2017 European Women's Basketball Championship

Eurobasket Women 2017
36th European Women's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	Spain (3rd title)
venue	Czech Republic
Opening game	June 16, 2017
Endgame	June 25, 2017
Most valuable player	Alba Torrens

The 2017 European Basketball Championship for women (officially: Eurobasket Women 2017 ) was the 36th edition of the competition . It took place from June 16 to June 25, 2017 in the Czech Republic and was organized by FIBA Europe .

The number of participants has been reduced from 20 to 16 compared to the last event in 2015 . Spain won the title .

qualification

The qualifying matches were played in the period from November 21, 2015 to November 23, 2016.

The Czech Republic was automatically qualified as host .

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams play against each other in four groups. The winner of a game receives two points, the loser one point. If a game is tied at the end of the regular playing time, extra time takes place.

The groups were drawn on December 9, 2016.

Lottery pot 1	Lottery pot 2	Lottery pot 3	Lottery pot 4
France  Spain  Russia  Turkey	Serbia  Belarus  Ukraine  Montenegro	Greece  Slovakia  Czech Republic  Latvia	Italy  Hungary  Belgium  Slovenia

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	3	2	1	201: 169	5	+32
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	197: 195	5	+ 02
3	Hungary	3	1	2	194: 216	4th	-22
4th	Czech Republic	3	1	2	184: 196	4th	-12

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Turkey	3	3	0	211: 185	6th	+26
2	Italy	3	2	1	201: 175	5	+26
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	187: 196	4th	- 09
4th	Belarus	3	0	3	193: 236	3	-43

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	France	3	3	0	213: 188	6th	+25
2	Serbia	3	1	2	205: 211	4th	- 06
3	Greece	3	1	2	188: 189	4th	- 01
4th	Slovenia	3	1	2	196: 214	4th	-18

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Belgium	3	3	0	204: 197	6th	+ 07
2	Russia	3	2	1	224: 189	5	+35
3	Latvia	3	1	2	193: 188	4th	+ 05
4th	Montenegro	3	0	3	173: 220	3	-47

Final round

After the preliminary round, the first in the group qualified for the final round, which was played in knockout mode, while the second and third players in the group determined the other quarter-final participants in a direct duel. 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

Qualification for the quarter-finals

June 20, 2017 | Ukraine | 68 | Slovakia | 82

June 20, 2017 | Serbia | 70 | Latvia | 75

June 20, 2017 | Italy | 49 | Hungary | 48

June 20, 2017 | Russia | 58 | Greece | 62

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	June 29-22, 2017
	Spain	67
					35 - June 24, 2017
	Latvia	47
					Spain	68
	32-22 June 2017
					Belgium	52
	Belgium	79
									40 - June 25, 2017
	Italy	66
									Spain	71
	June 30-22, 2017
									France	55
	Turkey	55
					36 - June 24, 2017
	Greece	84
					Greece	55			Game for third place
	June 31-22, 2017
					France	77
	France	67							Belgium	78
	Slovakia	40							Greece	45
									39 - June 25, 2017

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	33 - June 24, 2017
	Latvia	68
	Italy	67
					38 - June 25, 2017
					Latvia	63
					Turkey	72
					7th and 8th place
	34 - June 24, 2017				37 - June 25, 2017
	Turkey	72			Italy	71
	Slovakia	56			Slovakia	54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurobasket Women 2017 awarded to Czech Republic , on fibaeurope.com, accessed on February 19, 2016.
2. ↑ FIBA EuroBasket Women 2017 Draw seedings set , on fiba.com, accessed on September 11, 2017.

Web links

• fiba.basketball: Official website of the EM 2017 (English)