BASKETBALL | FEMALE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM | EUROBASKET
Spain will face Montenegro, Latvia and Greece in the first phase of the Women’s Eurobasket that will be held this summer, from June 15 to 25, in Tel Aviv (Israel) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). In the draw held this Wednesday in the Slovenian capital, the absolute women’s Spanish team was included in group A, based in Tel Aviv. Only the first of each of the four groups of the initial phase will qualify directly for the quarterfinals.
The Spanish coach, Miguel Méndez, assessed the result of the draw: «The draw has cleared up some important doubts. The first, the headquarters, which is going to force us to make one more trip, the transfer. It would have been more comfortable to already be in Slovenia.
Regarding the groups, he has assured that there are four groups “of a very similar level, quite even. In a long championship, the first game is always the most dangerous, because it is the moment to arrive, the nerves, the anxiety… The last Eurobasket we played, in 2021, the first game in Valencia was a defeat against Belarus that marked a bit the future of the competition, the team was not at their level, this is what always worries the first game. In this case we have it with Latvia, which is a rival to take into account, with very experienced players, who have been playing in the Euroleague for years, two stars like Steinberga and Laksa, two of the best players in Europe in their positions. Surely they will make things very difficult for us, they are the most important rival in the group.
The first phase will be played on the 15th, 16th and 18th, with the 17th rest. The first of each group (4) will qualify directly for the quarterfinals, while the second and third will play a crossover of the round of 16, pairing the teams from groups A and B on the one hand (day 19 in Tel Aviv) and on the other. groups C and D for another (day 20 in Ljubljana).
The final phase will be played entirely in the capital of Slovenia. The quarterfinals are set for the 22nd, the semifinals for the 24th and the final and the match for bronze, for the 25th. The losing teams in the quarterfinals will play for the classification from 5 to 8.
GROUP A (Tel Aviv)
Montenegro
Latvia
SPAIN
Greece
GROUP B (Tel Aviv)
Belgium
Italia
Czech Republic
Israel
GROUP C (Ljubljana)
Germany
Britain
Slovenia
France
GROUP D (Ljubljana)
Turkey
Slovakia
Hungary
Serbia
