EuroBasket Women 2015

The 2015 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2015 was the 35th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was co-held in Hungary, which hosted the championship for the fifth time after 1950, 1964, 1983 and 1997, and Romania which hosted it for the second time after 1966, on 11–28 June 2015. The event was hosted by more than one country for the first time.[2][3][4][5]

EuroBasket 2015 Women
35th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	Hungary  Romania
Dates	11–28 June
Teams	20  (from 31 federations)
Venues	7  (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
MVP	Ana Dabović[1]
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Torrens (19.7)  Slovakia (75.9) Rebounds Leuchanka (11.5)  Russia (40.1) Assists Škerović (7.1)  France (19.8)
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Serbia won their first title by defeating France 76–68 in the final.[6]

Host selection

Initially six member federations expressed their intention to organize the tournament: Belarus and Lithuania, who applied a joint bid;[7] Hungary, Israel, Serbia and Spain.[8] Lithuania later refused the plan of a joint bid[9] and eventually two countries submitted an official candidation, Belarus and Hungary.

The final decision was made by the FIBA Europe Board on 18 December 2011 in their meeting in Munich, which awarded the organization rights to Hungary by majority vote. FIBA Europe president Ólafur Rafnsson was on the opinion that "it was an excellent choice as Hungary has tradition in basketball and especially in women's basketball." Attila Czene, State Minister for Sport of the Ministry of National Resources was also pleased, stating that the European Championship great opportunity to upgrade and expand the infrastructure, as Hungary's aim "is to invest in sport and basketball is a main team sport." "As a former Olympic champion, I am happy that we can reintroduce team sport in Hungary. Basketball is a bit behind handball right now and we are trying to close this gap, with 2015 we can start making progress" – he added.[3]

Romanian Basketball Federation has announced that FIBA Europe board has granted them the rights to co-host EuroBasket Women in 2015 with Hungary. Originally Hungary applied to host and was awarded the tournament as the only host country. According to the announcement current plan has Romania hosting groups in Cluj-Napoca, Oradea and Timișoara.[4][5][10]

Venues

Location	View	City	Arena	Capacity	Round
Budapest		Budapest	Syma Sport and Events Centre	5,500	Final round
Debrecen		Debrecen	Főnix Hall	5,500	Second round
Győr		Győr	Audi Aréna	5,000	Second round
Szombathely		Szombathely	Arena Savaria	4,000	First round
Sopron		Sopron	MKB Aréna Sopron	2,500	First round
Oradea		Oradea	Arena Antonio Alexe	2,500	First round
Timișoara		Timișoara	Sala Polivalentă "Politehnica"	3,000	First round

Qualification

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification

The qualification was held from 7 June 2013 to 25 June 2014.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Last appearance	Best placement in tournament	WR
Hungary	Host nation	18 December 2011	2009	Runner-up (1950, 1956)	55
Romania	Host nation	19 May 2012	2007	4th place (1962, 1964, 1966)	55
Turkey	Host nation of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women & 3rd place of EuroBasket Women 2013	13 March 2011	2013	Runner-up (2011)	13
Greece	Winner of 1st Qualification round	25 June 2013	2011	5th place (2009)	22
Serbia	4th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	26 June 2013	2013	4th place (2013)	29
Spain	Winner of EuroBasket Women 2013	26 June 2013	2013	Champion (1993, 2013)	6
Czech Republic	6th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	27 June 2013	2013	Champion (2005)	5
France	Runner-up of EuroBasket Women 2013	27 June 2013	2013	Champion (2001, 2009)	4
Belarus	5th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	28 June 2013	2013	3rd place (2007)	10
Croatia	Winner of Qualification group F	22 June 2014	2013	5th place (2011)	19
Sweden	Runner-up of Qualification group E	22 June 2014	2013	7th place (1987, 2013)	43
Latvia	Winner of Qualification group C	22 June 2014	2013	4th place (2007)	16
Poland	Runner-up of Qualification group A	22 June 2014	2011	Champion (1999)	39
Ukraine	Runner-up of Qualification group D	23 June 2014	2013	Champion (1995)	43
Russia	Winner of Qualification group E	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (2003, 2007, 2011)	3
Slovakia	Winner of Qualification group A	25 June 2014	2013	Runner-up (1997)	33
Italy	Runner-up of Qualification group C	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (1938)	28
Lithuania	Winner of Qualification group B	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (1997)	15
Great Britain	Runner-up of Qualification group B	25 June 2014	2013	9th place (2013)	24
Montenegro	Winner of Qualification group D	25 June 2014	2013	6th place (2011)	34

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 squads

Draw

The draw was held on 29 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.[11][12]

Seedings

The seeding was announced on 20 November 2014.[11] According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations are seeded based on their record in EuroBasket Women 2013 final tournament (shown in brackets for first 6 teams) or EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification (shown in brackets with symbol Q).[11]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Spain (1)  France (2)  Turkey (3)  Serbia (4)	Belarus (5)  Czech Republic (6)  Croatia (Q1)  Slovakia (Q2)	Lithuania (Q3)  Ukraine (Q4)  Poland (Q5)  Latvia (Q6)	Montenegro (Q7)  Russia (Q8)  Sweden (Q9)  Italy (Q10)	Great Britain (Q11)  Greece (Q1st)  Hungary (host)  Romania (host)

First round

Group A

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	4	4	0	319	264	+55	8	Advance to second round
2	Montenegro	4	3	1	301	263	+38	7
3	Czech Republic	4	2	2	289	306	−17	6
4	Ukraine	4	1	3	283	314	−31	5
5	Romania	4	0	4	270	315	−45	4

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com

11 June 2015
Montenegro		71–52		Czech Republic
Ukraine		55–79		France
12 June 2015
Czech Republic		80–79		Ukraine
Romania		61–79		Montenegro
13 June 2015
France		85–75		Czech Republic
Ukraine		78–71		Romania
14 June 2015
Montenegro		84–71		Ukraine
Romania		67–76		France
15 June 2015
France		79–67		Montenegro
Czech Republic		82–71		Romania

Group B

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	4	4	0	299	234	+65	8	Advance to second round
2	Turkey	4	3	1	220	215	+5	7
3	Greece	4	2	2	217	239	−22	6
4	Italy	4	1	3	232	241	−9	5
5	Poland	4	0	4	208	247	−39	4

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com

11 June 2015
Poland		54–57		Turkey
Italy		76–85	(OT)	Belarus
12 June 2015
Greece		51–46		Italy
Belarus		65–49		Poland
13 June 2015
Poland		50–59		Greece
Turkey		52–67		Belarus
14 June 2015
Italy		66–55		Poland
Greece		50–61		Turkey
15 June 2015
Belarus		82–57		Greece
Turkey		50–44		Italy

Group C

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	1	293	223	+70	7[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to second round
2	Serbia	4	3	1	294	263	+31	7[lower-alpha 1]
3	Croatia	4	2	2	277	305	−28	6[lower-alpha 2]
4	Latvia	4	2	2	258	263	−5	6[lower-alpha 2]
5	Great Britain	4	0	4	222	290	−68	4

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

1. Russia–Serbia 77–53
2. Croatia–Latvia 67–63

11 June 2015
Latvia		60–76		Serbia
Russia		83–62		Croatia
12 June 2015
Croatia		67–63		Latvia
Great Britain		40–71		Russia
13 June 2015
Latvia		67–58		Great Britain
Serbia		89–72		Croatia
14 June 2015
Great Britain		54–76		Serbia
Russia		62–68		Latvia
15 June 2015
Croatia		76–70		Great Britain
Serbia		53–77		Russia

Group D

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	287	245	+42	8	Advance to second round
2	Slovakia	4	2	2	312	316	−4	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Lithuania	4	2	2	279	291	−12	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Sweden	4	1	3	269	269	0	5[lower-alpha 2]
5	Hungary	4	1	3	261	287	−26	5[lower-alpha 2]

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

1. Slovakia–Lithuania 85–79
2. Sweden–Hungary 73–62

11 June 2015
Sweden		69–72		Slovakia
Lithuania		58–72		Spain
12 June 2015
Slovakia		85–79		Lithuania
Hungary		63–72		Sweden
13 June 2015
Spain		82–81		Slovakia
Lithuania		72–66		Hungary
14 June 2015
Sweden		68–70		Lithuania
Hungary		46–69		Spain
15 June 2015
Spain		64–60		Sweden
Slovakia		74–86		Hungary

Second round

Group E

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	5	4	1	299	262	+37	9[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to final round
2	France	5	4	1	335	308	+27	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	Belarus	5	2	3	349	323	+26	7[lower-alpha 2]
4	Montenegro	5	2	3	319	340	−21	7[lower-alpha 3]
5	Greece	5	2	3	299	328	−29	7[lower-alpha 4]
6	Czech Republic	5	1	4	319	359	−40	6

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

1. France–Turkey 56–66
2. Belarus 3pts/154:134 (+20) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Belarus 77–72
3. Montenegro 3pts/140:148 (−8) :: Montenegro–Belarus 77–72, Montenegro–Greece 63–76
4. Greece 3pts/133:145 (−12) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Greece 63–76

17 June 2015
Turkey		61–41		Montenegro
Czech Republic		73–70		Belarus
Greece		42–51		France
19 June 2015
Montenegro		77–72		Belarus
Greece		74–71		Czech Republic
France		56–66		Turkey
21 June 2015
Turkey		59–48		Czech Republic
Montenegro		63–76		Greece
Belarus		58–64		France

Group F

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	406	328	+78	10	Advance to final round
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	371	367	+4	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Russia	5	3	2	366	320	+46	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	Serbia	5	2	3	370	387	−17	7[lower-alpha 2]
5	Slovakia	5	2	3	385	374	+11	7[lower-alpha 2]
6	Croatia	5	0	5	312	434	−122	5

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

1. Lithuania–Russia 78–74
2. Slovakia–Serbia 74–76

18 June 2015
Slovakia		74–76		Serbia
Lithuania		78–74		Russia
Croatia		52–95		Spain
20 June 2015
Lithuania		83–64		Croatia
Russia		75–61		Slovakia
Serbia		80–91		Spain
22 June 2015
Slovakia		84–62		Croatia
Spain		66–57		Russia
Serbia		72–73		Lithuania

Final round

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 June
	Turkey	63
					26 June
	Serbia	75
					Serbia	74
	24 June
					Belarus	72
	Lithuania	66
									28 June
	Belarus	68
									Serbia	76
	25 June
									France	68
	France	77
					26 June
	Russia	74
					France	63
	25 June
					Spain	58			Third place
	Spain	75
									28 June
	Montenegro	74
									Belarus	58
									Spain	74

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	25 June
	Turkey	66
					27 June
	Lithuania	57
					Turkey	68
	26 June
					Russia	66
	Russia	73
	Montenegro	65
					Seventh place
					27 June
					Lithuania	77
					Montenegro	89

Final

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Final

28 June 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Serbia	76–68	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–10, 20–17, 23–19
Pts: A. Dabović 25 Rebs: Page 8 Asts: A. Dabović 3		Pts: Gruda 16 Rebs: Yacoubou 6 Asts: Dumerc 5

Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Karen Lasuik (CAN), Anne Panther (GER), Maj Forsberg (DEN)

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
	Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
	Serbia	7–3
	France	8–2
	Spain	9–1
4th	Belarus	5–5
5th	Turkey	8–2
6th	Russia	5–5
7th	Montenegro	5–5
8th	Lithuania	5–5
9th	Slovakia	3–4
10th	Greece	4–3
11th	Czech Republic	3–4
12th	Croatia	2–5
13th	Latvia	2–2
14th	Sweden	1–3
15th	Italy	1–3
16th	Ukraine	1–3
17th	Hungary	1–3
18th	Poland	0–4
19th	Romania	0–4
20th	Great Britain	0–4

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Points[13] Name PPG Alba Torrens 19.7 Sandrine Gruda 17.8 Kristi Toliver 17.4 Lara Sanders 16.7 Angel Robinson 15.9

Rebounds Name RPG Yelena Leuchanka 11.5 Angel Robinson 8.9 Lara Sanders 8.4 Sandrine Gruda 8.2 Astou Ndour 7.9

Assists Name APG Jelena Škerović 7.1 Céline Dumerc 5.9 Işıl Alben 5.5 Lindsey Harding 5.3 Veronika Bortelová

Blocks Name BPG Lara Sanders 2.0 Anna Jurčenková 1.9 Natalia Vieru 1.8 Anastasiya Verameyenka 1.3 Angel Robinson 1.0 Danielle Page Luca Ivanković

Steals Name SPG Işıl Alben 2.5 Sandra Linkevičienė 2.1 Epiphanny Prince 1.9 Katsiaryna Snytsina 1.7 Milica Dabović 1.6 Marta Xargay

Awards

Guard	Center	Forward
All-star team[1]
Ana Dabović Céline Dumerc	Sandrine Gruda	Alba Torrens Sonja Petrović
MVP: Ana Dabović[1]

References

1. "Dabovic Headlines All-Star Five". eurobasketwomen2015.com. 28 June 2015.
2. "Magyarország rendezi a 2015–ös Európa-bajnokságot" [Hungary will host the 2015 European Championship] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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5. "Romania si Ungaria vor organiza EuroBasket Women 2015!". frbaschet.ro (in Romanian). 19 May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
6. "Historic First Title For Super Serbia". eurobasketwomen2015.com. 28 June 2015.
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8. "'FIBA-Europe' sulaukė penkių paraiškų rengti 2015 metų Europos moterų čempionatą" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
9. "Lithuania refuses to hold European Women's Basketball Championship 2015 together with Belarus". Charter 97. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
10. "Campionatul European de Baschet feminin rămâne la Timișoara" (in Romanian). pressalert.ro. 27 May 2014.
11. "EuroBasket Women Seedings Announced". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-20.
12. "EuroBasket Women 2015 Draw Completed". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-29.
13. Statistics

External links

• Official website