Basketball in Andorra
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is organized by the
Andorran Basketball Federation The Andorran Basketball Federation ( ca, Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol) is the governing body of basketball in Andorra. It was founded in 1988. It organizes the internal league and runs the Andorra national basketball team and also the men's ...
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Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol The Andorran Basketball Federation ( ca, Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol) is the governing body of basketball in Andorra. It was founded in 1988. It organizes the internal league and runs the Andorra national basketball team and also the men's ...
''). Andorran national teams participates in
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competitions. The senior teams play in
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and also in the
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National league

Andorra has got also an amateur men league called Lliga Andorrana de Bàsquet (''Andorran Basketball League''). There are only five teams participating in this competition on 2010-11 season. They play a round-robin regular season and later, the champion is determine in the playoffs. There is also a professional basketball club called
BC Andorra Bàsquet Club Andorra S.A., also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The ...
, which plays in
Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
, the top level of Spanish basketball.


Clubs in Lliga Andorrana de Bàsquet 2011–12

*Bàsquet Femení Andorra (women's team) *BC Encamp *BC Principat *Filand *Insitu B52 Bàsquet *
UE Engordany Unió Esportiva Engordany is an Andorran football and basketball club based in Escaldes-Engordany. The club football section plays in Primera Divisió. History The club was founded on 2 October 1980 as Unió Esportiva Engordany Futbol Club in t ...


See also

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Andorran Basketball Federation The Andorran Basketball Federation ( ca, Federació Andorrana de Basquetbol) is the governing body of basketball in Andorra. It was founded in 1988. It organizes the internal league and runs the Andorra national basketball team and also the men's ...
*
Andorra national basketball team 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 ...


External links


Andorran Basketball Federation website
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