Overview
- Spain opened its Eurobasket 2025 buildup on August 5 with a friendly against Portugal at Málaga’s Palacio Martín Carpena.
- Five Valencia Basket players—Sergio de Larrea, Xabi López-Arostegui, Josep Puerto, Jaime Pradilla and Yankuba Sima—feature in Sergio Scariolo’s 15-man provisional squad.
- A 16-player España B team coached by Jaume Ponsarnau also debuted in Málaga with matches against the Czech Republic and Portugal.
- The senior and B sides will both face the Czech Republic later this week before friendlies against France in Badalona and Paris and Germany in Madrid and Cologne.
- After the Málaga friendlies, Scariolo will cut his roster to 12 as Spain finalizes its bid to defend its title from August 27 in Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland.