The Spanish women’s team will start this Thursday (4:30 pm) its journey to Sopron Pre-Olympic (Hungary). The players of Miguel Mendez they played the ticket for Paris Olympic Games 2024 in a competition that will begin with the Japanese. The next day they will be measured in Canada (3:30 pm) and ends on Sunday against the host country, Hungary (5:30.). All matches will be broadcast by Teledeporte.
The twelve players that will make up the team are: Cristina Ouviña, Maite Cazorla, Marion Ortiz, Andrea Vilaro, Quralt Houses, Leonor Rodriguez, Alba Torrens, Maria Conde, Irati Etxarri, Raquel Carrera, Laura Gil and Megan Gustafson. The latter will debut with the national team after being nationalized by letter of nature in June 2023. In the absence of Silvia Dominguezwhich causes damage to the left thigh, will be Alba Torrens is in charge of leading the group.
Of the four teams that will compete in the Pre-Olympic in Hungary, only one will be left for the Olympic event. This week they are also celebrated China, Brazil and Belgium the other tournaments. Between the four of them they will distribute the ten places that will complete the twelve teams that will be in Paris. The only two classified so far are Francefor being the host country, and USAfor being the current world champions.
After starting training on Saturday in Madrid, the team arrived in Sopron on Tuesday night. Almost seven months after taking the silver at Eurobasket 2023the ruling group Miguel Mendez He came to Hungary with the goal of winning a ticket to his sixth Olympic Games. The stage is the Novomatic Arena, a pavilion with a capacity for 2,500 people and the standard court of Basket of Sopron.
Japan, an unpredictable rival
The Japanese team is the current Olympic runner-up. Last August he was silver, falling in the final of FIBA Asian Cup in the view of China. The team usually plays an atypical game for European teams implemented by its previous coach, the North American Tom Havassewhich led the team to achieve the best results in its history.
The average height of Japanese players in Tokyo is 1.77 and only two are over 1.80. In these conditions, his style is based on exploiting the characteristics of speed and betting outside the shot. No one shot more and better three-pointers in the Games than the team of Japanese. Their aggressive defense and speed in attack (their versatile players usually play wide) are the hallmarks of the Asian team. A rival Spain has beaten on the last six occasions.
After the success of the Tokyo Games, Hovasse He has been proposed to lead the men’s team with a view to the 2023 World Cup. Now he holds the position Toru Onzukawhich is his right hand Havasse at the head of the women’s team and hopes to extend her legacy.
Source: La Verdad
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