西班牙是体育强国吗？
先引用一段西语原文：El deporte en España tiene una larga tradición y muchos españoles se consideran aficionados de diversos deportes. En cada comunidad autónoma hay una gran cantidad de clubes deportivos， las temporadas deportivas van desde diciembre hasta junio (el clima lo permite) y la mayoría de los españoles son seguidores del fútbol， el baloncesto o el boxeo.（来自Wikipedia）
大意是说 体育运动在Spain有着悠久的历史，很多西班牙人自称为各种运动的爱好者。在每个自治区都有很多的运动俱乐部，季候从12月开始到6月结束（天气允许的话），大部分西班牙人是足球、篮球或者拳击的粉丝。 然后我来引用一段英文资料：The most popular team sports[in Spain] are football and basketball. Both have a relatively high level of popularity for European standards， with more than half the population regularly watching or following live coverage of matches. After that comes handball—it is the most popular in Catalonia but fourth overall—and then tennis.
Rugby has a small but dedicated following， mainly along the south coast where there are clubs in Majorca and Canary Islands. There are also golf courses everywhere and among the elite are several who have won major championships.
Horse riding is very important to Spanish culture as it is believed to have been brought here by the Moors. There are approximately two million people involved in horse racing and stables in which to keep horses， not counting the thousands of amateur riders and those who own just one。 （摘引自URL）
橄榄球、棒球、马术等在美国风靡的运动在欧洲并不受欢迎，而足球和篮球则在任何地区都是最受欢迎的。所以如果只对比这两种运动，可以说NBA在西班牙的影响力比NFL强很多；如果对比足球和其他所有运动，那NBA在西班牙甚至可能连前5都排不进。