Paula López González, at the U-17 Basketball World Cup: the three areas in which the young Spanish woman recruited for the Argentine team stood out

The participation of the Argentine women’s team in the U17 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, culminated with six defeats and one victory that left it in 15th place among 16 countries, his worst position in three participations because he had been ninth in 2010 and 13th in 2018. Beyond the final result, the most positive thing for the national team was the inclusion of the Spanish Paula López González whom the Argentine Basketball Confederation (CAB) recruited against the clock in the previous contest y She was the best player on the team because she excelled in four determining statistical areas of the game: efficiency, points, rebounds and assists.

The champion of the World Cup was the United States that in the definition beat Spain 84 to 62while France took third place by beating Canada 84-82.

First stage (group B)

round of 16

Reclassification for 9th place

Reclassification for 13th place

Reclassification for 15th place

Until this July 18, one day after the World Cup in which the young woman stood out, there was no new official statement from the CAB regarding López González. The entity, from the beginning, handled the issue with secrecy and prior to the international contest THE NATION contacted the entity that presides over Fabián Borro in order to consult how the call and nationalization of the player was conceived, an unusual practice in Argentine basketball, and the answer was that at that time “they would not provide more information than that published in their official channels.”

The U-17 women’s national team qualified for the World Cup thanks to the fourth place he achieved last year in the FIBA ​​Americas Sub 16 that took place in Guanajuato, Mexico. Eight players remained from that squad for the World Cup: Juana Amaia, Alma Bourgarel, Delfina Cergneux, Victoria Fontana, Angelina Giacone, Dagmar Hentschel, and Malena Maggi and Nerea Lagowski.