2011 European Women's Basketball Championship

Eurobasket Women 2011
33rd European Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
winner	Russia (3rd title)
venue	Poland
Opening game	June 18, 2011
Endgame	July 3, 2011
Games	54
Basket points	6829   (∅: 126.46 per game)
Most basket points	Iva Perovanović
Most valuable player	Elena Danilochkina

The women's basketball championship 2011 (officially: Eurobasket Women 2011 ) was the 33rd edition of the competition . It took place in Poland from June 18 to July 3, 2011 and was organized by FIBA Europe . The title was won by Russia , which defeated the Turkish team in the final . 3rd place went to defending champion France .

The winner of the tournament qualifies directly for the 2012 Olympic Games . The four next-placed teams receive a starting place in a qualifying tournament, through which five other teams qualify for the games.

Venues

groups	city	Hall	Places
A, B (preliminary round), E (intermediate round)	Bydgoszcz	Łuczniczka	6,200
C, D (preliminary round), F (intermediate round)	Katowice	Spodek	11,500
Final round	Łódź	Arena Łódź	13,000

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, it was extended.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Lithuania  Russia  Slovakia  Turkey	Belarus  Czech Republic  United Kingdom  Israel	Montenegro  Poland  Spain  Germany	Croatia  France  Greece  Latvia

Group A - Bydgoszcz

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
A1	June 18, 2011	Turkey	Lithuania	12:19	10:18	16:14	20:13	-	58:64
A2	June 18, 2011	Russia	Slovakia	12:15	17:19	23:17	16:15	-	68:66
A3	June 19, 2011	Slovakia	Turkey	18:21	14:17	09:24	19:14	-	60:76
A4	June 19, 2011	Lithuania	Russia	16:16	14:19	26:17	20:12	-	76:64
A5	June 20, 2011	Turkey	Russia	07:29	20:16	15:13	23:22	-	65:80
A6	June 20, 2011	Slovakia	Lithuania	18: 08	13: 09	15:16	11:13	-	57:46

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Lithuania	3	2	1	186: 179	5	+ 07
2	Russia	3	2	1	212: 207	5	+ 05
3	Turkey	3	1	2	199: 204	4th	- 05th
4th	Slovakia	3	1	2	183: 190	4th	- 07th

Group B - Bydgoszcz

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
B1	June 18, 2011	Czech Republic	Israel	19:12	13:10	20:17	20:17	-	72:56
B2	June 18, 2011	Belarus	United Kingdom	14:11	17: 09	14: 08	10:12	-	55:40
B3	June 19, 2011	United Kingdom	Czech Republic	13: 09	10:18	12:21	10:12	-	45:60
B4	June 19, 2011	Israel	Belarus	12:18	06: 08	18:21	05:21	-	41:68
B5	June 20, 2011	Czech Republic	Belarus	23: 09	16:17	15:20	13:16	-	67:62
B6	June 20, 2011	United Kingdom	Israel	13:11	24:13	17:13	20:14	-	74:51

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	199: 163	6th	+26
2	Belarus	3	2	1	185: 148	5	+37
3	United Kingdom	3	1	2	159: 166	4th	- 07th
4th	Israel	3	0	3	148: 214	3	-66

Group C - Katowice

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
C1	June 18, 2011	Poland	Montenegro	15:18	11:19	12:17	15:16	-	53:70
C2	June 18, 2011	Spain	Germany	21:12	18:15	19:22	21:20	-	79:69
C3	June 19, 2011	Germany	Poland	19:23	11: 07	15:24	15:21	-	60:75
C4	June 19, 2011	Montenegro	Spain	20:13	19:18	15:16	12:10	-	66:57
C5	June 20, 2011	Poland	Spain	20:20	11:17	19:13	13:28	-	63:78
C6	June 20, 2011	Germany	Montenegro	12:25	15:10	19:19	15:22	-	64:76

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	212: 174	6th	+38
2	Spain	3	2	1	214: 198	5	+16
3	Poland	3	1	2	191: 208	4th	-17
4th	Germany	3	0	3	193: 230	3	-37

Group D - Katowice

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
D1	June 18, 2011	Greece	Latvia	16:14	19:22	13:10	19:11	-	67:57
D2	June 18, 2011	France	Croatia	26:16	22: 09	23:10	15: 05	-	86:40
D3	June 19, 2011	Croatia	Greece	26:16	16:13	11:14	12:20	-	65:63
D4	June 19, 2011	Latvia	France	13:16	09:12	14:13	14: 09	09: 06	59:56
D5	June 20, 2011	Greece	France	13:16	05:15	16:15	20:18	-	55:64
D6	June 20, 2011	Croatia	Latvia	16:20	25:14	12:17	08:16	-	61:67

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Latvia	3	2	1	183: 184	5	- 01
2	France	3	2	1	206: 154	5	+52
3	Croatia	3	1	2	166: 216	4th	-50
4th	Greece	3	1	2	185: 186	4th	- 01

Intermediate round

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the intermediate round. The total of six teams in groups A and B formed group E, those in 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 against the other qualified teams from their own preliminary group were continued.

Group E	Group F.
Lithuania  Russia  Turkey  Czech Republic  Belarus  United Kingdom	Montenegro  Spain  Poland  Latvia  France  Croatia

Group E - Bydgoszcz

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
E1	June 23, 2011	United Kingdom	Lithuania	15:16	17:14	17:18	14:16	-	63:64
E2	June 23, 2011	Belarus	Russia	10:14	14:11	26:15	12:11	-	62:51
E3	June 23, 2011	Turkey	Czech Republic	12:18	10: 08	15:10	14:20	-	51:56
E4	June 25, 2011	Lithuania	Belarus	13:12	16: 09	15:17	24:12	-	68:50
E5	June 25, 2011	United Kingdom	Turkey	15:17	12:16	13:12	17:19	-	57:64
E6	June 25, 2011	Russia	Czech Republic	16: 09	22:13	13: 09	18:24	-	69:55
E7	June 27, 2011	Czech Republic	Lithuania	12:22	21:14	14: 08	14:15	-	63:59
E8	June 27, 2011	Russia	United Kingdom	08:20	14: 07	21:19	19:13	-	62:59
E9	June 27, 2011	Belarus	Turkey	14:24	16:10	04:15	22:16	-	56:65

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Czech Republic	5	4th	1	301: 286	9	+15
2	Lithuania	5	4th	1	331: 298	9	+33
3	Russia	5	3	2	326: 317	8th	+ 09
4th	Turkey	5	2	3	303: 313	7th	-10
5	Belarus	5	2	3	285: 291	7th	- 06
6th	United Kingdom	5	0	5	264: 305	5	-41

Group F - Katowice

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
F1	June 22, 2011	Croatia	Montenegro	17:24	17:21	14:15	12:21	-	60:81
F2	June 22, 2011	France	Spain	17:15	13:12	16:21	33: 07	-	79:55
F3	June 22, 2011	Poland	Latvia	18:17	15:12	07:12	13:16	-	53:62
F4	June 24, 2011	Montenegro	France	22:20	18:17	17:18	16:13	-	73:68
F5	June 24, 2011	Croatia	Poland	24:21	20:17	11: 08	09:10	-	64:56
F6	June 24, 2011	Spain	Latvia	13:10	14:13	19:13	20:21	-	66:57
F7	June 26, 2011	Latvia	Montenegro	22:16	14:29	12:13	22:16	-	70:74
F8	June 26, 2011	Spain	Croatia	18:19	22:19	15:16	16:21	-	71:75
F9	June 26, 2011	France	Poland	08:15	16: 04	15:25	19:10	-	58:54

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Montenegro	5	5	0	364: 308	10	+56
2	Latvia	5	3	2	315: 310	8th	+ 05
3	France	5	3	2	347: 281	8th	+66
4th	Croatia	5	2	3	300: 361	7th	-61
5	Spain	5	2	3	327: 340	7th	-13
6th	Poland	5	0	5	279: 332	5	-53

Final rounds

After the intermediate round, the first four teams of both groups E and F qualified for the final round, which was held in knockout mode. 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 Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	46 - June 29, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
	Latvia	72
					49 - July 1, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
	Russia	83
					Czech Republic	53
	43 - June 29, 2011 - 8:30 p.m.
					Russia	85
	Czech Republic	79
									54 - July 3, 2011 - 8:30 pm
	Croatia	63
									Russia	59
	45 - June 30, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
									Turkey	42
	Montenegro	44
					50 - July 1, 2011 - 8:30 p.m.
	Turkey	56
					France	62			Game for third place
	44 - June 30, 2011 - 8:30 pm
					Turkey	68
	Lithuania	58							Czech Republic	56
	France	66							France	63
									53 - July 3, 2011 - 6:30 pm

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	47 - June 30, 2011 - 3:30 pm
	Croatia	84
	Latvia	75
					52 - July 2nd, 2011 - 8:30 pm
					Croatia	73
					Montenegro	59
					7th and 8th place
	48 - July 1, 2011 - 3:30 pm				51 - July 2, 2011 - 6:00 pm
	Lithuania	59			Latvia	56
	Montenegro	68			Lithuania	75

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
46	June 29, 2011	Latvia	Russia	18:23	19:25	18:17	17:18	-	72:83
43	June 29, 2011	Czech Republic	Croatia	21:13	15:16	31:11	12:23	-	79:63
45	June 30, 2011	Montenegro	Turkey	16:11	11:13	06:17	11:15	-	44:56
44	June 30, 2011	Lithuania	France	13:11	21:22	08:20	16:13	-	58:66

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
47	June 30, 2011	Croatia	Latvia	15:20	22:14	24:18	23:23	-	84:75
48	July 1, 2011	Lithuania	Montenegro	12:14	17:15	24:16	06:23	-	59:68

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
49	July 1, 2011	Czech Republic	Russia	18:22	08:17	17:22	10:24	-	53:85
50	July 1, 2011	France	Turkey	15:16	16:22	11:11	18:11	02: 08	62:68

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
51	July 2, 2011	Latvia	Lithuania	12:20	06:14	23:15	15:26	-	56:75

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
52	July 2, 2011	Croatia	Montenegro	14:16	24:19	17: 09	18:15	-	73:59

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
53	July 3, 2011	Czech Republic	France	20:15	10: 09	13:19	13:20	-	56:63

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
54	July 3, 2011	Russia	Turkey	19: 08	14:15	13:11	13: 08	-	59:42

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final rounds
1	Russia	7: 2	1.1291
2	Turkey	5: 4	1.013
3	France	6: 3	1.1622
4th	Czech Republic	6: 3	1.0145
5	Croatia	5: 4	0.9184
6th	Montenegro	7: 2	1.0911
7th	Lithuania	5: 4	1.044
8th	Latvia	3: 6	0.9289
Not in the quarterfinals
9	Belarus	3: 3	1.0633
9	Spain	3: 3	0.9927
9	United Kingdom	1: 5	0.9494
9	Poland	1: 5	0.9031
Not in the second round
13	Greece	1: 2	0.9946
13	Slovakia	1: 2	0.9632
13	Germany	0: 3	0.8391
13	Israel	0: 3	0.6916

Honors

The Russian Jelena Danilotschkina was chosen as the most valuable player of the tournament . During the course of the tournament, she had hit more than half of her throws from beyond the three-point line. In addition to her, her compatriot Marija Stepanowa , the Turkish Nevriye Yılmaz , Eva Vítečková from the Czech Republic and the Croatian Sandra Mandir were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

statistics

All in all

• 54 games
• 6829 points

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Iva Perovanović	Montenegro	131
Elīna Babkina	Latvia	130
Sandra Mandir	Croatia	129
Kateřina Elhotová	Czech Republic	128
Nevriye Yılmaz	Turkey	123

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Iva Perovanović	Montenegro	16.4
Evelina Kobrin	Poland	14.7
Elīna Babkina	Latvia	14.4
Sandra Mandir	Croatia	14.3
Kateřina Elhotová	Czech Republic	14.2

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Zane Tamane	Latvia	9.1
Maria Stepanova	Russia	8.9
Elena Levchenko	Belarus	8.2
Iva Perovanović	Montenegro	7.8
Evelina Kobrin	Poland	7.7

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Elīna Babkina	Latvia	4.2
Veronika Bortelová	Czech Republic	4.1
Birsel Vardarlı	Turkey	4.0
Natalia Marchenko	Belarus	3.8
Sandra Mandir	Croatia	3.8
Celine Dumerc	France	3.8

Web links

• Official website (English, Polish)