Queralt Casas Carreras (born 18 November 1992) is a Spanish

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player. She plays as a

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in the Spanish League for

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. Also a member of the Spanish national team, she won the gold medal at the

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in 2013 and 2019 with the senior team.

Club career

Casas started playing with the youth teams of Segle XXI in 2006, reaching the senior team and playing in the Spanish League second tier for the last two seasons. From 2010 to 2012 she played for defunct club CDB Zaragoza in the Spanish League top tier. In April 2012 she signed a training camp contract with WNBA's

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. She signed for one of the top teams of the moment,

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, winning the 2013 Cup and the 2014 League. In 2014 she transferred to Turkish team Galatasaray Odeabank, winning the Turkish League in 2015. She then moved to France, where she played one season for

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, two seasons for

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and a few months for

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. In December 2018 she signed for

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of the

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. She returned to Spain after 5 years to play for

in the 2018-19 league.

European cups statistics

National team

Casas started playing with

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's youth teams at 15, winning a total of six medals from 2008 to 2012. She made her debut with the senior team in 2013, when she was 20 years old. She won the gold medal at the

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. After participating in a few friendlies in 2014 and 2015, she played again official games in February 2018, when coach Lucas Mondelo called her up for the 2019 EuroBasket qualifiers. Up to 2021, she had 78 caps with 3.5 PPG. * Gold medal icon

2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. H ...

(''youth'') (''All-Tournament Team'') * Gold medal icon

2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 26th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. The competition was held in Metz and nearby Hagondange, France, from July 23 to August 2 and featured 16 teams. Serbia won the title after b ...

(''youth'') * Silver medal icon

2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania from July 22 to August 1. Serbia was the defending champion. Lithuania won the title a ...

(''youth'') (''All-Tournament Team'') * Gold medal icon

2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition featured 16 teams, held in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain from July 14–24. Spain became a champion for the first time. Pa ...

(''youth'') (''MVP'') * Silver medal icon

2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Latvian: 2011. gada FIBA pasaules čempionāts līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 10th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested b ...

(''youth'') * Gold medal icon

2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Slovenia from 12 to 22 July 2012. Lithuania won the title for the second time. Participating ...

(''youth'') (''All-Tournament Team'') * Gold medal europe

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2018 World Championship * Gold medal europe

2019 Eurobasket * 7th 2021 Eurobasket * 6th

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

2023 Eurobasket

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Queralt Casas I – COE – Paris 2024
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