SPAIN 60 – FRANCE 46
Photo: FEB.es
The Spanish U18F had the pressure of making history by sweeping the European competition this summer with Four Gold Medals as a country and they made it look very easy especially in the final period.
Lead by Leticia Romero, Spain started the game great but a big turn around and performance by the Canarian Romero led the U18F to victory.
Leticia Romero from Spain was named the tournaments MVP as she led the tournament in steals with 2.7 steals-per-game and also averaged 13.1 points and 3.6 assists and 5.1 rebounds-per-game.
Credit to head coach Victor Lapeña for leading group and several national teams to medals. Overall Lapeña has collected seven medals since 2007.
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