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The Spanish women’s basketball team, with Navarra Irati Etxarri in its ranks, lost to Belgium by 65-67 in the Eurobasket 2025 finalin the reissue of the previous edition, after wasting 12 points in a last quarter of madness and is left without the dream of lifting his fifth continental championship.

A partial fate of 14-0 in the last three minutes gave the Bicampeonato of the Belgians, who delved into the wound of an incredulous Spain, which He already looked champion with 65-63 on the scoreboard in the absence of 2:56 minutes to the end.

With one above in the absence of 17.5 seconds, the National Team had a ball to administer the advantage and get a basket that forced Belgium to at a minimum, look for a three -point launch. In an inexplicable way, the ball ended in the hands of Antonia Delare, He scored a tray without opposition. The posterior hurries caused Raquel Carrera’s steps and gave the champions the possibility of terminating the meeting from the staff.

Thus, Bellampeone Belgium after winning the championship in 2023, where he also got rid of Spain in the final. ‘The family’ could not lift its fifth European championship, after the titles of 1993, 2013, 2017 and 2019, and runs out of revenge before their black beast, which also extended them in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

Miguel Méndez was inclined to go out with Raquel Carrera and Awa Fam in the initial quintet in an attempt to control the defensive rebound, pending task in the previous matches, and to match the fight under the Belgian boards, leaders of the tournament in this aspect.

In the offensive, Spain chose to look in high post -family post situations, with more mobility than Kyara Linskens, the Belgium Tower, which it submitted with seven points, with a triple included, during the first minutes.

With Emma Meesseman well controlled by Raquel Carrera, the Belgians focused their game on the outer shot and took advantage of the inspiration of Julie Allemand.

Both selections seemed comfortable with a quick game rhythm, Sometimes even uncontrolled, which ended with a minimum advantage for Spain (19-18), at the end of the first quarter.

The Benchillo de España better understood the course of the meeting at the beginning of the second quarter, with Aina Ayuso at the controls and with Paula Ginzo lighting from different positions. With the second unit adding a total of 14 points and with the maximum difference registered so far with six (28-22), the Belgian coach, Mike Thibault, was forced to stop the game for the first time.

The dead time sang Belgium again, That he trusted his points in the successful Allemand doll, the only threat to the great defense of ‘La Familia’, very closed over the area and making tireless aid to hinder any easy basket near the hoop.

Méndez stopped the encounter with another dead time and, with the Fam-Carrera couple again on the track, he went to the break ahead (37-31) despite the Linskens basket on the horn, which perfectly executed a band play designed by Tibault in the absence of 4.6 seconds.

After passing through changing rooms, Belgium tried to reengagate Meesseman, deactivated in the first half, which chained several good actions to lower the rent to three points and force Spain to ask for dead time prematurely.

The Belgians put aside the outer launch, the result of the mistake, and began to maximize their inner power with Linskens and Meesseman, who infected the rest of the team and stirred to get ahead for the first time from the beginning of the clash (43-45).

The six losses in this third manga and the evil defensive balance did not undermine the moral of Spain that, againhe found in Ayuso and Ginzo the best antidote against the Belgian’s comeback threatand left ahead in the absence of the last ten minutes (52-49).

A triple of Ayuso and a robbery and basket of Helena Pueyo gave wings to the National Team, which managed to get eight points (57-49) in the absence of 7:40 for the end of the match.

Spain controlled the rebound and fajó in defense so as not to allow an easy basket of Belgium, which began to despair before the activity of Miguel Méndez’s, which continued to forcing losses and increasing the advantage in the scoreboard, which became 12 with only three minutes to be played.

In the blink of an eye, the Belgians demonstrated their quality and They endorsed a spectacular partial 8-0 in the last minute. ‘The family’ decaped in attack and loaded with fouls in defense, but was seen with possession of the ball and with a favorable 65-64 in the absence of 17.5 on the party clock.

A lack of understanding between Alba Torrens and Mariona Ortiz precipitated a ball loss and a subsequent basket of Antonia Delare, which turned the luminous to 65-66 in the most cruel way possible. Julie Vanloo from the free kick certified a fateful 14-0 of parties and ended with the dream of ‘the family’ of lifting his fifth Eurobasket.