Basketball in Spain

Basketball in Spain
Basketball in Spain
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Country	Spain
Governing body	FEB
National team(s)	Spain
First played	1923
Registered players	385,110
Clubs	3,619
National competitions
	List FIBA World Cup; EuroBasket; Summer Olympics; ;
Club competitions
	List League: ; Liga Endesa ; LEB Oro ; LEB Plata ; Liga EBA ; Primera División; Cups:; Copa del Rey ; Copa Federación ; Supercopa de España; ;
International competitions
	List Euroleague; Eurocup; FIBA Europe Cup; ;

Basketball is the second most popular sport in Spain, directly behind association football. The top Spanish League, Liga ACB, is a member of ULEB, and the top Spanish League teams can compete in Europe, most notably in the Euroleague and Eurocup, and also under the FIBA Europe umbrella, in the FIBA Europe Cup. The Spanish teams also compete in a national domestic cup competition each year, called the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, which is played by the top eight teams in the standings of the Liga ACB, at the end of the first half of the regular season.

^ ^a ^b "Anuario de estadísticas deportivas 2019" (PDF). culturaydeporte.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[auto-1] "Anuario de estadísticas deportivas 2019" (PDF). culturaydeporte.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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