Belgium and Spain, current champion and runner -up continental, achieved their pass to the quarterfinals of the Eurobasket 2025 on Friday, That is played in Greece, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic until June 29, after beating Germany (79-60) and Montenegro (53-87) respectively on the second day of the championship.
The Belgians did not fail before the Balcanics and after a first overwhelming quarter (25-3) They slightly lowered the rhythm, confident in the victory and with the pass to rooms almost in their pocket, certified in some last 10 minutes (24-8).
While Miguel Méndez's went from less to more and managed to dominate the game almost from start to finishafter a solid performance in defense, to bend once again to the Teutone team, which they have won in the seven games in which the faces have been seen in official competition.
Kyara Linskens was the best in Belgium (25 points and 8 rebounds)while the pivot Emma Meesseman, best player at the Eurobasket 2023, achieved 15 points and 4 rebounds. Raquel Carrera was the top scorer for Spain with 20 points, to which he added four rebounds, and Luisa Geiselsoder the most prominent by the hosts (16+8).
Portugal stays out
Portugal, on the other hand, in group C, suffered from the Czech Republic another hard defeat for 52-73 in its second performance After a second fourth disastrous in which he only scored 8 points and fit 21. Lusas also fell with a crash in his debut against Belgium (81-52) so they are eliminated, as well as his next rival, Montenegro.
The Czechs were the other face of the coinafter reaching 4 points with this victory and achieving the classification for the quarterfinals.
In Group D, in which Spain plays, Sweden defeated the English team in its second game by 75-66despite a bad start in the first quarter (15-22) but with a great reaction before the break and especially in the third partial (26-16).
A great dynamics change that served to take the two points, add three in total after the defeat against Germany on the first day and placed as a second group, while England, last with two units, has very few possibilities to pass from phase after losing both games.
The final phase of the tournament will be held in full in Piraeus (Greece), from June 24 to 29.