History of Spain’s Sports By: Sandra Perez & Joseph Lohuis
Spanish National Soccer Team First organized in 1909 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation Made international debut 1920 Olympic games in Antwerp, Belgium Includes club powerhouses like FC Barcelona and Real Madrid Are currently ranked to have the #1 national soccer team out of 205 countries –This is an example of the Spanish national soccer team jersey
Spain’s Basketball Tradition Won 12 medals, including silver in the 2008 Olympics. (Lost to U.S.) First established in 1935 by the International Basketball Federation’s FIBA Europe Four of the current players on the Spain roster are now playing in the NBA (Pau and Marc Gasol, Rudy Fernandez, and Jose Calderon) Only gold medal was in 2006 of the FIBA World Championship –Pau and Marc Gasol Showing off their gold Medals after Spain won The FIBA world championship
Bibliography – basketball picture Pau_Gasol/4abe87427acb7c552dd2b58d4014a48c/Pau_Gasol_1.jpg Pau_Gasol/4abe87427acb7c552dd2b58d4014a48c/Pau_Gasol_1.jpg - Marc and Pau Gasol picture Pau_Gasol/4abe87427acb7c552dd2b58d4014a48c/Pau_Gasol_1.jpg – Info on Spain basketball Info on soccer team ghttp:// g - Soccer ball picture g