Kareem Queeley Wins U16 Spanish National Championship with Real Madrid

By Sam Neter on May 28, 2017

Real Madrid

Kareem Queeley has added the latest honour to his resumé after finishing the season undefeated to win the Under-16 Spanish National Championship with a 98-95 victory over FC Barcelona in the final on Saturday in Spain.

Queeley finished with 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal on 3/5 shooting in the final, and came up huge down the stretch; scoring the go ahead three-point play in the final minute, before drawing a charge with 20 seconds left to seal the result.

The 2001 born England Under-16, who made the Jordan Brand Classic International Game in March, also added this impressive finish on the break:

@FCBbasket @RMBaloncesto @Lleida_Cadete17 @TodoRMBasket ¡Espectáculo en categoría Cadete! #LleidaCadMasc @kareemqueeley15 machacando pic.twitter.com/thyGDmSK8J

— KIA en Zona 🏀 (@kiaenzona) May 27, 2017

Queeley battled an outbreak of food poisoning that spread through the team at the tournament, being hospitalised and missing a pair of games before returning for the quarter finals. His best outing was a 22 point, 7 rebound effort just before heading into the knockout stages.

Queeley signed with Real Madrid in September of 2015, and won the Under-16 Regional Championship in his first season, before being knocked out in the last 16 of the nationals.

This year, his squad finished up 90-0, competing in the domestic league as well as tournaments in Tenerife, Hungary, Montenegro, Italy and Valladolid in Spain.

Queeley has been named in the initial GB Under-16 squad for this summer’s European Championships.

You can watch back the final here, and check out the box score here.

Somos Campeones De España 🇪🇸🏆🏀 haciendo una temporada 90-0 ✅

A post shared by Kareem Queeley✨ (@kareemthedream_xi) on May 27, 2017 at 10:58am PDT

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