Leonsetas will compete from Tuesday in the Under-21 World Cup tournament being held in Santiago, Chile, until December 13. With the desire to achieve their third title in history and break the dominance enjoyed by the Netherlands, winners of the last two editions.
The Argentine national team is in the second group He made his debut against Zimbabwe. Then they will face Belgium and Wales. If you achieve first place or are one of the top two among the six regions, you will qualify for the quarter-finals. Otherwise, he will compete for ninth place.
Group B
*All times are in accordance with Argentina time.
In Group A, the Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia and the host face each other. In India, Germany, Ireland and Namibia; In Austria, China, England and South Africa; in eastern Australia, Canada, Spain and Scotland; And in the United States, Uruguay, South Korea and New Zealand.
Leoncetas’ squad consists of archers Mercedes Artola and Lucia Ladron de Guevara; In addition to field players Milagros Alastra, Chiara Ambrosini, Milagros Di Santo, Victoria Valasco, Saul Genet, Emma Knoebel, Carolina Lardis, Lourdes Pistone, Pilar Viston, Catalina Stamatti, Máxima Duportal, Delfina Persuglia, Joana Castellaro, Sol Olalla, Lara Casas, Zoe Diaz, Carmen Bucheta and Luciana Peralta.
The Argentine national team won the U-21 Women’s World Cup twice, in the 1993 Tarasa (Spain) and Santiago 2026 editions. In addition, she took second place four times: Buenos Aires 2001, Boston (USA) 2009, Mönchengladbach (Germany) 2013 and Santiago 2023. And in Seongnam (South Korea) 1997 she took third place. With this record, it ranks second among the most successful teams behind the Netherlands, who have won five titles in 10 tournaments.