud,  & now its on to London & the Olympic Games.


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U - 20 EURO BASKETBALL FINAL | SPAIN CHAMPIONS

Hi guys, back from a couple of days break from Spanish Football Sports, & I find some great news in the Basketball area, with SPAIN defeating ITALY 82 - 70 to proclaim themselves U-20 Basketball European Champions. 

Spanish U-20 Basketball

Details:
Spain 82 (17+25+26+14): Franch (19), Pozas (5), Sastre (-), Llovet (3), Mirotic (29) -quinteto inicial-; Simeón (-), Barrera (10), Arévalo (-), Jodar (6), Joan Tomás (7), Lorenzo (-) & Gil (3).


Italy 70 (16+19+20+15): De Nicolao (11), Vitali (3), Gentile (14), Melli (9), Cervi (2) - quinteto inicial-; Polonara (6), Moraschini (17), Santiangeli (-), Baldi (8) & Traini (-).

From here congratulations to the Spanish Basketball youngsters. Great news to find back from a few days off.

Too regular readers, Spanish Football Sports is now back as normal.

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REGAL BARCELONA CLAIMS SPANISH BASKETBALL ACB TITLE AFTER DEFEATING BIZKAIA BILBAO 3 - 0 IN FINALS PLAY-OFFS

SPANISH BASKETBALL has this seasons Champion of the Liga ACB. REGAL BARCELONA won away tonight 55 - 64 BIZKAIA BILBAO BASQUET .The BARCELONA win took them to an unbeatable 3 - 0 victory in the Final play-offs to shut things tonight in dominanting fashion. 

MVP Navarro for Barcelona

Barcelona player JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO took tonight the MVP Award, his second for a finals play-off equaling the record of legendary player Sabonis with his two consecutive (1992-93-94) MVPs for Real Madrid. The other news is that Barcelona player RICKY RUBIO said goodbye tonight to Spanish fans as he leave for the US & the NBA next season.

Congratulations to Barça for their Spanish Basketball Champions Title 2010-2011.
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SFS FLASHBACKS | SPANISH BASKETBALL | DRAZEN PETROVIC

Found this priceless video on "youtube" (thanks to "CroPETROforever") of when REAL MADRID ruled SPANISH BASKETBALL. That reign ( the 80s) was made even more glorious thanks to Croatian DRAZEN PETROVIC who was the finest European Basketball Player that I have ever seen in Spanish or European Basketball

The player left Real Madrid for the NBA (USA), being a poineer to open the way for other Europeans, starting a Portland & becoming a major star with the New Jersey Nets. The player tragically died in a car accident in Germany at the age of 28 leaving World Basketball orphan of a major talent that comes once every 20 years.


Here is Drazen Petrovic playing for Real Madrid against FC Barcelona in 1989 where he scored 42 points all by himself. This video is worth watching even if you don´t follow the game, as the man shows all his skills, his complete repertoire & all his "god given" talent. Just amazing & a fabolous Basketball player.

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | RESULT SPANISH "KINGS" CUP FINAL | REGAL BARCELONA WINS TITLE

We had SPANISH BASKETBALL action tonight with REGAL BARCELONA winning the SPANISH "KINGS" CUP FINAL after defeating REAL MADRID 60 - 68 & thus take the title for a consecutive year.

Barcelona wins the 2011 Spanish Kings Cup

Barcelona now has 22 Spanish "King" Cup titles equalling Real Madrid. The MVP was awarded to Barça player ANDERSON who had a fantastic night with 19 points. Lastly, as a piece of trivia, this is the 5th Spanish "Kings" Cup for Barcelona veteran player Juan Carlos Navarro. 

Barcelona scores against Real Madrid

The game was pretty much even with Real Madrid playing well, but it was the 3rd quarter were Barça opened up the points gap to which was decisive & the late Real Madrid "come back" attempt failed. Barcelona keeps dominating the Spanish Basketball scene with another important victory over their arch rivals.

Here is a brief summary of match events:


60 - REAL MADRID (17+13+13+17):
Tomic (12), Prigioni (10), Reyes (3), Tucker (9) & Suarez (8) -starting side-, Llull, Mirotic (8), Rodríguez (8) & Fischer (2).
68 - REGAL BARCELONA (19+11+18+20):
Rubio (1), Navarro (7), Anderson (19), Perovic (2) & Lorbek (9) -starting side-, Sada (7), Vázquez (4), Ingles (1), Ndong (6), Morris (8) & Grimau (4).


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ACB SPANISH BASKETBALL | REGAL BARCELONA 95 - REAL MADRID 75

Big night of ACB SPANISH BASKETBALL action with REAL MADRID travelling to BARCELONA for the big Spanish Basketball Derby. Real Madrid went into this game as ACB Table leader & full of confidence to attempt to win in a traditional doom stadium & thus find revenge for past defeats.

The end result was a FC (REGAL) BARCELONA demolition job with a 95 - 75 win over Real Madrid that puts Barça sharing Top spot on the ACB ladder with their arch rivals & once again gives the Madrid team a good old whipping that will leave a "scar".

Navarro shots over Real Madrid player

This 20 point defeat may have a psychological effect over Real Madrid who are clear way below the level needed to match Regal Barcelona. Juan Carlos Navarro played a cracker for Barça along with Lakovic, while the name to note from Real Madrid was Fischer.

Seems 2010 will go down as a bad year for Real Madrid when it comes to head to head clashes in different Sporting events with Barça. We all remember the 5- 0 Barça win in Football, yesterdays Barça´s 1-2 Final win in the XV International Football U-12 title & tonight in Basketball. Will 2011 be the same story?

Here are some brief details of the match with individual scores & the partials:

95 - REGAL BARCELONA (28+21+25+21):Rubio (2), Navarro (14), Grimau (13), Lorbek (13), Perovic (8) -starting team-, Sada (6), Lakovic (17), Vázquez (8), Inglés (-), Anderson (-), Morris (12) & Ndong (2).


75 - REAL MADRID (15+19+21+20):Prigioni (-), Llull (10), Suárez (3), Reyes (11), Fischer (11) -starting team-, Tomic (8), Velickovic (6), Garbajosa (-), Tucker (13), Rodríguez (13) & Mirotic (-). Tweet

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REAL MADRID BASKETBALL TEAM 2010 - 2011 | SERGIO RODRIGUEZ

I don’t accustom myself to place ads on this blog, however once & a while…Sergio Rodriguez is the new signing for the REAL MADRID Basketball Team & has come straight from the USA NBA competition. Real Madrid has used Sergio as the TV ad image to boost Club members & introduce Real to the new 2010 – 2011 Spanish Basketball season.

I think it’s a nice ad that speaks of Sergio life changing by coming back to Spain, to the city of Madrid, to Real & to the new stadium that Real Madrid will play as the home side, plus great music.

Unfortunately Real Madrid was "ass-kicked" by FC Barcelona 89 - 55 in Friday nights Spanish SuperCup eliminations. Bad timing for this good ad :O) Tweet

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BASKETBALL | 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | SERBIA KNOCKS OUT SPAIN 92 - 89

The 2006 World & 2009 European Champs SPAIN was 89 points with Serbia equal with 89 points as well & 29 seconds left to go of normal time. The Serbs had the ball & waited thinking in extra-time & then Teodosic decides with 4 seconds left ( above image) to try his luck from 10 mts, & he scores a 3 pointer to take Serbia 92 – 89. With 3 seconds left, Spain had no margin to react & were knocked out from the World Basketball Championships.

We can analyse endlessly here why Spain has been knocked out, but why waste your time. Firstly, Spain was not up to the level needed. Secondly, Serbia played better. Thirdly, losing to France & Lithuania in the Group qualifiers were early warning signs to really take note. Lastly, the most important point, Spain without LA Laker star Pau Gasol is a couple of steps below the important World sides. Yes, Spain played brilliantly the warm-up games but it’s the competition matches that count.

No more analysis or explanation needed I think although many will have various reasons to explain what they believe is an unfair or accidental early departure of Spain from the competition. If so, their right & opinion.

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SPANISH BASKETBALL | LIST HANDED IN FOR 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spanish National Basketball Selector & Coach SERGIO SCARIOLO has handed in his list of 15 Spanish players to make up the Spanish Basketball Squad. The 2010 BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held this year in Turkey with a starting date of the 28th of August until 12th of Septembre. The big name missing from the current European Champions list is LA LAKER Spanish star poivot PAU GASOL who has voluntarily opted –out from participating after a long & exhausting NBA session that ended with his team winning the NBA Championship.

Spain will be in Group D along with France, New Zealand, Lituania, Lebanon & Canada

Here is the lista of players:

ASEFA ESTUDIANTES: Carlos Suárez.
BIZKAIA BILBAO BASKET: Alex Mumbrú.
CAJA LABORAL:Fernando San Emeterio.
GRANADA: Pablo Aguilar.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES: Marc Gasol.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS: Rudy Fernández.
POWER ELECTRONICS VALENCIA: Victor Claver & Rafa Martínez.
REAL MADRID: Sergio Llull, Jorge Garbajosa & Felipe Reyes.
REGAL FC BARCELONA: Juan Carlos Navarro, Ricky Rubio & Fran Vázquez.
TORONTO RAPTORS: José Manuel Calderón.

Three players will be dropped from this list closer to the start of the World Championships. Tweet

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BASKETBALL | FC BARCELONA WINS OLYMPIAKOS TO BECOME EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 2010

Great night for Spanish Sports, Spanish Basketball & for the city of Barcelona after FC BARCELONA (the Basketball section) defeated Greek side OLYMPIAKOS 86-68 in the Final of the European Final Four tournament in Paris to proclaim themselves the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.

FC Barcelona palyer JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO (above) was chosen the MVP of the tournament making him the first Spaniard to win this honour in the final four competition.

The Spanish side was by far the best team with the Greeks getting close in the 2º & 3ºrd quarters . However, good defending on Greek play-maker Papaloukas reduced the efectiveness of Olympiakos which also suffered as their zone play did not work at all well tonight. The latter part of the match the Spaniards opened a big psychological gap with triple shots flying in from all angles.

Details:

Regal FC Barcelona (28+19+17+22) 86: Ricky Rubio (9), Navarro (21), Mickeal (14), Ndong (7), Lorbek (8) -initial five-, Fran Vázquez (6), Sada (7), Basile (6), Morris (8), Grimau (-), Lakovic (-) & Trias (-).

Olympiakos (19+17+14+18) 68: Penn (-), Teodosic (10), Childress (15), Kleiza (13), Schortsanitis (6) -initial five-, Bouroussis (9), Papaloukas (12), Halperim (-), Mavrokefalides (1), Vujcic (2), Vassilopoulos (-) & Beverley (-). Tweet

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BASKETBALL: SPANISH CUP FINAL 2010 - BARCELONA 80 - REAL MADRID 61

FC BARCELONA gave a good old beating to their maximum rivals
REAL MADRID with a 80 – 61 score line to take this seasons
BASKETBALL SPANISH CUP Final & title (Copa del Rey).


















Barça gave a defensive lesson that stopped all of Madrid’s options &
ideas to allow Ricky Rubio to guide Barça along with the tournaments
MVP FRAN VAZQUEZ & Lorbek to rip apart their opponents.

A historic 19 point victory to Barcelona that will be felt for
sometime in Madrid

(photo: MVP Fran Vazquez)























Regal Barcelona 80 (19+21+24+16): Rubio (13), Navarro (8),
Mickeal (9), Lorbek (13), Morris (5) – intial five- Basile (6), Lakovic (1),
Ndong (1), Grimau (6), Vázquez (14) Sada (2) & Trías (2).

Real Madrid 61 (16+9+12+24): Prigioni (2), Jaric (7), Kaukenas (10),
Garbajosa (4), Lavrinovic (11), - intial five - Llull (10), Hansen (-),
Velikovic (11), Reyes (6). Tweet

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PAU GASOL ON CSI MIAMI

The Best Spanish Basketball player of all time & L.A Lakers player
PAU GASOL makes his appearance on CSI Miami:

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EUROBASKET 2009: SPAIN DEFEATS SERBIA 85-63 TO BECOME EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS

SPAIN won SERBIA 85 - 63 in the final of the EUROBASKET 2009 to

finally take the "thorn out of its side" & proclaim themselves EUROPEAN
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 2009. It was surprising to see the total

dominance of the Spaniards over the Serbs considering the latter had

defeated the former earlier on. Let´s remember, that Spain were

close to "going home" after their poor initial start to the tournament.

However, the Spanish team managed to regroup & bring out all their
Basketball talent, which made them the current World Champions &
Olympic Silver Medal team.
























LA Laker NBA Champion PAU GASOL was voted MVP of the Eurobasket,
& was joined in the "EuroTeam" by team-mate Rudy Fernandez.

Greece finished third after defeating Slovenia.

Congratulations to the Spanish National Basketball Team!

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