The Colombian team beat this Saturday to that of the Dominican Republic, in the Americanup that is played in Santiago de Chile.
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The Colombian National Team will play the qualifying tournaments for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 after being imposed this Saturday 81-53 to the Dominican Republic, in the first reclassification game of the 2025 FIBA FIBA AmericanUp and ensure at least one sixth place in the contest held at the Collective Sports Center of Santiago de Chile.
From the second partial of the commitment, the tricolor players left their victory thanks to their intensity in defense and good effectiveness in field shots. This Sunday they will play for fifth place against Puerto Rico.
The Colombian cast had a 16-0 streak at the beginning of the second quarter that gave an advantage of 19 points (36-17) and from there, he sailed in calm waters during the rest of the match, which allowed his coach, Luis Cuenca, rotate and give enough minutes to 11 of his 12 registered players.
The Yuliany Paz pivot was the most prominent by signing a double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds. Paz, an Antioquia Indaportes player, launched for 50% of effectiveness in field shots and, in addition, added 4 blockages, which matched Miranda Ayim (Canada) as the leader in caps in the FIBA American FIVE (since 2003), with 32.
Paz signed his first Double-Double in Fiba Americanup and achieved new personal records of points and rebounds in a game. Before the game their maximum records were 12 goals and 11 captures. For the Dominican Republic, Cesarina Capellán highlighted with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Colombian bent the Dominicans in 56-49 rebounds (new brand for the tricolor in an AmericanUp game), assists 23-8 and crowned a round encounter thanks to its effectiveness in field shots (41%) also much better than that of their rival (26%).
The World Basketball World Cup dream continues
Colombia will play the classifying tournaments for the FIBA 2026 Women's Basketball World Cup with the aim of qualifying for the second time in its history after doing so in 1975, when she was host.
In case of winning the next reclassification duel, this Sunday against Puerto Rico, before which 68-65 fell on the first day of the tournament, Colombia will emulate the fifth place achieved in the last three editions of the FIBA American Fiba Women.
Yuliany Paz stressed that they were concentrated to get the victory to continue with the dream of entering the Women's Basketball World Cup. “We knew it was a fairly important game for us because playing a world cup would be a dream. Today we needed my baskets and my rebounds and everything went well,” said the pivot at a press conference.
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