Women’s Eurobasket 2023: teams, players, quintets and squads

Most outstanding teams and players of the women’s Eurobasket 2023

The Spanish women’s basketball team has won nine medals (three golds, one silver and five bronzes) in the last eleven Eurobasket. That, and her excellent preparation, has made her one of the great favorites for the title in the tournament that will be held from June 15 to 25 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Tel Aviv (Israel).

The women’s Eurobasket groups, after the draw on March 8, They were configured as follows:

If Spain is first in their group (It faces Latvia on Thursday the 15th, Montenegro on Friday the 16th and Greece on Sunday the 18th in Tel Aviv), would go directly to the quarterfinals (already in Ljubljana, against the second of C —Slovenia, Germany or Great Britain— or third of D —Turkey or Hungary—) and would avoid the confrontation of eighths (Italy or Czech Republic, possibly). Also, if there were no strange results, I would avoid the two big favorites until the final: Belgium and France.

France, which will not have Marine Johannes (The escort has planted the team to be in the WNBA and it looks like she will not be at the Paris Games next summer either) or gaby williams (injury), she is still the great favorite although she has been going from disappointment to disappointment for years. The most muscular team in Europe has not lifted a continental title since 2011. Since then, he has played all the finals and has won five silver medals after losing gold three times against Spain (2013, 2017 and 2019) and twice against Serbia (2015 and 2021).

Serbia is the current championbut has taken a step back with the farewells of Sonja Vasic (née Petrovic) and Jelena Brooks (née Milovanovic) more Ana Dabovic. Yes, the nationalized Yvonne Anderson and Aleksandra Crvendakic will be there, formerly of Perfumerías Avenida, and possibly the great current reference. Belgium has spent years rubbing shoulders with the big ones and opting for everything. Bronze in the last Eurobasket, the one in Valencia in 2021, says Emma Meessemanone of the best players on the Old Continent, WNBA champion and MVP of the final in 2019, and an excellent game director as is Julie Allemand.

Quintet and squad of the Spanish National Team in the women’s Eurobasket 2023

Spain will offer a team full of youth in this Eurobasket (Raquel Carrera, Lola Pendande, María Conde, Maite Cazorla…) with a good dose of seniority (Silvia Domínguez, Alba Torrens, Cristina Ouviña). The base quintet, a priori, will be made up of two point guards (Cristina Ouviña and Maite Cazorla, the latter more in the shooting guard position), a forward (María Conde) and two centers (Raquel Carrera and Laura Gil). The loss of Astou Ndour, who has resigned from Eurobasket for personal reasons, leaves the inner game of the National Team touched, which will have fewer alternatives (María Conde will play minutes as a false ‘four’) with Paula Ginzo and Lola Pendande as replacements to give Gil and Carrera some rest, who will carry the weight of the team in the paint.