EuroBasket Women 2015

EuroBasket 2015 Women
35th FIBA European Women's; Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary; Romania
Dates	11–28 June
Teams	20
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ana Dabović
Top scorer	Torrens (19.7)
Top rebounds	Leuchanka (11.5)
Top assists	Škerović (7.1)
PPG (Team)	Slovakia (75.9)
RPG (Team)	Russia (40.1)
APG (Team)	France (19.8)
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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]

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	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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Russia–Serbia 77–53
^ ^a ^b 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

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Lithuania	4	2	2	279	291	−12	6^[a]
4	Sweden	4	1	3	269	269	0	5^[b]
5	Hungary	4	1	3	261	287	−26	5^[b]

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Slovakia–Lithuania 85–79
^ ^a ^b 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

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

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b France–Turkey 56–66
^ Belarus 3pts/154:134 (+20) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Belarus 77–72
^ Montenegro 3pts/140:148 (−8) :: Montenegro–Belarus 77–72, Montenegro–Greece 63–76
^ 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

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Russia	5	3	2	366	320	+46	8^[a]
4	Serbia	5	2	3	370	387	−17	7^[b]
5	Slovakia	5	2	3	385	374	+11	7^[b]
6	Croatia	5	0	5	312	434	−122	5

Source: eurobasketwomen2015.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Lithuania–Russia 78–74
^ ^a ^b 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

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

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	5.3

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	1.6

Awards

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dabovic Headlines All-Star Five". eurobasketwomen2015.com. 28 June 2015.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Hungary to host Eurobasket Women 2015". FIBA Europe. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Romania to co-host EuroBasket Women 2015 with Hungary". lovewomensbasketball.com. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Romania si Ungaria vor organiza EuroBasket Women 2015!". frbaschet.ro (in Romanian). 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ "Historic First Title For Super Serbia". eurobasketwomen2015.com. 28 June 2015.
^ "Belarus and Lithuania in joint bid for EuroBasket Women 2015". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "'FIBA-Europe' sulaukė penkių paraiškų rengti 2015 metų Europos moterų čempionatą" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
^ "Lithuania refuses to hold European Women's Basketball Championship 2015 together with Belarus". Charter 97. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "Campionatul European de Baschet feminin rămâne la Timișoara" (in Romanian). pressalert.ro. 27 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EuroBasket Women Seedings Announced". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-20.
^ "EuroBasket Women 2015 Draw Completed". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-29.
^ Statistics

External links

Official website

[table_hth_RUS0.83920355739035-13] Russia–Serbia 77–53

[table_hth_CRO0.83920355739035-14] Croatia–Latvia 67–63

[table_hth_SVK0.19270994430068-15] Slovakia–Lithuania 85–79

[table_hth_SWE0.19270994430068-16] Sweden–Hungary 73–62

[table_hth_FRA0.44085976176004-17] France–Turkey 56–66

[table_hth_BLR0.44085976176004-18] Belarus 3pts/154:134 (+20) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Belarus 77–72

[table_hth_MNE0.44085976176004-19] Montenegro 3pts/140:148 (−8) :: Montenegro–Belarus 77–72, Montenegro–Greece 63–76

[table_hth_GRE0.44085976176004-20] Greece 3pts/133:145 (−12) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Greece 63–76

[table_hth_LTU0.86552944354039-21] Lithuania–Russia 78–74

[table_hth_SRB0.86552944354039-22] Slovakia–Serbia 74–76

[Awards-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.

[fibaeurope-host-3] "Hungary to host Eurobasket Women 2015". FIBA Europe. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

[fibaeurope-cohost1-4] "Romania to co-host EuroBasket Women 2015 with Hungary". lovewomensbasketball.com. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[fibaeurope-cohost2-5] "Romania si Ungaria vor organiza EuroBasket Women 2015!". frbaschet.ro (in Romanian). 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[6] "Historic First Title For Super Serbia". eurobasketwomen2015.com. 28 June 2015.

[7] "Belarus and Lithuania in joint bid for EuroBasket Women 2015". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

[bids-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.

[Seedings-11] "EuroBasket Women Seedings Announced". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-20.

[12] "EuroBasket Women 2015 Draw Completed". fibaeurope.com. 2014-11-29.

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v t e EuroBasket Women 2015
Stages	First round Group A Group B Group C Group D Second round Group E Group F Final round Final
General	Squads Qualification
Venues	Syma Sport and Events Centre Főnix Hall Audi Aréna Arena Savaria MKB Aréna Sopron Arena Antonio Alexe Politehnica University of Timișoara
Teams	Belarus Croatia Czech Republic France Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Montenegro Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

v t e EuroBasket Women
Tournaments	Italy 1938 Hungary 1950 USSR 1952 Yugoslavia 1954 Czechoslovakia 1956 Poland 1958 Bulgaria 1960 France 1962 Hungary 1964 Romania 1966 Italy 1968 Nederlands 1970 Bulgaria 1972 Italy 1974 France 1976 Poland 1978 Yugoslavia 1980 Italy 1981 Hungary 1983 Italy 1985 Spain 1987 Bulgaria 1989 Israel 1991 Italy 1993 Czech Republic 1995 Hungary 1997 Poland 1999 France 2001 Greece 2003 Turkey 2005 Italy 2007 Latvia 2009 Poland 2011 France 2013 Hungary / Romania 2015 Czech Republic 2017 Serbia / Latvia 2019 France / Spain 2021 Slovenia / Israel 2023 Czech Republic / Germany / Greece / Italy 2025 Lithuania / Finland / Belgium, Slovakia or Sweden 2027
Qualification	1938 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Finals	1956 1962 1964 1966 1970 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Squads	1938 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Small Countries	Luxembourg 1989 Gibraltar 1991 Cyprus 1993 Malta 1996 Austria 1998 Macedonia 2000 Andorra 2002 Andorra 2004 Malta 2006 Luxembourg 2008 Armenia 2010 Macedonia 2012 Austria 2014 Gibraltar 2016 Ireland 2018 Cyprus 2021 Cyprus 2022 Kosovo 2024
All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player Winning head coaches

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Team rosters
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