The Colombia women’s basketball team of the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/south-american-qualifiers-bolivia-and-26-players-to-face-venezuela-and-chile-south-american-qualifiers/" title="South American Qualifiers: Bolivia and 26 players to face Venezuela and Chile | South American Qualifiers”>under-15 category started with a great presentation on South American which is disputed in Venezuelawinning 49-38 to Chile.
Among those directed by Ricardo Pinzón There are five players from the League of Antioquia: María Fernanda Posada, Mariana Cifuentes and Alisson Restrepo. While Elba Escorcia y Victoria Ass They were born in Magdalena and Atlántico, but since last year they settled in Medellín and became linked to the Antioquia process.
Jorge Saldarriaga, leader of the Paisa league, maintained that expectations with this group are high due to the talent that the team led by Pinzón has and that they will look for a place on the podium of the competition in order to qualify for the Fiba AmeriCup Sub-16 Women’s event that will be held in 2025.
Saldarriaga confirmed that Assi, although she is 14 years old, has good size (she is 1.90 meters tall) and talent that makes her one of the most promising.
Likewise, Mariana Cifuentes, a native of Necoclí (Urabá) and a member of the club Promises of Antiochstands out with a height of 1.95 meters. Along with them are Posada and Alisson from clubs like Adidas who work with the development of basketball in the region.
In the debut, Colombia had Keren Bertel as the top scorer of the match with 19 points, leading the group that, at the close of this edition, was playing the second match of the tournament against the representative of Bolivia.
The players from the Antioquia registry also reported in the result with ten points.
Against Chile, Colombia dominated the first three quarters of the match with results of 9-5, 18-11 and 10-6; while the australians managed to win the last one 12-16, but the coffee makers achieved the victory.
In the development of the first day of the South American in Venezuela, the Brazilian teams also won, beating Ecuador 64-56, Argentina defeated Uruguay 68-40 and the local teams beat Bolivia 77-43.
This Friday the Colombians will face the local quintet, Venezuela, from 4:00 in the afternoon, our country time, to define the positions of Group A.
Colombia hopes to finish the phase in one of the first two places to compete in the semifinal.
The championship system
The eight participating teams were divided into two groups.
In A are Venezuela, Colombia, Chile and Bolivia.
In B, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador.
The first two in each group, positions that will be defined this Friday, will go on to compete in the semifinals that will take place this Saturday.
The three best South American teams will qualify for the Fiba AmeriCup Women’s Under-16 that will be held in 2025.
