Why is perfumeries avenue – Valencia BC in draw?

The first game between the perfumeries Avenida and Valencia BC has ended in a draw, leaving everything open for the new confrontation of this Sunday at the San Luis Fuente, although it seemed complicated that this Thursday the tie was decided.

The result of 76-76 surprised some people, who asked why an extension was not played. This is due to the competition format In this type of round trip qualifiers, which the Spanish Basketball Federation established for the quarterfinals and the semifinals of the Women’s League since the 2020/21 season.

Thus, The team that is classified for the next round is the one that achieves a greater number of points between both meetings. Therefore, the one who wins the Sunday game in La Fonteta will be the one that gets in the final. In the event that this second meeting ends up with a draw, So you would have to play an extensionor those that were needed, until equality and Avenida or Valencia BC are undone.

Finishing a match is not something new for the Salamanca team, although something very unusual. In the more than 1,400 clashes he has played among all its competitions throughout its history, It is the third time that this result is given and the previous two had been in the Ronchetti/Eurocup Cup.

The first draw in the history of perfumeries avenue was a 71-71 at Wemex Berlin’s house In the Rotonctti Cup of the 1994/95 season, with José Ignacio Hernández on the bench. In fact, that September 27, 1995 was the first time in which the Salamanca played an outside of Spain. Amaya Valdemoro and Shannon Manning, with 23 points each, were the top scorers.

We had to wait more than a decade to give an equalized again. It was in the semifinals of the already called Eurocup against Moscow Spartak in Würzburg in the 2005/06 campaign. After losing in Russia for 16 points, the draw (61-61) was not enough for the painting of José Ignacio Hernández and remained without reaching the final of the second continental competition. Kelly Schumacher, with 14 points, was the top scorer on March 2, 2006.

This Thursday, May 1, almost twenty years later, the third draw in the history of Avenida has occurred.