Spain qualifies for the 2023 European Championship by winning the Ourense Pre-European Championship

MADRID, 20 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The absolute Spanish men’s team has qualified this Saturday for the 2023 European Championship, by winning the Ourense Pre-European Championship after adding the third win in the three games played.

In this way, the ‘Red Sticks’ culminate the good run of results, by defeating the Czech Republic on the opening day, last Thursday to Poland and today convincingly (11-0) to Portugal. A triumph that will allow the national team to fight for the European Championship 2023, a championship that will give its winner a direct place for the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024. Spain got the pass

The match was shown to face for the host team. Joaquín Menini, with a cross shot, materialized the goal that broke the initial balance in minute 3′ (1-0). A variation that would continue with the second, thanks to a hit similar to the previous one, which in this case was carried out by José Basterra.

The pupils of Max Caldas, despite soon putting the subsequent victory on track, continued to show hunger in the face of the opposite goal. This is how the corner penalty would arrive, which with a direct kick, Pau Cunill converted into the third in Mariñamansa.

After an offensive gale in the first period, in the second, despite the clear distance, they continued with a very intense Spain. In this way he continued sowing chances and increased the distance on the scoreboard with the success of Pau Cunill and Xavi Gispert, just a few seconds before the break (7-0).


With the return to the game nothing changed. Jordi Bonastre would make the eighth to give way to a section under the same script as the previous ones, but in this quarter without new goals that went up to the light.

The last 15 minutes only confirmed the good match shown by Spain, who would score again through Oriol Salvador, Marc Recasens and José Basterra to close the match (11-0) definitively.