Spain falls to France and will fight for bronze in the European women’s under-20

ByDavid Mitchell

The Spanish women’s under-20 team will look this Sunday (5:00 p.m.) in Klaipeda (Lithuania) the first medal of the training summer of the FEB and it will have to be the bronze one. The girls he directs Ruben Burgos They were unable to beat France yesterday (54-64) in the semi-finals and will have to settle for this fight for third place, which will pit them against Belgium.

It was the first defeat for the Spanish team in the championship against a rival that also aspires to everything and imposed its greatest success to take control of the match, especially in the second half. Agnes Pitarch-Bulk led France’s scoring with 17 points, seconded by Stella Queues with 15 points.

The dominance of the rebound (9 catches plus the galas) was key to defeating the Spanish team, led in scoring by Carla Osma (15), the only one that exceeded double digits. Gina Garcia He was left with only two points with a bad series of shots.

France will fight for the title (7:30 p.m.) against Israelwho got rid of the Belgians by 78-69, to replace Spainwho was champion in 2025 in Matosinhos.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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