Portugal loses in the Prague semi-finals of the 3×3 Women’s Basketball World League
After Friday’s triumph in Group D, with victories over Ulaanbaatar Amazon, from Mongolia (10-8, after extra time), and the Czech Republic (15-14), and today’s 13-11 victory against Switzerland, Portugal was dominated by the Spanish
The Portuguese women’s basketball team, making its debut, was eliminated today in the semi-finals of the Prague stage of the 3×3 World League, after losing 16-12 to Spain, the first seed in the series.
After Friday’s triumph in Group D, with victories over Ulaanbaatar Amazon, from Mongolia (10-8, after extra time), and the Czech Republic (15-14), and today’s 13-11 victory against Switzerland, Portugal was dominated by the Spanish.
Spain, Lithuania, will face in the last order, Lithuania or China, marked the first steps and was always on the scoreboard, with Portugal approaching (11-8), but would never manage to reach the match .
Emília Ferreira added five points, Laura Ferreira scored four and Josephine Filipe got three, while Joana Soeiro was left blank.
Portugal hit eight of 31 shots, while Spain, who dominated the tables (21 rebounds, against 11), scored 15 of 26, including 12 of 17 on one-point “shoots”.
In 3×3 basketball, which debuted at the Tokyo ‘2020 Olympic Games, held in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic, “triple” throws are worth two points and the remaining one, and the team that reaches 21 points first or whoever is ahead after 10 minutes. In the event of a tie, extra time is played and the team that scores the first two points wins.