European Women's Basketball Championship 2005

The 2005 European Women's Basketball Championship ( officially: Eurobasket Women 2005 ) took place from September 2nd to 11th, 2005 in Turkey . It was the 30th European Championships.

The European Basketball Championship is a biennial basketball competition between European teams and is organized by FIBA Europe, the basketball association in Europe.

Venues

The preliminary round matches took place in Bursa and İzmir . From the quarter-finals onwards, Ankara was played.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, six teams played against each other in two groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time.

The raffle resulted in the following groups:

Group A Bursa	Group B İzmir
Germany  France  Greece  Latvia  Poland  Czech Republic	Lithuania  Romania  Russia  Serbia and Montenegro  Spain  Turkey

Group A - Bursa

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
A1	September 2, 2005	France	Czech Republic	15:19	07:10	13:13	10:23	-	45:65
A2	September 2, 2005	Poland	Latvia	16:15	11:17	21:25	14:18	-	62:75
A3	September 2, 2005	Germany	Greece	15:16	20:16	12:21	14:13	-	61:66
A4	September 3, 2005	Czech Republic	Poland	18:15	13:14	16: 06	17:12	-	64:47
A5	September 3, 2005	Greece	France	08:15	14:17	24:20	10:19	-	56:71
A6	September 3, 2005	Latvia	Germany	20:18	14:12	20:19	23:18	-	77:67
A7	September 4, 2005	Greece	Czech Republic	12:12	18:14	16:21	08:14	-	54:61
A8	September 4, 2005	Germany	Poland	15:17	08:10	14:19	19:20	-	56:66
A9	September 4, 2005	France	Latvia	19:14	21: 08	08:16	19:12	-	67:50
A10	September 6, 2005	Czech Republic	Germany	24:11	14:12	20:19	18: 8	-	76:50
A11	September 6, 2005	Latvia	Greece	19: 09	19: 04	15:18	23:16	-	76:47
A12	September 6, 2005	Poland	France	20:25	11:13	16:20	16:25	-	63:83
A13	September 7, 2005	Latvia	Czech Republic	12:25	06:21	17:16	10:14	-	45:76
A14	September 7, 2005	France	Germany	24:17	14:14	21: 08	20: 09	-	79:48
A15	September 7, 2005	Greece	Poland	14:18	15:17	07:13	13:11	-	49:59

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Czech Republic	5	5	0	342: 241	10	+101
2	France	5	4th	1	345: 282	9	+63
3	Latvia	5	3	2	323: 319	8th	+4
4th	Poland	5	2	3	297: 327	7th	−30
5	Greece	5	1	4th	272: 328	6th	−56
6th	Germany	5	0	5	282: 364	5	−82

Group B - İzmir

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
B1	September 2, 2005	Romania	Russia	16:27	15:22	15:19	14:24	-	60:92
B2	September 2, 2005	Turkey	Serbia and Montenegro	18:17	23:16	17:17	23:19	-	81:69
B3	September 2, 2005	Lithuania	Spain	23:16	16:19	17:17	18:17	-	74:69
B4	September 3, 2005	Russia	Turkey	31:22	23:21	11:22	26:22	-	91:87
B5	September 3, 2005	Spain	Romania	12: 08	28:11	28:16	30:18	-	98:53
B6	September 3, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Lithuania	23:20	17:11	18:14	19:29	-	77:74
B7	September 4, 2005	Spain	Russia	17:22	22:11	16:19	16:19	12: 06	83:77
B8	September 4, 2005	Lithuania	Turkey	21:22	20:16	21:15	20:23	-	82:76
B9	September 4, 2005	Romania	Serbia and Montenegro	09:11	15:18	19:11	07:23	-	50:63
B10	September 6, 2005	Russia	Lithuania	18:20	17:19	16:23	16:18	-	67:80
B11	September 6, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Spain	15:24	13:13	12:15	12:17	-	52:69
B12	September 6, 2005	Turkey	Romania	13:17	20:19	17:16	16:12	-	66:64
B13	September 7, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Russia	21:20	16:19	17:24	15:23	-	69:86
B14	September 7, 2005	Romania	Lithuania	21:20	12:29	12:24	11:19	-	56:92
B15	September 7, 2005	Spain	Turkey	27:12	22:22	16:14	13:16	-	78:64

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Lithuania	5	4th	1	402: 345	9	+57
2	Spain	5	4th	1	397: 320	9	+77
3	Russia	5	3	2	413: 379	8th	+34
4th	Turkey	5	2	3	374: 384	7th	−10
5	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	330: 360	7th	−30
6th	Romania	5	0	5	283: 411	5	−128

Final round

mode

After the preliminary round, the first four teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the "small semifinals". The winners of the semi-finals met in the final, the losers in the game for 3rd place. The winners of the "small semifinals" played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place. The last two of the two preliminary round groups played for 9th to 4th place 12.

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 31 - September 9, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
	Czech Republic	86
					39 - September 10, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
	Turkey	60
					Czech Republic	76
	33 - September 9, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
					Spain	66
	Spain	69
									46 - September 11, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
	Latvia	50
									Czech Republic	72
	32 - September 9, 2005 - 1:45 pm
									Russia	70
	Lithuania	67
					40 - September 10, 2005 - 6:15 pm
	Poland	58
					Lithuania	50			Game for third place
	34 - September 9, 2005 - 6:15 pm
					Russia	65
	France	56							Spain	83
	Russia	70							Lithuania	65
									45 - September 11, 2005 - 6:15 pm

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	37 - September 10, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
	Turkey	78
	Latvia	81
					44 - September 11, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
					Latvia	62
					France	85
					7th and 8th place
	38 - September 10, 2005 - 1:45 pm				43 - September 11, 2005 - 1:45 pm
	Poland	71			Turkey	71
	France	73			Poland	82

Places 9 to 12

	Placement 9-12 space				Finals 9th-12th space
	35 - September 10, 2005 - 9:15 am
	Greece	67
	Romania	61
					42 - September 11, 2005 - 11:30 am
					Greece	65
					Serbia and Montenegro	79
					11th and 12th place
	36 - September 10, 2005 - 11:30 am				41 - September 11, 2005 - 9:15 am
	Serbia and Montenegro	73			Romania	64
	Germany	57			Germany	98

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
31	September 9, 2005	Czech Republic	Turkey	33:23	17:16	17: 08	19:13	-	86:60
32	September 9, 2005	Lithuania	Poland	19:18	12:16	16:18	20: 06	-	67:58
33	September 9, 2005	Spain	Latvia	20:12	19: 09	17: 09	13:20	-	69:50
34	September 9, 2005	France	Russia	19:19	14:13	13:16	10:22	-	56:70

Places 9 to 12

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
35	September 10, 2005	Greece	Romania	13:21	16: 09	14:13	24:18	-	67:61
36	September 10, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Germany	20:16	19:16	18:13	16:12	-	73:57

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
37	September 10, 2005	Turkey	Latvia	26:17	17:28	17:19	18:17	-	78:81
38	September 10, 2005	Poland	France	19:17	23:16	14:26	15:14	-	71:73

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
39	September 10, 2005	Czech Republic	Spain	14:11	17:14	23:17	22:24	-	76:66
40	September 10, 2005	Lithuania	Russia	17:15	14:16	08:19	11:15	-	50:65

Game for 11th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
41	September 11, 2005	Romania	Germany	13:27	11:24	22:27	18:20	-	64:98

Play for 9th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
42	September 11, 2005	Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	13:21	17:18	16:19	19:21	-	65:79

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
43	September 11, 2005	Turkey	Poland	25:22	10:20	18:17	14: 08	04:15	71:82

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
44	September 11, 2005	Latvia	France	15:25	12:22	16:23	19:15	-	62:85

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
45	September 11, 2005	Spain	Lithuania	19: 05	18:20	25:19	21:21	-	83:65

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
46	September 11, 2005	Czech Republic	Russia	18:24	13:19	24:17	17:10	-	72:70

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final round
1	Czech Republic	8-0	1.3181
2	Russia	5: 3	1.1095
3	Spain	6: 2	1.2035
4th	Lithuania	5: 3	1.0599
5	France	6: 2	1.1526
6th	Latvia	4: 4	0.9365
7th	Poland	3: 5	0.9442
8th	Turkey	2: 6	0.9210
Not in the quarterfinals
9	Serbia and Montenegro	4: 3	1.0000
10	Greece	2: 5	0.8632
11	Germany	1: 6	0.8723
12	Romania	0: 7	0.7083

Honors

The Russian Marija Stepanowa was chosen as the best player of the tournament (MVP) . In a total of eight games, Stepanova averaged 18 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2 blocks per game. He had a hit rate of 53.1% (60 of 113) from the field and 80.0% (24 of 30) from the free-throw line.

In addition to Stepanova, her teammate Tatjana Schtschogolewa , Amaya Valdemoro from Spain and the two Czechs Hana Machová and Eva Vítečková were elected to the all-tournament team .

statistics

All in all

• 46 games
• 6290 points
• 3215 rebounds (939 offensive and 2276 defensive)
• 1231 assists
• 1573 fouls
• 1391 ball losses
• 908 steals
• 253 blocked throws

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	21.6
Agnieszka Bibrzycka	Poland	19.9
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	Latvia	19.6
Nevriye Yılmaz	Turkey	19.5
Maria Stepanova	Russia	18.0

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Nevriye Yılmaz	Turkey	11.3
Marlies Askamp	Germany	10.6
Maria Stepanova	Russia	9.6
Linda Fröhlich	Germany	9.0
Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	7.9

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Catherine Melain	France	5.1
Nilay Yigit	Turkey	5.1
Laia Palau	Spain	4.6
Audrey Sauret Gillespie	France	4.3
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	Latvia	4.0

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)