Spain returns home with a silver medal hanging around the neck that indicates that it is runner -up in Europe. The bad drink suffered in the grand final against Belgium is still hard, But metal is less and less bitter.
Inevitably, the first memory that comes to the head regarding the participation of Spain in the latter Women's Eurobasket will transfer us to the final. We will return to the Pavilion of Peace and Friendship, when the marker reflected a 63-51 favorable to Miguel Méndez's team after a basket of Helena Pueyo.
Spain stroked its fifth historical Eurobasket. A title that was going to arrive in which it was going to be one of the Great feats of recent years in European basketball. And is that the selection, accustomed to giving us joys with the eternal Laia Palau, Anna Cruz, Silvia Domínguez the Lucy Pascua, He came to this event with a team with many new faces.
New faces are already a reality
Some players like Awa Fam, Helena Pueyo, Elena Buenavida or Aina Ayuso had not reached 10 internationalities Before starting the way to the championship. In this team the faces changed, but not the good game and that competitive character with which Spain was growing, Through the victory, to reach the grand final for the title.
Alba Torrens led a selection with many new faces / FIBA
Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic and France one after another were falling, with some actions that already remain in the imaginary: the 19 free throws thrown and converted by Raquel Carrera ahead, the Fam exhibition against France Thanks to its 21 points and nine rebounds that served to knock down last Olympic silver.
Belgium, the black beast of recent years
Of course, more than a sensation, there is the certainty that Belgium has the measure to Spain: There are already two consecutive triumphs in the late Europeans, plus victory in Paris in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. Three hard blows of which the group should rebuild in the next championships to try to climb to the highest drawer of the podium.
And of course, a possible mission for what this team has been seen throughout the tournament, and in much of the final against Belgium. As in life, one decides if he wants to see the glass half full or half empty. Returning to those final four minutes will only lead to a negative loop in which the outcome does not suffer variations. And of course, there is much to analyze how Spain allowed one of the most unlikely comebacks in recent years in European basketball.
The team that has made Miguel Méndez is called to give many joys to the Spanish fans / FIBA
A hopeful future
But a group that some and some did not see in the semifinals, returns to Spain with a silver medal hanging on the neck. When there was a reasonable concern about whether the generational relief in national female basketball was guaranteed, these girls have shown that they can start counting them. And although the taste remains bitter, the silver achieved by Spain in the Eurobasket 2025 marks the beginning of a path that promises successes and joys.
