Víctor Lapeña
Víctor Antonio Lapeña Tortosa (born 12 March 1975, in Zaragoza) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League. Club careerHe coached several teams in Spain, both in the second tier league (2003-2008) and the first tier league (2008-2018). He won the Spanish League in the 2012-13 season, and the 2014 Spanish Cup with CB Avenida.[1] In the 2018-2019 season he coached his first team abroad, Nadezhda Orenburg from the Russian Premier League, winning the second-tier 2018–19 EuroCup Women. On 29 June 2019 he signed for Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[2] In May 2024, Lapeña signed a three-year contract with Çukurova Basketbol of the Turkish Super League .[3] National teamSpainLapeña has worked with the Spanish Basketball Federation as both assistant and head coach in the youth teams and the senior team, winning a total of 14 medals.[4] In November 2015 he was the head coach of the senior team for two games.[5]
CanadaIn January 2022, Lapeña was appointed head coach for the Canada women's national basketball team.[6] He guided the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and third place at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Following the 2024 Olympic tournament, where Canada failed to win a game, Canada Basketball and Lapeña mutually agreed to part ways.[7] References
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