Spain will face Germany or Slovakia at the Women’s Eurobasket

The victory of Spain over Greece enabled him to complete the first phase women’s Eurobasket first place in their group and directly advance to the quarterfinals. Now the team led by Miguel Méndez is waiting for the opponent, who will come out of the match between Serbia and Germany today at six in the afternoon.

This Tuesday, the national team plans to fly to Ljubljana (Slovenia) for the start preparation for the match to be played on Thursday. Maria Conde is doubtful for that match, because the Madrid striker dislocated her left shoulder in the match against Greece and could not return to the field.

This Monday, the team rested and took the opportunity to tour Jerusalem. As well as Spain, the other teams who have already qualified for the quarter-finals are due to travel this morning: Belgium, France and Hungary.

Among the possible rivals of the national team, u Germany Leonie Fiebich, who plays for Casademont Zaragoza, and Marie Gurlich, who plays for Valencia Basket, stand out. The Germans closed the group stage with two wins and one loss. The Slovakon the contrary, they made it through in extremis beating Turkey in the last game.

among the best

Inside players Laura Gil and Raquel Carrera they finished the first stage of the tournament among the ten most respected, after being the two most used in the first three games of coach Miguel Méndez.

With a rating of 17.7 points per game, Gil was in sixth place. For his part, Carrera’s average is 17.3, placing him ninth among the more than 190 athletes who started the championship.

Both were seeded in three games in Spain, and Carrera is the fifth player with the most minutes in this Eurobasket, with an average of 34.2. The best in the first phase was the Belgian Emma Meesseman with an average PIR of 30 per game, while the second was the Montenegrin Natasha Mack with 25.7.

The next most valued Spanish player is striker Alba Torrens, in position 60, with a performance of nine points per game.