MADRID, June 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s team was unable to enter the fight for fifth place in the Wheelchair Basketball World Cup taking place in Dubai after losing this Sunday 47-60 against Canada, who took revenge of the defeat in the group stage and which sent the Spaniard trying to finish seventh.
Without too much time to digest the quarter-final defeat against the United States on Saturday, the national team had to get back on track to try to repeat the victory of the first phase (65-70) against the Canadians, but this times times he couldn’t after a complicated first game where he lost track of his rival.
Canada came out very focused and their defense held back the team led by Franck Belen, who lacked offensive success, which allowed the North American team to smooth their victory after having clearly dominated the first two quarters ( 16-31).
After going through the locker room, Spain managed to come out more intense, but failed to reduce the advantage the Canadians had until the last quarter when they managed to get under nine and possession to put the pressure, but their rival was able to hold on. and win.
From now on, the women’s team, which had Beatriz Zudaire as top scorer (19 points), will try to win their last game against Japan to finish in seventh place and repeat the position of the last 2018 World Cup.
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