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Gil and Ortiz, main novelties of the women’s list for the last window

01/27/2023 at 11:34

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Mariona Ortiz, Calella’s playmaker, makes her debut with Miguel Méndez’s team

The center Laura Gil returns to the team after more than a year of absence

The coach of the Spanish women’s basketball team, Miguel Méndez, announced this Friday the list for the last window of February before Eurobasket 2023 with the main novelties of the return of Laura Gil and the debut of Mariona Ortiz.

Méndez has called up 14 players for the matches on February 9 and 12 against Romania and Iceland, respectively. With the classification already assuredthe main novelties are the return of Laura Gil, absent since November 2021 due to injury, and the first call to Mariona Ortiz.

Alba Torrens will act as captain. The list is made up of bases Cristina Ouviña, Laia Flores, Mariona Ortiz and Sandra Ygueravide; escorts Ángela Salvadores and Andrea Vilaró; forwards María Conde and Laura Quevedo; power forwards Paula Ginzo, Irati Etxarri and María Araujo; and centers Raquel Carrera and Laura Gil.

In this list we will have players who until now had not had the chance to come, with 7 changes compared to the last call in November. They all deserve to be here and we are very happy to be able to count on them”, assured the coach.

The team will meet on February 6 in Guadalajara and from there they will travel to Romania (Sfântu Gheorghe) to play the first game on Thursday (5:00 p.m. CEST). Then they will go to the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik where they will play on Sunday at 20:45.

The team reaches the last window of Eurobasket 2023 with the classification sealed and full of victories in their four matches.

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