The

Spanish

women's basketball

that has reigned in Europe has almost always had a Valencian accent.

That Dorna Godella of Miki Vikovic opened the way and Ros Casares closed it as the last Spanish champion in 2012. Now it is

Valencia Basket

who picks up the baton.

Rubén Burgos' team, with just three seasons in the elite, has been proclaimed champion of the

Eurocup

, the second continental competition that still did not have a Spanish winner.

He did it against a tough

Reyer Venezia

, the favorite, and with a lot of suspense.

Glued to the Italians in the first two quarters, they could only get ahead when they adjusted their defensive work in the third, but the suspense remained until the last second of the match.

A basket from the base of the Italians, Yvonne Anderson, forced the feat.

His second for the Burgos slate to work, and it did.

Raquel Carrera's

personal foul

left in her hands two free throws to tie and force extra time or lift the first title.

The 19-year-old players' wrist did not tremble.

The goal of building a champion team had been fulfilled and faster than expected, with good sports decisions led by

Esteban Albert

, the leadership of

Rubén Burgos

and a range of top-level players such as Queralt Casas -MVP of the final-, Laura Gil, Cristina Ouviña, Maria Pina, Celeste Trahan-Davis, Marie Gülich or Captain Anna Gómez.

If the defeat was bitter a few weeks ago in the

Queen's Cup

, last night everything was happiness after winning in a competition in which the team debuted in October 2019. Sneaking into the newly promoted Endesa Women's League semifinals carried that award .

Then the pandemic upset everything, but not the growth of this project, which added to that feat the recent cup final and this title.

Another illusion of Juan Roig

The triumph of Valencia Basket is one more example of the sports bet of

Juan Roig

, through his patronage program, for basketball.

Equalizing the men's and women's section in treatment is a constant idea that on the Szekszard court (Hungary) was intertwined with an image: the champion jersey that the players wore had the image of

Miki Vukovic

, the emblem of women's basketball,

printed

on it. Spain and forever linked to that Pamesa Valencia.

This triumph, sustained by the economic stability that Valencia Basket has, is the result of four years of constant growth and the tip of the iceberg of the work at

L'Alqueria del Basket

to extract female talent.

The Eurocup is a step forward in the intention of building a solid team that will dispute

the leadership of Spanish women's basketball

at

Perfumerías Avenida

and

UNI Girona

and achieve a greater European presence of national teams.

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