EuroBasket_Women_2005 Knowpia

EuroBasket 2005 Women
30th FIBA European Women's; Basketball Championship
	Eurobasket Women 2005 logo
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	September 2–11
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (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
Official website
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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 edit

Ankara

Bursa

İzmir

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Venues Map

Ankara edit

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 edit

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.

İzmir edit

İzmir 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 edit

For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 Women qualification.

Squads edit

Final round edit

Preliminaries edit

Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall, Bursa edit


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czech Republic	5	5	0	342	241	+101	10
France	5	4	1	345	282	+63	9
Latvia	5	3	2	323	319	+4	8
Poland	5	2	3	297	327	−30	7
Greece	5	1	4	272	328	−56	6
Germany	5	0	5	282	364	−82	5


September 2, 2005
Poland	62 – 75	Latvia	16:00
Germany	61 – 66	Greece	18:15
France	45 – 65	Czech Republic	20:30
September 3, 2005
Latvia	77 – 67	Germany	16:00
Czech Republic	64 – 47	Poland	18:15
Greece	56 – 71	France	20:30
September 4, 2005
Germany	56 – 66	Poland	16:00
Greece	54 – 61	Czech Republic	18:15
France	67 – 50	Latvia	20:30
September 6, 2005
Czech Republic	76 – 50	Germany	16:00
Latvia	76 – 47	Greece	18:15
Poland	63 – 83	France	20:30
September 7, 2005
Latvia	45 – 76	Czech Republic	16:00
Greece	49 – 59	Poland	18:15
France	79 – 48	Germany	20:30

Group B – Atatürk Sport Hall, İzmir edit


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


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

Finals – Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara edit

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Czech Republic	86

Turkey	60
		Czech Republic	76

		Spain	66
Spain	69

Latvia	50
				Czech Republic	72

				Russia	70
Lithuania	67

Poland	58
		Lithuania	50

		Russia	65	Third place
France	56

Russia	70
				Spain	83

				Lithuania	65

5th to 8th place

Classification round		Fifth place



Turkey	78

Latvia	81
		Latvia	62

		France	85
Poland	71

France	73
		Seventh place



		Turkey	71

		Poland	82

9th to 12th place

Classification round		Ninth place



Greece	67

Romania	61
		Greece	65

		Serbia and Montenegro	79
Serbia and Montenegro	73

Germany	57
		Eleventh place



		Romania	64

		Germany	98

Quarter-finals edit


September 9, 2005
Lithuania	67 – 58	Poland	13:45
Spain	69 – 50	Latvia	16:00
France	56 – 70	Russia	18:15
Czech Republic	86 – 60	Turkey	20:30

Classification 9–12 edit


September 10, 2005
Greece	67 – 61	Romania	09:15
Serbia and Montenegro	73 – 57	Germany	11:30

Classification 5–8 edit


September 10, 2005
Poland	71 – 73	France	13:45
Turkey	78 – 81	Latvia	16:00

Semi-finals edit


September 10, 2005
Lithuania	50 – 65	Russia	18:15
Czech Republic	76 – 66	Spain	20:20

Finals edit


September 11, 2005
11th-place match
Romania	64 – 98	Germany	09:15
9th-place match
Greece	65 – 79	Serbia and Montenegro	11:30
7th-place match
Turkey	71 – 82, OT	Poland	13:45
5th-place match
Latvia	62 – 85	France	16:00
Bronze Medal Match
Spain	83 – 65	Lithuania	18:15
Championship Match
Czech Republic	72 – 70	Russia	20:30

11 September 2005
20:30

Boxscore

Czech Republic	72–70	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 13–19, 24–17, 17–10

Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara (TUR)
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), Vicente Bulto (ESP)

2005 FIBA European champions
Czech Republic 1st title

Conclusion edit

Final standings edit


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	Czech Republic	8	8	0	576	437	+139	16
	Russia	8	5	3	618	557	+61	13
	Spain	8	6	2	615	511	+104	14
4	Lithuania	8	5	3	584	551	+33	13

5	France	8	6	2	559	485	+74	14
6	Latvia	8	4	4	516	551	–35	12
7	Poland	8	3	5	508	538	–30	11
8	Turkey	8	2	6	583	633	–50	10

9	Serbia and Montenegro	7	4	3	482	482	0	11
10	Greece	7	2	5	404	468	–64	9
11	Germany	7	1	6	437	501	–64	8
12	Romania	7	0	7	408	576	–168	7

All-Eurobasket 2005 Women Awards edit

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

1st Team edit

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

2nd Team edit

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

Honorable Mention edit

Michaela Pavlíčková ( Czech Republic)
Eva Němcová ( 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 edit

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Score	PPG
1	Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	8	173	21.6
2	Agnieszka Bibrzycka	Poland	8	159	19.9
3	Anete Jekabsone	Latvia	8	157	19.6
4	Nevriye Yılmaz	Turkey	8	156	19.5
5	Maria Stepanova	Russia	8	144	18.0
6	Linda Fröhlich	Germany	7	115	16.4
7	Eva Vítečková	Czech Republic	8	119	14.9
8	Sandra Valužyte	Lithuania	8	108	13.5
9	Evanthia Maltsi	Greece	7	92	13.1
10	Ildiko Vass	Romania	7	91	13.0

Statistical leaders edit

Category	Player	Team	Average
Points per game	Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	21.6
Total rebounds	Nevriye Yılmaz	Turkey	11.3
Assists	Catherine Melain	France	5.1
Steals	Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	3.1
Turnovers	Gunta Baško	Latvia	4.9
Blocked shots	Gabriela Toma	Romania	2.6