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 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.
İzmir 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 For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 Women qualification.
Squads
Final round
Preliminaries
Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall, Bursa
September 2, 2005Poland62 – 75Latvia16:00Germany61 – 66Greece18:15France45 – 65Czech Republic20:30September 3, 2005Latvia77 – 67Germany16:00Czech Republic64 – 47Poland18:15Greece56 – 71France20:30September 4, 2005Germany56 – 66Poland16:00Greece54 – 61Czech Republic18:15France67 – 50Latvia20:30September 6, 2005Czech Republic76 – 50Germany16:00Latvia76 – 47Greece18:15Poland63 – 83France20:30September 7, 2005Latvia45 – 76Czech Republic16:00Greece49 – 59Poland18:15France79 – 48Germany20:30
Group B – Atatürk Sport Hall, İzmir
September 2, 2005Romania60 – 92Russia16:00Lithuania74 – 69Spain18:15Turkey81 – 69Serbia and Montenegro20:30September 3, 2005Spain98 – 53Romania16:00Serba and Montenegro77 – 74Lithuania18:15Russia91 – 87Turkey20:30September 4, 2005Romania50 – 63Serbia and Montenegro16:00Spain83 – 77, OTRussia18:15Lithuania82 – 76Turkey20:30September 6, 2005Russia67 – 80Lithuania16:00Serbia and Montenegro52 – 69Spain18:15Turkey66 – 64Romania20:30September 7, 2005Serbia and Montenegro69 – 86Russia16:00Romania56 – 92Lithuania18:15Spain78 – 64Turkey20:30
Finals – Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara
5th to 8th place
9th to 12th place
Quarter-finals September 9, 2005Lithuania67 – 58Poland13:45Spain69 – 50Latvia16:00France56 – 70Russia18:15Czech Republic86 – 60Turkey20:30
Classification 9–12 September 10, 2005Greece67 – 61Romania09:15Serbia and Montenegro73 – 57Germany11:30
Classification 5–8 September 10, 2005Poland71 – 73France13:45Turkey78 – 81Latvia16:00
Semi-finals September 10, 2005Lithuania50 – 65Russia18:15Czech Republic76 – 66Spain20:20
Finals September 11, 200511th-place matchRomania64 – 98Germany09:159th-place matchGreece65 – 79Serbia and Montenegro11:307th-place matchTurkey71 – 82, OTPoland13:455th-place matchLatvia62 – 85France16:00Bronze Medal MatchSpain83 – 65Lithuania18:15Championship MatchCzech Republic72 – 70Russia20:30
Conclusion
Final standings
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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 Vítečková ( Czech Republic)
2nd Team Anna Montañana ( Spain) Agnieszka Bibrzycka ( Poland) Sandra Valužytė ( Lithuania) Anete Jekabsone ( Latvia) Audrey Sauret-Gillespie ( France)
Honorable Mention 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 RankPlayerTeamGamesScorePPG 1 Amaya Valdemoro 8 173 21.6 2 Agnieszka Bibrzycka 8 159 19.9 3 Anete Jekabsone 8 157 19.6 4 Nevriye Yılmaz 8 156 19.5 5 Maria Stepanova 8 144 18.0 6 Linda Fröhlich 7 115 16.4 7 Eva Vítečková 8 119 14.9 8 Sandra Valužyte 8 108 13.5 9 Evanthia Maltsi 7 92 13.1 10 Ildiko Vass 7 91 13.0
Statistical leaders CategoryPlayerTeamAverage 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
References Eurobasket 2005 Women official website Eurobasket 2005 Women at Eurobasket official website
External links FIBA Europe official website FIBA official website