EuroBasket Women 2005

EuroBasket 2005 Women

30th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Eurobasket Women 2005 logo
Tournament details
Host country	Türkei
Dates	September 2 – September 11
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tschechische Republik (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Maria Stepanova
Top scorer	Amaya Valdemoro 21.6
Top rebounds	Nevriye Yılmaz 11.3
Top assists	Catherine Melain 5.1
PPG (Team)	Russland 77.3
RPG (Team)	Russland 43.7
APG (Team)	Frankreich 16.9
Official website
Official website

The 2005 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005 Women, was held in Turkey between 2 September and 11 September 2005. Czech Republic won the gold medal and Russia the silver medal while Spain won the bronze. Maria Stepanova from Russia was named the tournament MVP.

The FIBA European Women’s Basketball Championship is a bi-annual women’s basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in Europe. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by Turkey.

Venues

Ankara

Bursa

Izmir

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Venues Map

Ankara

Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city, was the final stage of the Eurobasket 2005 Women action. The Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall with a capacity of 4,500 people hosted 16 games of the competition following the preliminary round.

Bursa

Turkey’s fourth most populous city Bursa was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of 15 games played in the 3,500 person capacity Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall.

Izmir

Izmir is the third largest city of Turkey. İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall with a capacity of 3,000 persons hosted Group B, where 15 games were played.

Qualification

For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 Women qualification.

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2005 squads

Final round

Preliminaries

Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall, Bursa

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Tschechische Republik	5	5	0	342	241	+101	10
Frankreich	5	4	1	345	282	+63	9
Lettland	5	3	2	323	319	+4	8
Polen	5	2	3	297	327	−30	7
Griechenland	5	1	4	272	328	−56	6
Deutschland	5	0	5	282	364	−82	5

September 2, 2005
Polen	62 – 75	Lettland	16:00
Deutschland	61 – 66	Griechenland	18:15
Frankreich	45 – 65	Tschechische Republik	20:30
September 3, 2005
Lettland	77 – 67	Deutschland	16:00
Tschechische Republik	64 – 47	Polen	18:15
Griechenland	56 – 71	Frankreich	20:30
September 4, 2005
Deutschland	56 – 66	Polen	16:00
Griechenland	54 – 61	Tschechische Republik	18:15
Frankreich	67 – 50	Lettland	20:30
September 6, 2005
Tschechische Republik	76 – 50	Deutschland	16:00
Lettland	76 – 47	Griechenland	18:15
Polen	63 – 83	Frankreich	20:30
September 7, 2005
Lettland	45 – 76	Tschechische Republik	16:00
Griechenland	49 – 59	Polen	18:15
Frankreich	79 – 48	Deutschland	20:30

Group B – Atatürk Sport Hall, Izmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Litauen	5	4	1	402	345	+57	9
Spanien	5	4	1	397	320	+77	9
Russland	5	3	2	413	379	+34	8
Türkei	5	2	3	374	384	−10	7
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	330	360	−30	7
Rumänien	5	0	5	283	411	−128	5

September 2, 2005
Rumänien	60 – 92	Russland	16:00
Litauen	74 – 69	Spanien	18:15
Türkei	81 – 69	Serbia and Montenegro	20:30
September 3, 2005
Spanien	98 – 53	Rumänien	16:00
Serba and Montenegro	77 – 74	Litauen	18:15
Russland	91 – 87	Türkei	20:30
September 4, 2005
Rumänien	50 – 63	Serbia and Montenegro	16:00
Spanien	83 – 77, OT	Russland	18:15
Litauen	82 – 76	Türkei	20:30
September 6, 2005
Russland	67 – 80	Litauen	16:00
Serbia and Montenegro	52 – 69	Spanien	18:15
Türkei	66 – 64	Rumänien	20:30
September 7, 2005
Serbia and Montenegro	69 – 86	Russland	16:00
Rumänien	56 – 92	Litauen	18:15
Spanien	78 – 64	Türkei	20:30

Finals – Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tschechische Republik	86
	Türkei	60
					Tschechische Republik	76
					Spanien	66
	Spanien	69
	Lettland	50
									Tschechische Republik	72
									Russland	70
	Litauen	67
	Polen	58
					Litauen	50
					Russland	65			Third place
	Frankreich	56
	Russland	70
									Spanien	83
									Litauen	65

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Türkei	78
	Lettland	81
					Lettland	62
					Frankreich	85
	Polen	71
	Frankreich	73
					Seventh place
					Türkei	71
					Polen	82

9th to 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	Griechenland	67
	Rumänien	61
					Griechenland	65
					Serbia and Montenegro	79
	Serbia and Montenegro	73
	Deutschland	57
					Eleventh place
					Rumänien	64
					Deutschland	98

Quarter-finals

September 9, 2005
Litauen	67 – 58	Polen	13:45
Spanien	69 – 50	Lettland	16:00
Frankreich	56 – 70	Russland	18:15
Tschechische Republik	86 – 60	Türkei	20:30

Classification 9–12

September 10, 2005
Griechenland	67 – 61	Rumänien	09:15
Serbia and Montenegro	73 – 57	Deutschland	11:30

Classification 5–8

September 10, 2005
Polen	71 – 73	Frankreich	13:45
Türkei	78 – 81	Lettland	16:00

Semi-finals

September 10, 2005
Litauen	50 – 65	Russland	18:15
Tschechische Republik	76 – 66	Spanien	20:20

Finals

September 11, 2005
11th Place Match
Rumänien	64 – 98	Deutschland	09:15
9th Place Match
Griechenland	65 – 79	Serbia and Montenegro	11:30
7th Place Match
Türkei	71 – 82, OT	Polen	13:45
5th Place Match
Lettland	62 – 85	Frankreich	16:00
Bronze Medal Match
Spanien	83 – 65	Litauen	18:15
Championship Match
Tschechische Republik	72 – 70	Russland	20:30

2005 FIBA European Champions
Tschechische Republik 1st title

Fazit

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	Tschechische Republik	8	8	0	576	437	+139	16
	Russland	8	5	3	618	557	+61	13
	Spanien	8	6	2	615	511	+104	14
4	Litauen	8	5	3	584	551	+33	13
5	Frankreich	8	6	2	559	485	+74	14
6	Lettland	8	4	4	516	551	–35	12
7	Polen	8	3	5	508	538	–30	11
8	Türkei	8	2	6	583	633	–50	10
9	Serbia and Montenegro	7	4	3	482	482	0	11
10	Griechenland	7	2	5	404	468	–64	9
11	Deutschland	7	1	6	437	501	–64	8
12	Rumänien	7	0	7	408	576	–168	7

All-Eurobasket 2005 Women Awards

• MVP: Maria Stepanova ( Russia)
• Best Center: Maria Stepanova ( Russia)
• Best Forward: Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain)
• Best Guard: Hana Machová ( Czech Republic)

1st Team

• Maria Stepanova ( Russia)
• Tatiana Shchegoleva ( Russia)
• Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain)
• Hana Machová ( Czech Republic)
• Eva Vítecková ( Czech Republic)

2nd Team

• Anna Montañana ( Spain)
• Agnieszka Bibrzycka ( Poland)
• Sandra Valužytė ( Lithuania)
• Anete Jekabsone ( Latvia)
• Audrey Sauret-Gillespie ( France)

Honorable Mention

• Michaela Pavlícková ( Czech Republic)
• Eva Nemcová ( Czech Republic)
• Ilona Korstin ( Russia)
• Marta Fernández ( Spain)
• Iveta Marcauskaite ( Lithuania)
• Sandra Le Dréan ( France)
• Nevriye Yılmaz ( Turkey)
• Ivana Matović ( Serbia and Montenegro)
• Biljana Stanković ( Serbia and Montenegro)
• Evanthia Maltsi ( Greece)
• Linda Fröhlich ( Germany)

Top 10 scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Score	PPG
1	Amaya Valdemoro	Spanien	8	173	21.6
2	Agnieszka Bibrzycka	Polen	8	159	19.9
3	Anete Jekabsone	Lettland	8	157	19.6
4	Nevriye Yılmaz	Türkei	8	156	19.5
5	Maria Stepanova	Russland	8	144	18.0
6	Linda Fröhlich	Deutschland	7	115	16.4
7	Eva Vítecková	Tschechische Republik	8	119	14.9
8	Sandra Valužyte	Litauen	8	108	13.5
9	Evanthia Maltsi	Griechenland	7	92	13.1
10	Ildiko Vass	Rumänien	7	91	13.0

Statistical leaders

Kategorie	Player	Team	Average
Points per game	Amaya Valdemoro	Spanien	21.6
Total rebounds	Nevriye Yılmaz	Türkei	11.3
Assists	Catherine Melain	Frankreich	5.1
Steals	Amaya Valdemoro	Spanien	3.1
Turnovers	Gunta Baško	Lettland	4.9
Blocked shots	Gabriela Toma	Rumänien	2.6

References

• Eurobasket 2005 Women official website
• Eurobasket 2005 Women at Eurobasket official website

External links

• FIBA Europe official website
• FIBA official website