Castile and León autonomous basketball team

Castile and León
National federation	Basketball Federation of Castile and León
Coach	Moncho Monsalve
Home	Away
First international
	Castile and León 77–84 Portugal ; (Burgos, Spain; 25 June 2005)
Biggest win
	Castile and León 104–79 Aragon ; (Palencia, Spain; 20 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 87–65 Castile and León ; (Anadia, Portugal; 22 June 2007)

The Castile and León autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of Castile and León. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

History

The first appearance of Castile and León was on 2005, in Burgos and they were defeated by Portugal. Next year, another friendly game was played this time at Palencia with Japan, and the team was defeated again.

In 2007, the Castile and León team was invited by the Portuguese Basketball Federation to play a tournament in Anadia.^[1] Castile and León won only one game against the 'B' team of Germany.

Roster

This is the roster of the Castile and León team for the 2007 Tournament in Anadia.^[2]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Kuko Cruza	32 – (1975-01-04)4 January 1975	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	CB Hellín
PG	5	Dani López	–	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Gijón Baloncesto
SF	6	Julio González	–	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Tenerife CB
PF	7	Martín Ferrer	–	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB San Andrés
SF	9	Fernando San Emeterio	23 – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	CB Girona
SG	10	Pepe Llorente	–	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Palencia Baloncesto
PF	11	Nacho Martín	24 – (1983-04-22)22 April 1983	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB Granada
C	12	Tomás Ramón	23 – (1984-03-02)2 March 1984	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Óbila CB
PF	13	Sergio de la Fuente	17 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	CB Valladolid
PG	14	Pedro Rivero	27 – (1979-07-22)22 July 1979	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	CB Los Barrios
C	15	José Manuel Coego	28 – (1978-12-18)18 December 1978	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Tenerife CB
C	16	Teo Aguirre	22 – (1984-12-20)20 December 1984	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB Montilla
SG	20	Albano Martínez	27 – (1979-11-04)4 November 1979	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	CB Clavijo
SF	33	Óscar Yebra	32 – (1974-07-15)15 July 1974	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	CB Valladolid

Head coach

Moncho Monsalve

Assistant coaches

Porfirio Fisac

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club field describes pro club
during the 2006–07 season

Games played

25 June 2005	Castile and León	77–84	Portugal	Burgos
21:00
				Arena: Polideportivo El Plantío

20 June 2006	Castile and León	76–79	Japan	Palencia
	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 14–17, 21–18, 21–22
	Pts: San Emeterio 18	Report	Pts: K. Takeuchi 18	Arena: Pabellón Marta Domínguez Referees: Palenzuela Pastrana, González Cuervo

20 June 2007	Castile and León	104–79	Aragon	Palencia

		^[3]		Arena: Pabellón Marta Domínguez

22 June 2007	Portugal	87–65	Castile and León	Anadia (Portugal)

23 June 2007	Castile and León	90–83	Germany 'B'	Anadia (Portugal)

24 June 2007	Portugal U20	76–90	Castile and León	Anadia (Portugal)

References

^ Castilla y León jugará en Portugal^{[permanent dead link]} Diario de Valladolid. March 15, 2007
^ La selección autonómica de baloncesto masculina y femenina juegan en Palencia^{[permanent dead link]} Portal Castellanoleoneses. June 21, 2007
^ Castile and León Basketball Federation Magazine (page 22)

External links

Castile and León Federation website

[1] Castilla y León jugará en Portugal^{[permanent dead link]} Diario de Valladolid. March 15, 2007

[2] La selección autonómica de baloncesto masculina y femenina juegan en Palencia^{[permanent dead link]} Portal Castellanoleoneses. June 21, 2007

[3] Castile and León Basketball Federation Magazine (page 22)

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