Overview

• The women’s teams of Euskadi and Spain will face off June 4 at the Jai Alai court in Gernika during the fourth round of the I Liga de Naciones de cesta-punta de frontón 54 metros.
• Euskadi secured its debut entry after the Federación Internacional de Pelota Vasca granted regional recognition in December, enabled by Spain’s 2022 Ley del Deporte.
• Federación Vasca de Pelota president Joxe Mari Mitxelena hailed the participation as the realisation of the Basque people’s long-held aspiration to compete internationally.
• The Federación Española de Pelota confirmed Spain will compete to safeguard its athletes’ rights but insists the Nations League does not qualify as an official event under the Ley del Deporte.
• Men’s teams are placed in separate groups and may not meet, while the single-group format guarantees the women’s encounter on June 4.