The hosts will be the only ones that will have their four teams in the semifinals. Madrid and Catalonia will also compete for medals in three categories. Castilla y León and the Valencian Community will have two semi-finalists, while the Canary Islands and Galicia have entered one of their teams.
FEMALE CADET: Favorites do not give a choice
Results
Qualified for semis: Catalonia vs Andalusia | Madrid vs Canary Islands
It has been the category with the fewest surprises. Only Aragón (with a very talented generation) has fallen to a difficult opponent like Andalusia in the quarterfinals. Catalonia had no problems with the Basque Country (103-58) with a dominant Anna Smykovskaia under the hoops (22 points and 8 rebounds) while Madrid also beat the Comunitat Valenciana (79-52) with Stevi Harmon as the top scorer. The Canary Islands proved to be a competitive team and eliminated a talented Castilla y León (76-50), while Andalusia took advantage of Claudia Lostal’s personal fouls to beat Aragón (43-53) with a textbook defense.
MALE CADET: Equality in some exciting quarters
Results
Qualified for semis: Catalonia vs Andalusia | Castilla y León vs Madrid
The quarterfinal draw in the Male Cadet category is spectacular. Galicia and Andalusia played an exciting match, decided by a single point (68-69) with a spectacular duel between two talents such as the Galician Pablo Mera (26 points) and the Andalusian Alonso de la Iglesia (22). Another of the teams that has surprised has been Castilla y León, which has eliminated the Valencian Community in a great basketball match (87-90) where Leo Vrban (16 points), Rubén Hernasanz (18), Alfonso Agreda ( 14) and an illustrious surname like that of Marco de Larrea (13). The two favorites, Catalonia and Madrid, have gone one step further by eliminating the Basque Country and Aragon respectively.
FEMALE CHILDREN. The most intense 12 seconds of the day
Results
Qualified for semis: Castilla y León vs Catalonia | Andalusia vs C. Valenciana
Two free throws made it 63-66 with 12 seconds left in favor of Castilla y León against Madrid. It seemed won, but a triple by Lourdes Martín with 4 seconds left seemed to send the match to overtime. And there Paula Martínez appeared to score another triple at the buzzer and put the Castilian-Leonese team in the semifinals (66-69) in the most intense ending of the day. They will play the final against Catalonia, which had to make an effort to end the resistance of the Basque Country (74-48). On the other side of the table will be Andalusia (which decisively defeated the Balearic Islands) and Comunitat Valenciana, which won 67-46 against the Canary Islands in a clash in which Sofía Domínguez (15 points) and Anastasia Lishchuk (18) stood out.
MEN’S CHILDREN: Galicia breaks the bank by eliminating Catalonia
Results
Qualified for semis: C. Valenciana vs Andalucía | Galicia vs Madrid
It was the big surprise of the day, despite the fact that Galicia had already left good feelings in the group stage. But in the quarterfinals they eliminated Catalonia, one of the contenders for the title (62-67) with a spectacular last quarter (62-67) and with Pablo Cabello (11 points) and Alex Traveso (22) as their best men. They will play the semifinal against Madrid, who took advantage of their greater bench depth to defeat the Balearic Islands with four players in double figures (Alonso, Aguirre, Echezuria and Jiménez). On the other side of the table will be Comunitat Valenciana (with a sensational Adrián Szmit) and Andalucía, which has defeated a combative Canarias (72-60) in an even and entertaining clash).
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