The Andorra national basketball team is the national team of Andorra. The national team has always represented in the EuroBasket Division C. It also takes part well in Games of the Small States of Europe.
History Despite not joining FIBA until 1988, Andorra made its debut in the 1985 Games of the Small States of Europe where, after winning their first game ever against Luxembourg, finished in the last position after losing to Cyprus and Malta.
Andorra would come back to competition in 1989, where it achieved its first great success by winning the tournament at the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe, played in Cyprus after beating the home team in the final by 54–52.Cyprus results of the 1989 GSSE at the Cyprus Basketball Federation In 1991, the team could not repeat success and ended in the fourth position of the 1991 edition, that Andorra hosted.
In 1994, Andorra would make its debut at the FIBA Promotion Cup. In its first participation, the team ended in the seventh position after losing all its five games.
Four years later, the team conquered its first Promotion Cup title by ending unbeaten in the 1998 edition. Andorra would repeat success in 2000 European Promotion Cup for Men for starting to be one of the top teams in the Promotion Cup, later renamed as European Championship for Small Countries.
In 2009, Andorra achieved the bronze medal at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe by taking advantage to Iceland in a three-way tie.
During the 2010s, Andorra always qualified for the final of the Championship for Small Countries, being only beaten by more powerful teams like Denmark or Armenia.
Competitive record At the Championship for Small Countries Championship for Small CountriesYearPosition 1988 Did not enter 1990 1992 1994 8th 5 0 5 1996 6th 5 1 4 1998 4 4 0 2000 5 5 0 2002 4th 5 2 3 2004 4 4 0 2006 5 3 2 2008 4th 5 2 3 2010 5 4 1 2012 4 4 0 2014 4 4 0 2016 5 4 1 2018 5th 4 2 2 2021 4 3 1 2022 5 3 2 2024 5 4 1 2026 5 3 2Total 79 52 27At the Games of the Small States Games of the Small States of EuropeYearPosition 1985 4th 3 1 2 1987 Did not enter 1989 3 3 0 1991 4th 5 2 3 1993 4th 5 2 3 1995 6th 3 0 3 1997 6th 3 0 3 2001 7th 3 0 3 2003 5th 4 2 2 2005 5th 4 0 4 2007 4th 5 1 4 2009 5 3 2 2013 4th 4 1 3 2015 4th 3 0 3 2017 5th 5 2 3 2019 Did not enter Total 55 17 38
Roster This was the Andorran list for the 2026 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.
Head to head against other national basketball teams Included all FIBA competitions and all GSSE editions. Updated as of 31 June 2024. Team 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 10 1 9 1 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 13 2 11 11 4 7 20 14 6 9 7 2 3 2 1 2 0 2 20 13 7 7 2 5 8 5 3 Total 129 66 63
Individual records Bold denotes players who played the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. FIBA Championships included since 1998, GSSE included since 2009 and the 2003 edition.
Most capped players
# PlayerNational careerMatchesPoints 1 Felip de Oliveira 2000–2017 59 311 2 Daniel Marín 1998–2015 53 872 3 Xavier Galera 2000–2015 50 520 4 Cinto Gabriel 2008–2018 43 385 5 Oriol Fernández 2008–2017 40 268 6 Guillem Colom 2010– 33 423 7 Albert Farfan 2010–2017 30 223 8 Sergio Salesa 1998–2006 27 261 9 Héctor Grau 1998–2006 24 9510 Rafael Casals 2009–2015 23 270Xavier Isern 2006– 23 22
Top scorers
# PlayerNational careerPointsMatchesAverage 1 Daniel Marín 1998–2015 872 53 16.5 2 Xavier Galera 2000–2015 520 50 10.4 3 Guillem Colom 2010– 423 33 12.8 4 Cinto Gabriel 2008–2018 385 43 9.0 5 Felip de Oliveira 2000–2017 311 59 5.3 6 Antonio Jiménez 1998–2002 301 11 27.4 7 Rafael Casals 2009–2015 270 23 11.7 8 Oriol Fernández 2008–2017 268 40 6.7 9 Sergio Salesa 1998–2006 261 27 9.7 10 Albert Farfan 2010–2017 223 30 7.4
Notable players
Quino Colom (youth teams) Pere Pràxedes Guillem Colom David Navarro
Progression in the FIBA World Ranking Date Change Points 11 Oct 2017 88th 27.6 28 Nov 2017 3 91st 27.6 28 Feb 2018 15 106th 22.9 3 Jul 2018 6 100th 33.8 18 Sep 2018 6 94th 60.4 4 Dec 2018 11 83rd 113.6 26 Feb 2019 2 81st 113.6 16 Sep 2019 4 77th 113.6 3 Mar 2020 1 78th 110.9 2 Mar 2021 2 80th 110.9 30 Nov 2021 19 99th 95.91 1 Mar 2022 12 87th 110.2 18 Nov 2022 11 98th 92.8 27 Feb 2024 4 94th 97.2 26 Nov 2024 2 96th 94.4 25 Feb 2025 1 97th 94.4 28 Mar 2025 1 96th 94.4 2 Dec 2025 2 94th 94.4 3 Mar 2026 3 97th 94.4
See also Andorra men's national under-18 basketball team Andorra men's national under-16 basketball team
References
External links Andorran Basketball Federation