In October 1986 Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics,[1] meaning the automatic qualification of the Spain women's national basketball team.
After their fourth season and the upcoming Olympics, the team was disbanded as such, and ended their relationship with the Spanish Federation.
[2] With training sessions in the morning and in the afternoon, the players had to pay attention to their academic subjects too, and soon their level required them to travel abroad to compete against better teams: Cuba, Canada, USA, Australia, Brazil.
[3] The final roster for the Olympic games was composed of: Patricia Hernández, Carolina Mújica, Blanca Ares, Piluca Alonso, Mónica Pulgar, Margarita Geuer, Almudena Vara, Ana Belén Alvaro, Mónica Messa, Marina Ferragut, Betty Cebrián and Carlota Castrejana, finishing 5th, with 3 wins and 2 losses.
[4] Eight of these twelve players would continue in the team to become European champions the following summer with coach Manolo Coloma.