Torneo de las Naciones

The Torneo de las Naciones (Nations Tournament) is a friendly basketball tournament held in Spain co-organized by the basketball federations of Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. This three regional teams participate each year in a Final Four format with an invited national team.

The players in the tournament are not identified with the Spain men's national basketball team, and the invited teams usually do not participate with their best players.

Champions
Ed.YearHostWinnerRunner-UpScoreMVPThird placeFourth place
I
2008
 Girona Basque Country Galicia
80–72
 Javi Salgado Catalonia Portugal
II
2009
 Bilbao Basque Country Canada
75–68
 Urko Otegi Catalonia Galicia
III
2010
 Lugo Catalonia Lithuania[1]
78–67
 Guillem Rubio Basque Country Galicia
TeamWRUWinning years
 Basque Country
2
0
2008, 2009
 Catalonia
1
0
2010
Invited team
0
2
 Galicia
0
1

Results

I Copa de las Naciones 2008
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June
 
 
  Galicia 70
 
7 June
 
 Portugal 62
 
  Galicia 72
 
6 June
 
  Basque Country 80
 
  Catalonia 79
 
 
  Basque Country 81
 
Third place
 
 
7 June
 
 
 Portugal 63
 
 
  Catalonia 93

II Copa de las Naciones 2009
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
  Catalonia 68
 
27 June
 
 Canada 69
 
 Canada 68
 
26 June
 
  Basque Country 75
 
  Basque Country 84
 
 
  Galicia 80
 
Third place
 
 
27 June
 
 
  Catalonia 93
 
 
 Galicia 72

III Copa de las Naciones 2010
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
  Basque Country 72
 
3 July
 
 Catalonia 76
 
  Catalonia 78
 
2 July
 
 Lithuania 67
 
  Galicia 71
 
 
 Lithuania 76
 
Third place
 
 
3 July
 
 
  Galicia 71
 
 
  Basque Country 79

Notes
  1. Lithuania played with a team composed basically by LKKA-Atletas players
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