After his second victory against Slovakia the Spanish team mathematically certified their qualification for the 2025 European Championship in Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland (August 27 to September 14), further consolidating its position as main power of continental basketball.
Spanish players celebrating their qualification for Eurobasket 2025.
Spain will participate in its thirty-second European Championship followed uninterruptedly. The last time he missed the appointment was 67 years ago, in the Bulgarian Eurobasket 1957. Since then it is the only team that has participated in all its editions. No other can boast of this historic feat.
Present in the last 32 Europeans
They are 32 presences in a row in the continental championship are almost as extraordinary as the successes he has achieved there, especially in the last two decades. Since the 1999 edition it has won 9 of the 14 medals that adorn your resume, with four golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes.
The Spanish team, celebrating the conquest of the 2015 European Championship.
His haul in this competition is formidable and places him as the most successful country today. ahead of Spain (14) There are only two past powers from countries that ceased to exist years ago, such as the Soviet Union (21) y Yugoslavia (17). On the European map present only France e Italiawith 10 medals each, and Lithuaniawith 7), follow her from afar.
Present on 10 of the last 11 podiums
In the last 25 years the Spanish team has ruled the continent with an iron fist and has monopolized the podiums, with a presence in 10 of the last 11. Only in the Serbia European Championship 2005 She was unable to climb one of the first three steps after finishing fourth. His harvest in those years: four golds, three silvers and 3 bronzes.
Juan Carlos Navarro and Pau Gasol, with the 2011 European champions trophy.
Spain, current champion after winning the 2022 European Championship, has seven podiums in a rowand is the one that has climbed to the top of the podium the most times (4) ahead of Lithuania (3), Italy (2) and Greece (2)the only ones that can boast of having won more than one championship.
The 14 medals won by Spain in this competition represent 11.3% of the 123 that have been awarded in its 41 editions since its creation in 1935 89 years ago, in 1935. And Its 4 golds represent 9.7% of the gold metals that have been distributed in that time. Bigger words.
Only 11 classified out of the 24 participants
To highlight its recent classification for the 2025 European Championship, it is enough to point out that with two games left for the qualifying phase to conclude only 11 teams have already guaranteed their presence among the 24 participants. The four organizers (Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland) and Slovenia, Israel, Italy, Turkey, Serbia, Lithuania and Spain itself.
Scariolo, with the 2022 Eurobasket champion trophy.
And three powers like Germanycurrent world champion, Francecurrent Olympic runner-up, and Greecethey will have to wait for the FIBA Windows on February 20 and 22 to secure their classification. This further highlights the merit of what was achieved by the Spanish and their coach Sergio Scarioloanother winner in the Europeans after achieving with Spain four gold and one bronze.
