The Fiji Women’s basketball side was thrashed last night by Spain in their opening match of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament in Madrid.

The Michael Whippy coached side went down by 113-42 as they were no match to the world's 5th ranked side. Fiji's Valerie Nainima scored 23 points alone in the match. Their next match will be against 4th ranked Brazil tomorrow.

The top two teams from this tournament will qualify for the Olympics in Beijing.