The last days of this sensational Spanish Junior Club Championship Men’s and Women’s Basketball are responding to all expectations. On both sides of the draw, both in the men’s and women’s categories, the favorites have taken a step forward with clear victories and there have been vibrant duels such as the Catalan derby between Joventut and Barça, which the green and blacks won after extra time, becoming in one of the big matches of the event.
Real Betis could not do anything against the Real Madrid of Hugo González and company and was out of the fight for the medals.
In women, the forcefulness of Spar Gran Canaria was more than evident with great figures from players like Doumbia, Padilla or Touré beating CAB Estepona in the quarterfinals. Unicaja Andalucía brought great joy to Andalusian basketball by accessing the penultimate round of the basketball championship after beating Basket Girona in a highly disputed contest.
Basketball Semifinals
The semifinals, which are all played this Friday at the Carolina Marín Sports Palaceare arranged as follows: in the men’s Basketball team the matches will be Joventut Badalona – Valencia Basket and Casademont Zaragoza – Real Madrid, while in the women’s the fight for the grand final will be played, on the one hand, by Spar Gran Canaria – Valencia Basket and, on the other, Unicaja Andalucía – Movistar Estudiantes.
