\n\u00c1ngel Resa \/ Cristi\u00e1n Ram\u00f3n Cobos\n<\/p>\n
\nMadrid\n<\/p>\n
\nFriday, 5 September 2025, 14:12<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s reign as European champions ended on Thursday night with a 90-85 defeat to Greece that sealed their early elimination from Eurobasket 2025.<\/p>\n
The result marks the first time the national team have failed to progress from the group stage and confirms the departure of head coach Sergio Scariolo, who is set to join Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
Spain began poorly, trailing 30-14 after eight minutes as Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated the early exchanges. Although the young duo of Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez and Mario Saint-Sup\u00e9ry sparked a second-half fightback, Spain faltered once again in the closing stages.<\/p>\n
Missed free throws proved costly, with Juancho Hernang\u00f3mez failing to convert three in a row, as Greece held on to win.<\/p>\n
The decisive blow, however, came earlier in the week. An opening defeat to Georgia left Spain needing to beat both Italy and Greece to advance. Losses in both games meant they finished fifth in their group, ahead only of Cyprus, and fell short of the knockout rounds.<\/p>\n
Scariolo bows out<\/p>\n
Scariolo confirmed after the match that his cycle with Spain had ended. “I feel at peace with my conscience because I gave everything I had,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
“The sport always puts you in your place and we made mistakes, but I am proud of how the team competed. The future is bright and I hope the next generation achieves success.”<\/p>\n
The Italian coach departs as the most decorated manager in Spanish basketball history. Since his debut in 2009, he has overseen two separate spells, guiding the national team to four Eurobasket titles, the 2019 World Cup and two Olympic medals.<\/p>\n
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Scariolo during the game.<\/p>\n
EFE<\/p>\n
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In total, he managed 222 games with Spain, winning eight medals in 10 major tournaments.<\/p>\n
A changing of the guard<\/p>\n
Despite the disappointment, the tournament offered glimpses of the future. Saint-Sup\u00e9ry and N\u00fa\u00f1ez both impressed, while Jaime Pradilla and Xabi L\u00f3pez-Ar\u00f3stegui provided valuable contributions. Scariolo himself stressed that the team\u2019s identity would endure beyond individual players.<\/p>\n
The Spanish Basketball Federation paid tribute on social media, calling his tenure “a magical and unique cycle”.<\/p>\n
His successor has not yet been named, though Pablo Laso has been linked to the post.<\/p>\n
Spain now turn their attention to rebuilding, as Scariolo closes a historic chapter in their basketball story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngel Resa \/ Cristi\u00e1n Ram\u00f3n Cobos Madrid Friday, 5 September 2025, 14:12 Spain\u2019s reign as European champions ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[106860,63137,28609,123394,2000,125229,299,46697,36727,138068,104,138069,5598],"class_list":{"0":"post-399975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-comes","9":"tag-disappointing","10":"tag-end","11":"tag-era","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-eurobasket","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-exit","16":"tag-historic","17":"tag-scariolo","18":"tag-spain","19":"tag-suffer","20":"tag-the"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115151718200052933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}