Spanish National Team
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | ||
| Competitor for Spain | ||
| Summer Olympics | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | National Team |
| FIBA World Championship | ||
| Gold | 2006 Japan | National Team |
| FIBA European Championship | ||
| Bronze | 2001 Turkey | National Team |
| Silver | 2003 Sweden | National Team |
| Silver | 2007 Spain | National Team |
| Gold | 2009 Poland | National Team |
Garbajosa was a member of the Spanish national teams that participated in the 2000 Olympic Basketball Tournament and the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament. He also won a bronze medal at the 2001 FIBA European Championship and a silver medal at the 2003 FIBA European Championship.
On September 3, 2006, Garbajosa and the Spanish national team won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, he scored a game high 20 points and collected 10 rebounds in the final against the Greek national team. He averaged 12.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in the tournament. In addition to winning the gold medal, Garbajosa made the All-Tournament team, along with teammate Pau Gasol.
On January 1, 2007, Garbajosa was named European Player of the Year Mister Europa 2006 by an Italian weekly magazine, SuperBasket. Other NBA players given this award are Dirk Nowitzki (2005) and Pau Gasol (2004).
At the 2007 FIBA European Championship, Garbajosa again featured for the Spanish team. He averaged 7.8 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game in the nine games he played, but Spain lost 59–60 to the Russian national team in the final.
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