40-87: Spain imposes its law in the final and secures the second gold of the summer

The Spanish women’s under-16 team maintained its hegemony without doubt and imposed itself on Slovenia in the final of European of the category to achieve a more or less announced gold. The superiority shown by Madelen’s girls Urieta in this championship Romania has left no doubt until the last chapter, sentencing the title that consolidates Spain’s dominance in these categories.

This is the second gold for Spanish basketball in training tournaments this summer after the one also achieved by the U-18 women’s team and the sixth podium achieved by the FEB teams in another brilliant summer.

Paula Reynalauthor of 18 points, led the scoring of the Spanish team, well supported by Sara Fernandez (13), Blessing Ajisebutu (12) and Amelia Alonso (11). Alonso She ended up being voted MVP of the championship.

The intensity and physical dominance exerted by Spain It was clearly reflected in the statistics of steals (27) and losses recorded by the rival (36), overwhelmed at times by the defensive traps of the Spanish.

The team of Urieta He did not want to sow doubts and from the beginning he dominated with a run of 9-21 that gave peace of mind and confidence to the team. At half-time the advantage was already 20 points (19-39), leaving Slovenia which improved slightly in the remaining two quarters but without managing to prevail in any of them.