 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA ranking | 6 1 (8 August 2025)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoinedFIBA | 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | FEB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Miguel Méndez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Silver: (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Silver: (2014) Bronze: (2010,2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EuroBasket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Gold: (1993,2013,2017,2019) Silver: (2007,2023,2025) Bronze: (2001,2003,2005,2009,2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain 31–40Switzerland  (Malgrat de Mar, Spain; 16 June 1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain 113–42Fiji  (Madrid, Spain; 9 June 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Soviet Union 115–42Spain (Treviso, Italy; 12 September 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TheSpain women's national basketball team (Spanish:Selección Española de Baloncesto Femenina) representsSpain in internationalwomen's basketball competition and are regulated by theSpanish Basketball Federation, the governing body forbasketball in Spain. Spain has one of the most successful women's national teams in the world, being the currentFIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023 silver medallists.[2]
Spain women's basketball team played their first official game inMalgrat de Mar, Barcelona, againstSwitzerland on 16 June 1963, losing 31–40.[3] They won their first game against the same team two days later, 47–39. It would take six years to play another international friendly game, losing toCuba 50–70 on 28 September 1969.[4]
Their first official games were in March 1970, trying to qualify for the1970 EuroBasket, winning their first game againstSwitzerland 61–44 and losing toHungary andFrance. The team qualified for their first major international tournament in their next attempt, the1974 EuroBasket. After losing their three group stage games, they won their first game in a final tournament againstDenmark in the placement matches, finishing in 12th position.Rosa Castillo is considered the best player from the mid-70s to the mid-80s.
Until 1985, Spain played most Eurobasket tournaments, usually finishing around 10th. An important year for the evolution of the team was the celebration on home soil of the1987 EuroBasket, finishing on 6th position. The team entered their firstSummer Olympics qualification in 1988, but failed to qualify. Their first Olympic games were also on home soil in the1992 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th.
After failing to qualify for the two previous Eurobaskets and having never played a knockout game in a major tournament, the gold medal at the1993 EuroBasket came as a surprise, beating the newly formedSlovakia in the semi-finals 73–55 andFrance in the final 63–53. WithBlanca Ares as their key player (19 PPG), Spain undoubtedly took advantage of the dissolution of the dominant European teams ofYugoslavia,Czechoslovakia, and especially theSoviet Union.
The EuroBasket victory gave Spain the right to participate in the1994 Women's World Cup for the first time, finishing 8th. Since then, the team has qualified for everyWorld Cup -seven in a row-, winning three medals.
From 2001 up to 2009, Spain entered a loop of winning five consecutive medals in the Eurobaskets (1 silver, 4 bronze) and being eliminated in the quarterfinals in Summer Olympics and World Cups, until they finally won bronze in the2010 Women's World Cup. From her debut in 1995 to her retirement in 2013, forwardAmaya Valdemoro became the leader of the Spanish squad, taking part in 13 tournaments, playing 258 games, winning 7 medals and becoming the top scorer with 2,743 points.
The defeat against Croatia on 26 June inKatowice in the second stage of the2011 EuroBasket and the consequent absence from the2012 Olympics has been cited by coaches and players[5][6] as a catalyst for agolden period of seven consecutive medals under coachLucas Mondelo. After playing the qualification matches in thesummer of 2012, Spain went on to win the2013 EuroBasket with a balance of 9–0. Afterwards, they won silver in the2014 Women's World Cup, bronze in the2015 EuroBasket, silver in the2016 Summer Olympics and gold again in the2017 EuroBasket. Spain also won the bronze medal at the2018 Women's World Cup held on home soil in September 2018. In July 2019 Spain successfully defended their European crown by beatingFrance 86–66 in thefinal of theEuroBasket Women 2019. These seven successful tournaments came to a halt in the summer of 2021, when the team finished 7th in the2021 EuroBasket played on home soil and 6th in the2020 Olympic Games. These results are quite commendable, considering that Spain have only competed with the world elite for two decades. This series of results took the Spanish team to be ranked No. 2 in the ranking of FIBA. In theFIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023, despite a strong performance, they lost toBelgium in the final.[7]
In the senior team for two decades (2002-2021) point guardLaia Palau is the record-holder for most caps (314) and most medals (12) in 19 final tournaments. In the team since 2008, forwardAlba Torrens has been regarded as the most talented player of this generation, having won 9 medals in 12 tournaments.
At theMediterranean Games, Spain won gold in1991, and bronze in1993,2001 and2005.
| List of matches 2023–2025, including friendlies and scheduled matches | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | OPPONENT | F | A | +/- | TOP SCORER | PTS | EVENT | DATE | LOCATION |
| 793 |  Belgium | 65 | 67 | -2 | Ayuso,Ginzo,Pueyo | 11 | 2025 EuroBasket F | 2025.06.29 | Piraeus (GRE) |
| 792 |  France | 65 | 64 | +1 | Awa Fam Thiam | 21 | 2025 EuroBasket SF | 2025.06.27 | Piraeus (GRE) |
| 791 |  Czech Republic | 88 | 81 | +7 | Raquel Carrera | 31 | 2025 EuroBasket QF | 2025.06.25 | Piraeus (GRE) |
| 790 |  Sweden | 78 | 75 | +3 | Alba Torrens | 20 | 2025 EuroBasket 1R | 2025.06.22 | Hamburg (GER) |
| 789 |  Germany | 79 | 60 | +19 | Raquel Carrera | 20 | 2025 EuroBasket 1R | 2025.06.20 | Hamburg (GER) |
| 788 |  Great Britain | 85 | 70 | +15 | Iyana Martín | 14 | 2025 EuroBasket 1R | 2025.06.19 | Hamburg (GER) |
| 787 | Switzerland | 94 | 64 | +30 | Paula Ginzo | 24 | 2025 Friendly | 2025.06.11 | Viana (POR) |
| 786 |  Portugal | 68 | 59 | +9 | Aina Ayuso | 11 | 2025 Friendly | 2025.06.10 | Viana (POR) |
| 785 |  Italy | 57 | 42 | +15 | Irati Etxarri | 9 | 2025 Friendly | 2025.06.01 | Inca |
| 784 |  Greece | 64 | 40 | +24 | Awa Fam Thiam | 11 | 2025 Friendly | 2025.05.30 | Inca |
| 783 |  Netherlands | 81 | 64 | +17 | Megan Gustafson | 27 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2025.02.09 | Almere (NED) |
| 782 |  Austria | 76 | 45 | +31 | Megan Gustafson | 18 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2025.02.06 | Vienna (AUT) |
| 781 |  Croatia | 78 | 62 | +16 | Paula Ginzo | 15 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2024.11.10 | Castellón |
| 780 | Netherlands | 66 | 59 | +7 | María Conde | 17 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2024.11.07 | Castellón |
| 779 | Belgium | 66 | 79 | -13 | Megan Gustafson | 21 | 2024 Olympics QF | 2024.08.07 | Paris (FRA) |
| 778 |  Serbia | 70 | 62 | +8 | María Conde | 15 | 2024 Olympics 1R | 2024.08.03 | Lille (FRA) |
| 777 |  Puerto Rico | 63 | 62 | +1 | Megan Gustafson | 18 | 2024 Olympics 1R | 2024.07.31 | Lille (FRA) |
| 776 |  China | 90 | 89 | +1 | Megan Gustafson | 29 | 2024 Olympics 1R | 2024.07.28 | Lille (FRA) |
| 775 |  Canada | 68 | 48 | +20 | Queralt Casas | 20 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.07.24 | Segovia |
| 774 |  Australia | 66 | 75 | -9 | Leonor Rodríguez | 11 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.07.22 | Segovia |
| 773 | Canada | 61 | 48 | +13 | Alba Torrens | 11 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.07.13 | Charleroi (BEL) |
| 772 | Belgium | 58 | 76 | -18 | María Conde | 14 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.07.12 | Charleroi (BEL) |
| 771 | China | 70 | 46 | +24 | María Conde | 14 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.06.23 | Vigo |
| 770 |  Turkey | 59 | 47 | +12 | María Conde | 11 | 2024 Friendly | 2024.06.21 | Vigo |
| 769 |  Hungary | 73 | 72 | +1 | María Conde | 16 | 2024 Olympics qualification | 2024.02.11 | Sopron (HUN) |
| 768 | Canada | 60 | 55 | +5 | Megan Gustafson | 16 | 2024 Olympics qualification | 2024.02.09 | Sopron (HUN) |
| 767 |  Japan | 75 | 86 | -11 | Raquel Carrera | 19 | 2024 Olympics qualification | 2024.02.08 | Sopron (HUN) |
| 766 | Austria | 75 | 34 | +41 | Paula Ginzo | 16 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2023.11.12 | Tenerife |
| 765 | Croatia | 70 | 65 | +5 | María Conde | 12 | 2025 EuroBasket qualification | 2023.11.09 | Split (CRO) |
| 764 | Belgium | 58 | 64 | -6 | Queralt Casas | 14 | 2023 EuroBasket F | 2023.06.25 | Ljubljana (SLO) |
| 763 | Hungary | 69 | 60 | +9 | Alba Torrens | 27 | 2023 EuroBasket SF | 2023.06.24 | Ljubljana (SLO) |
| 762 | Germany | 67 | 42 | +25 | Laura Gil | 13 | 2023 EuroBasket QF | 2023.06.22 | Ljubljana (SLO) |
| 761 | Greece | 76 | 60 | +16 | Queralt Casas | 16 | 2023 EuroBasket 1R | 2023.06.18 | Tel-Aviv (ISR) |
| 760 |  Montenegro | 78 | 57 | +21 | María Conde | 20 | 2023 EuroBasket 1R | 2023.06.16 | Tel-Aviv (ISR) |
| 759 |  Latvia | 63 | 67 | -4 | Laura Gil | 20 | 2023 EuroBasket 1R | 2023.06.15 | Tel-Aviv (ISR) |
| 758 | Hungary | 65 | 77 | -12 | Leonor Rodríguez | 16 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.06.10 | Sopron (HUN) |
| 757 | Hungary | 65 | 63 | +2 | Alba Torrens | 23 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.06.09 | Sopron (HUN) |
| 756 | Belgium | 72 | 54 | +18 | Raquel Carrera | 14 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.06.04 | Córdoba |
| 755 | Turkey | 76 | 37 | +39 | María Conde | 12 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.06.02 | Córdoba |
| 754 | China | 76 | 60 | +16 | Raquel Carrera | 21 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.05.26 | Vigo |
| 753 | Italy | 55 | 44 | +11 | Paula Ginzo,Raquel Carrera | 10 | 2023 Friendly | 2023.05.25 | Vigo |
| 752 |  Iceland | 88 | 34 | +54 | Paula Ginzo | 13 | 2023 EuroBasket qualification | 2023.02.12 | Reykjavík (ISL) |
| 751 |  Romania | 75 | 32 | +43 | Ángela Salvadores | 14 | 2023 EuroBasket qualification | 2023.02.09 | Sfântu Gheorghe (ROM) |
Olympic Games[edit]
FIBA Women's World Cup[edit]
| EuroBasket Women[edit]
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster for theEuroBasket Women 2025.[8][9]
| Spain women's national basketball team roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most capped players[edit]
| Top scorers[edit]
|
Top highscorers in official games (friendlies not included).
Most medals won with the national team inOlympic Games,Women's World Cups andEuroBaskets:
| Player | Medals | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Laia Palau | 12 | |
| Alba Torrens | 10 | |
| Silvia Domínguez | 9 | |
| Laura Nicholls | 9 | |
| Anna Cruz | 8 | |
| Laura Gil | 8 | |
| Lucila Pascua | 8 |
Timeline of head coaches with games and results in final tournaments at the (EuroBasket,Women's World Cup andOlympics)[11]
(*)Results through 29 June 2025.
| Europe U-20 | World U-19 | Europe U-18 | World U-17 | Europe U-16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | q | q | q | q | |
| 2025 |  |  | | | |
| 2024 |  | | | | |
| 2023 | | | | | |
| 2022 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 7th | ||||
| 2019 | 5th | | 5th | | |
| 2018 | | | 6th | | |
| 2017 | | 8th | 6th | 5th | |
| 2016 | | | 6th | | |
| 2015 | | 4th | | 4th | |
| 2014 | | | | | |
| 2013 | | 4th | | | |
| 2012 | | 5th | | | |
| 2011 | | | | | |
| 2010 | | | 8th | 4th | |
| 2009 | | | | | |
| 2008 | 4th | 5th | | ||
| 2007 | | 4th | | | |
| 2006 | 4th | | | ||
| 2005 | 8th | 5th | | | |
| 2004 | 9th | | | ||
| 2003 | 4th | ||||
| 2002 | 5th | 5th | |||
| 2001 | DNQ | 7th | |||
| 2000 | 5th | 6th | |||
| 1999 | | ||||
| 1998 | | ||||
| 1997 | 8th | 5th | |||
| 1996 | 4th | ||||
| 1995 | 4th | ||||
| 1994 | | ||||
| 1993 | DNQ | | |||
| 1992 | 5th | ||||
| 1991 | 9th | ||||
| 1990 | | ||||
| 1989 | 5th | 4th | |||
| 1988 | 6th | ||||
| 1987 | 9th | ||||
| 1986 | 12th | ||||
| 1985 | 7th | 9th | |||
| 1984 | 4th | 7th | |||
| 1983 | 8th | ||||
| 1982 | 8th | ||||
| 1981 | 9th | ||||
| 1980 | 10th | ||||
| 1979 | DNQ | ||||
| 1978 | 11th | ||||
| 1977 | 11th | ||||
| 1976 | 10th | ||||
| 1975 | 6th | ||||
| 1973 | 8th | ||||
| 1965–71 | DNQ |
(in Spanish)| National teams |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League competitions |
| ||||
| Cup competitions |
| ||||
| Youth competitions | |||||
| Regional cups | |||||
| Regional teams | |||||
EuroBasket Women winners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
