The Colombian U-15 women’s basketball team, with a great contribution from Santander, qualified first in Group B to the semifinals of the South American Championship in Chile.
The team led by Julio Rueda from Santander, which also includes four athletes from the ‘Land of the Chicamocha Canyon’, beat Uruguay (78-35), Ecuador (59-52) and Brazil (78-52) in the first round. 75).
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Now the national team will face Bolivia this Saturday, for a place in the grand final of a tournament that grants three places to the U-16 World Cup.
The base of the Colombian National Team is the Santander National Team that recently won the National Championship title in the Under-15 category.
María Sofía Pérez Mendoza, María Paula Acosta Durán, Isabella Rincón Guerra and Luna Sofía Vega Colmenares are the region’s basketball players who make up the ‘coffee’ squad.
