2009 European Women's Basketball Championship

The 2009 European Basketball Championship for Women (officially: Eurobasket Women 2009 ) took place in Latvia from June 7th to June 20th, 2009 .

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

Venues

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Exterior view of the Arēna Rīga

group	city	Hall	Places
A.	Liepāja	Liepājas Olimpiskais centrs	3,000
B.	Liepāja	Liepājas Olimpiskais centrs	3,000
C.	Valmiera	Vidzemes Olimpiskas centrs	1,500
D.	Valmiera	Vidzemes Olimpiskas centrs	1,500
Intermediate round (group E)	Riga	Arēna Rīga	11,200
Intermediate round (group F)	Riga	Arēna Rīga	11,200
Final round	Riga	Arēna Rīga	11,200

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in four 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.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Ukraine  Czech Republic  Spain  Slovakia	Greece  Latvia  Poland  Hungary	Russia  Lithuania  Turkey  Serbia	Belarus  Italy  France  Israel

Group A - Liepāja

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	3	3	0	222: 172	6th	+50
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	196: 184	5	+12
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	196: 208	4th	−12
4th	Ukraine	3	0	3	191: 241	3	−50

Group B - Liepāja

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Latvia	3	3	0	232: 179	6th	+53
2	Poland	3	2	1	174: 199	5	−25
3	Greece	3	1	2	187: 175	4th	+12
4th	Hungary	3	0	3	155: 195	3	−40

Group C - Valmiera

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Russia	3	3	0	206: 150	6th	+56
2	Turkey	3	2	1	195: 195	5	± 00
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	189: 178	4th	+11
4th	Serbia	3	0	3	141: 208	3	−67

Group D - Valmiera

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	France	3	3	0	212: 192	6th	+20
2	Italy	3	2	1	203: 198	5	+ 05
3	Belarus	3	1	2	200: 206	4th	- 06
4th	Israel	3	0	3	210: 229	3	−19

Intermediate round

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the intermediate round. The three teams of groups A and B formed group E, the qualified teams of groups C and D formed the new group F. Each team competed once against each of the three teams from the other preliminary group. The points from the preliminary round games were continued.

So the groups put you together as follows:

Group E	Group F.
Spain  Slovakia  Czech Republic  Latvia  Poland  Greece	Russia  Turkey  Lithuania  France  Italy  Belarus

Group E - Riga

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	5	5	0	338: 276	10	+62
2	Slovakia	5	3	2	319: 313	8th	+ 06
3	Latvia	5	3	2	350: 312	8th	+38
4th	Greece	5	2	3	297: 301	7th	- 04th
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4th	291: 326	6th	−35
6th	Poland	5	1	4th	293: 360	6th	−67

Group F - Riga

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	France	5	5	0	323: 286	10	+37
2	Russia	5	4th	1	333: 295	9	+38
3	Belarus	5	2	3	317: 321	7th	- 04th
4th	Italy	5	2	3	318: 323	7th	- 05th
5	Turkey	5	2	3	307: 340	7th	−33
6th	Lithuania	5	0	5	286: 319	5	−33

Final rounds

mode

After the intermediate round, the first four teams of both groups E and F qualified for the final round. The quarter-finals were played crosswise against an opponent from the other intermediate round group. 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 played the final, the losers the game for 3rd place. The winners of the "small semifinals" played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

Tournament tree

All times in Eastern European Summer Time (EESZ)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	43 - June 17, 2009 - 8:15 pm
	Spain	61
					49 - June 19, 2009 - 8:15 pm
	Italy	42
					Spain	61
	45 - June 18, 2009 - 8:15 pm
					Russia	77
	Russia	69
									54 - June 20, 2009 - 8:15 pm
	Latvia	64
									Russia	53
	44 - June 17, 2009 - 5:45 pm
									France	57
	Slovakia	68
					50 - June 19, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
	Belarus	70
					Belarus	56			Game for third place
	46 - June 18, 2009 - 5:45 pm
					France	64
	France	51							Spain	63
	Greece	49							Belarus	56
									53 - June 20, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	47 - June 19, 2009 - 3:45 pm
	Italy	68
	Latvia	66
					52 - June 20, 2009 - 3:45 pm
					Italy	56
					Greece	60
					7th and 8th place
	48 - June 19, 2009 - 1.30 p.m.				51 - June 20, 2009 - 1.30 p.m.
	Slovakia	59			Latvia	67
	Greece	64			Slovakia	59

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final rounds
1	France	9-0	1.1051
2	Russia	7: 2	1.1751
3	Spain	8: 1	1.1922
4th	Belarus	4: 5	0.9797
5	Greece	5: 4	1.0373
6th	Italy	4: 5	0.9739
7th	Latvia	5: 4	1.0988
8th	Slovakia	4: 5	1.0228
Not in the quarterfinals
9	Turkey	2: 4	0.9418
9	Czech Republic	2: 4	0.9181
11	Poland	2: 4	0.8547
11	Lithuania	1: 5	0.9701
Not in the second round
13	Israel	0: 3	0.9170
13	Hungary	0: 3	0.7949
13	Ukraine	0: 3	0.7925
13	Serbia	0: 3	0.6779

Honors

The Greek Evanthia Maltsi was chosen as the most valuable player . The All-Tournament Team was completed by Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota from Latvia , Sandrine Gruda and Céline Dumerc from France and Swetlana Abrosimowa from Russia .

statistics

All in all

• Games: 54
• Points: 6,802

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Evanthia Maltsi	Greece	203
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	Latvia	183
Anna Montañana	Spain	146
Laura Macchi	Italy	144
Sandrine Gruda	France	139

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Evanthia Maltsi	Greece	22.6
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	Latvia	20.3
Anna Montañana	Spain	16.2
Laura Macchi	Italy	16.0
Sandrine Gruda	France	15.4

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Elena Levchenko	Belarus	9.2
Pelagia papamichail	Greece	8.1
Maria Stepanova	Russia	7.9
Sandrine Gruda	France	7.6
Magdalena Leciejewska	Poland	7.5

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Birsel Vardarlı	Turkey	4.7
Dimitra Kalentzou	Greece	4.1
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	Latvia	3.9
Natalia Marchenko	Belarus	3.9
Celine Dumerc	France	3.3

Web links

• Official website (English)