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Three months after reaching fourth place in the seventeenth edition of the FIBA AmeriCup Women, The Puerto Rican team is getting ready to compete again at the highest level.
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The Puerto Rican women’s quintet will return to the ring as one of the favorite teams for medals in the basketball tournament corresponding to the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023.
As you read, after winning the bronze in Lima 2019, the Creoles will burst into the main city of the southern nation seeking to at least emulate the result achieved on Peruvian soil and dreaming of repeating that historic performance in Guadalajara 2011, when they ended up taking the gold.
Pan American Games Santiago 2023: the next stop for women’s basketball in Puerto Rico
In this context it still transcends that the Puerto Rico Basketball Federation announced the preselection of 16 eligible players to represent the Isla del Encanto in Santiago 2023.
In this regard, it should be noted that The list highlights names such as Pamela Rosado, Brianna Jones, Alana Smith, Sofía Roma, Isalys Quiñones, Sofía Roma and Kaela Hilaire.
What is Puerto Rico’s group in women’s basketball at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games?
The Puerto Rico team, number 12 in the world ranking, was placed in Group A and in this section, they will have as rivals the Cuban squads (40 del ranking), Chile (78) and Argentina (31).
The Antilles will debut on October 25 against the Chilean team.
One day later, on October 26, Puerto Rico will return to the court to face Cuba.
The Creoles will close the group stage colliding with Argentina on October 27.
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Most forecasts assume that the Puerto Ricans should comfortably dominate their group and already in the semifinals solve without problems a hypothetical commitment against Colombia or Venezuela.
In this way the scene would be set for a dream final against the Brazilians and there, Although the South Americans start as favorites, the benefit of the doubt gives real possibilities to the Caribbean.
2023-10-05 06:04:13
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