Asturias autonomous basketball team

Asturias

National federation

Basketball Federation of the Principality of Asturias

Coach

Joaquín Prado
Arturo Álvarez

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First international

Asturias 55–69 Ivory Coast

(Luanco, Spain; 28 July 2009)

The Asturias autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of Asturias, Spain. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

History

Asturias only played one friendly game in its history. It was on 2009 at Luanco and it was defeated by Côte d'Ivoire. ACB player Saúl Blanco only could play one minute for avoiding him a possible injury due to his call up to the Spain national basketball team.

Roster

This was the roster of the Asturias team for the 2009 game.

Asturias Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	Armando Álvarez	–		CB Ciutadella
SF	Saúl Blanco	24 – (1985-05-15)15 May 1985	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
C	Orlando Camín	30 – (1978-12-18)18 December 1978	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	CB Granada
PF	Dani González	24 – (1984-10-26)26 October 1984	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Gijón Baloncesto
SF	Adrián Macía	33 – (1976-07-02)2 July 1976	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Oviedo CB
PF	Héctor Macía	31 – (1977-09-24)24 September 1977	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Oviedo CB
PG	David Pérez	25 – (1983-09-01)1 September 1983		Côte d'Azur Basket
SF	Hugo Rodríguez	33 – (1976-02-29)29 February 1976		CB Santa Pola
PF	Javier Rodríguez	–		Oviedo CB
PF	Diego Sánchez	33 – (1975-12-26)26 December 1975	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Bàsquet Manresa
C	Manu Sánchez	28 – (1981-05-11)11 May 1981	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	CB Chantada
PG	Rubén Suárez	31 – (1978-01-14)14 January 1978	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Gijón Baloncesto

Head coach

Joaquín Prado
Arturo Álvarez

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club field describes pro club
during the 2008–09 season

Games played

Asturias

v Ivory Coast

28 July 2009	Asturias	55–69	Ivory Coast	Luanco
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 12–21, 20–16, 16–12
	Pts: J. Rodríguez 12	Report	Pts: Koné, N'Diaye 10	Arena: Polideportivo Jenaro Fernández Diego Attendance: 700 Referees: González Díaz, Martínez Prada

References

Costa de Marfil examina en Luanco a la selección asturiana en su estreno El Comercio. July 28, 2009

External links

Asturian Federation website

Basketball in Spain

National teams

Men	Spain Results Head to head U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 3x3 Wheelchair basketball
Women	Spain Results Head to head U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 3x3

League competitions

Men	ACB Primera FEB Segunda FEB Tercera FEB Primera División Wheelchair league
Women	LF LF Challenge LF 2

Cup competitions

Men	Supercopa de España Copa del Rey Copa España Copa Príncipe de Asturias ACB (defunct) Copa Princesa de Asturias (defunct) Copa LEB Plata (defunct)
Women	Supercopa de España Copa de la Reina

Regional cups

Regional teams

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