French basketball players lost against Spain in the Eurobasket final (88-76), this Sunday in Berlin, where they were dominated the whole match. Led 47-37 at half-time, the Olympic vice-champions in Tokyo failed to win the second European title in their history after that of 2013. This is the fourth title for Spain, after 2009, 2011 and 2015 .
Spain relied on the brothers Juancho and Willy Hernangomez (27 and 14 points) to win with a largely renewed team compared to the one that had been crowned world champion in 2019.