Eurobasket 2005 Women
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The 2005 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005 Women, was held in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 between 2 September and 11 September 2005. Czech Republic won the gold medal and Russia
Russia women's national basketball team
The Russia women's national basketball team represents Russia in international basketball competitions for Women. The team has participated in the FIBA World Championship for Women since 1998 and their best finish has been a silver medal in 1998, 2002 and 2006...

 the silver medal while Spain
Spain women's national basketball team
The Spain women's national basketball team represents Spain in international basketball competitions for women. The team has participated in the FIBA World Championship for Women since 1994.-History:...

 won the bronze. Maria Stepanova
Maria Stepanova
Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association ....

 from Russia was named the tournament MVP.

The FIBA European Women’s Basketball Championship
Eurobasket Women
Eurobasket Women is a bi-annual basketball competition held between the nations of Europe for women's national basketball team. Eurobasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Women and also for Olympic Games.-Summaries:-Performance by nation:-See...

 is a bi-annual women’s basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...

, the sport's governing body in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

.

Venues

Ankara

Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, the capital of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and the country’s second largest city, was the final stage of the Eurobasket 2005 Women action. The Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall
Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall
Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall is an indoor sport arena located in the district of Ulus in Ankara, Turkey. The hall with a seating capacity for 4,500 people and a parking lot for 500 cars was built in 1969....

 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
Bursa, Turkey
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. The metropolitan area in the entire Bursa province had a population of 2.6 million as of 2010, making the city fourth most populous in Turkey. The city is equally one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the...

 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
Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall
Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall is a multi-purpose indoor sport venue located in the district of Altıparmak, Osmangazi in Bursa, Turkey. The hall, with a capacity for 3,000 people, was built in 1972....

.

Izmir

Izmir is the third largest city of Turkey. İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall
Izmir Atatürk Sport Hall
İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall is an indoor sport venue located in the district of Karşıyaka in İzmir, Turkey. The hall has a capacity for 3,000 people....

 with a capacity of 3,000 persons hosted Group B, where 15 games were played.

Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall
Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall
Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall is a multi-purpose indoor sport venue located in the district of Altıparmak, Osmangazi in Bursa, Turkey. The hall, with a capacity for 3,000 people, was built in 1972....

, Bursa
Bursa, Turkey
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. The metropolitan area in the entire Bursa province had a population of 2.6 million as of 2010, making the city fourth most populous in Turkey. The city is equally one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the...

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1.   Czech Republic 10 5 0 342 241
101
2.   France
France women's national basketball team
The France women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball .-Olympic games record:-World Championship record:...

9 4 1 345 282
63
3.   Latvia 8 3 2 323 319
4
4.   Poland 7 2 3 297 327
5.   Greece 6 1 4 272 328
6.   Germany 5 0 5 282 364

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
Izmir Atatürk Sport Hall
İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall is an indoor sport venue located in the district of Karşıyaka in İzmir, Turkey. The hall has a capacity for 3,000 people....

, Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1.   Lithuania 9 4 1 402 345
57
2.   Spain 9 4 1 397 320
77
3.   Russia 8 3 2 413 379
34
4.   Turkey
Turkey national women's basketball team
The Turkey national women’s basketball team is the basketball side that represents Turkey in international competitions for women.-Current roster:This is the roster for the EuroBasket Women 2011:-FIBA World Championship:-Olympic Games:...

7 2 3 374 384
5.   Serbia and Montenegro 7 2 3 330 360
6.   Romania 5 0 5 283 411

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

Classification 5-8

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

Semi-finals

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

Finals

Bronze Medal Match
Spain 83 - 65 Lithuania 18:15
Championship Match
Czech Republic 72 - 70 Russia 20:30


Champion: Czech Republic  

Final standings

Place Team
1   Czech Republic
2   Russia
3   Spain
4   Lithuania
5   France
France women's national basketball team
The France women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball .-Olympic games record:-World Championship record:...

6   Latvia
7   Poland
8   Turkey
9   Serbia and Montenegro
10   Greece
11   Germany
12   Romania

All-Eurobasket 2005 Women Awards

  • MVP: Maria Stepanova
    Maria Stepanova
    Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association ....

     (  Russia)
  • Best Center: Maria Stepanova
    Maria Stepanova
    Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association ....

     (  Russia)
  • Best Forward: Amaya Valdemoro
    Amaya Valdemoro
    Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish professional women's basketball player.-WNBA:Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets...

      (  Spain)
  • Best Guard: Hana Machová
    Hana Machová
    Hana Horáková is a female basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final...

      (  Czech Republic)

1st Team

  • Maria Stepanova
    Maria Stepanova
    Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association ....

     (  Russia)
  • Tatiana Shchegoleva
    Tatiana Shchegoleva
    Tatiana Shchegoleva is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.-References:*...

     (  Russia)
  • Amaya Valdemoro
    Amaya Valdemoro
    Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish professional women's basketball player.-WNBA:Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets...

     (  Spain)
  • Hana Machová
    Hana Machová
    Hana Horáková is a female basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final...

     (  Czech Republic)
  • Eva Vítecková (  Czech Republic)

2nd Team

  • Ana Montañana (  Spain)
  • Agnieszka Bibrzycka (  Poland)
  • Sandra Valužyte (  Lithuania)
  • Anete Jekabsone
    Anete Jekabsone
    Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota is a Latvian basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons....

     (  Latvia)
  • Audrey Sauret-Gillespie (  France
    France women's national basketball team
    The France women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball .-Olympic games record:-World Championship record:...

    )

Honorable Mention

  • Michaela Pavlícková (  Czech Republic)
  • Eva Nemcová
    Eva Němcová
    Eva Horáková, née Němcová is Czech professional basketball player. The youngest of three children of Jiřina Němcová and Zdeněk Němec, she began her basketball career at the age of 18. In 1992, she played for the Czech Republic national team in that year's Summer Olympics, which finished at sixth...

     (  Czech Republic)
  • Ilona Korstin
    Ilona Korstin
    Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin is a Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals...

     (  Russia)
  • Marta Fernández
    Marta Fernández
    Marta Fernández Farrés is a Spanish women's basketball player with Wisła of Poland's PLKK and the Spain women's national basketball team...

     (  Spain)
  • Iveta Marcauskaite (  Lithuania)
  • Sandra Le Dréan (  France)
  • Nevriye Yilmaz
    Nevriye Yilmaz
    Nevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship...

     (  Turkey)
  • Ivana Matovic
    Ivana Matović
    Ivana Matović is a Serbian female basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 197 cms and plays center position...

     (  Serbia and Montenegro)
  • Biljana Stankovic (  Serbia and Montenegro)
  • Evanthia Maltsi
    Evanthia Maltsi
    Evanthia Maltsi is a Greek professional basketball player. In 2007, she played the guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-WNBA career:Maltsi played for the Sun for one season...

     (  Greece)
  • Linda Fröhlich
    Linda Frohlich
    Linda Fröhlich is a German professional basketball player in the WNBA.Considered the best women’s player in Germany, Fröhlich enters her fifth WNBA training camp and first in Indiana. She is a versatile power forward and her game has improved during the past two seasons overseas in Italy and...

     (  Germany)

Top 10 scorers

Rank Player Team Games Score PPG
1 Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish professional women's basketball player.-WNBA:Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets...

 
  Spain 8 173 21.6
2 Agnieszka Bibrzycka    Poland 8 159 19.9
3 Anete Jekabsone
Anete Jekabsone
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota is a Latvian basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons....

 
  Latvia 8 157 19.6
4 Nevriye Yilmaz
Nevriye Yilmaz
Nevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship...

 
  Turkey 8 156 19.5
5 Maria Stepanova
Maria Stepanova
Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association ....

 
  Russia 8 144 18.0
6 Linda Fröhlich
Linda Frohlich
Linda Fröhlich is a German professional basketball player in the WNBA.Considered the best women’s player in Germany, Fröhlich enters her fifth WNBA training camp and first in Indiana. She is a versatile power forward and her game has improved during the past two seasons overseas in Italy and...

 
  Germany 7 115 16.4
7 Eva Vítecková    Czech Republic 8 119 14.9
8 Sandra Valužyte    Lithuania 8 108 13.5
9 Evanthia Maltsi
Evanthia Maltsi
Evanthia Maltsi is a Greek professional basketball player. In 2007, she played the guard position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-WNBA career:Maltsi played for the Sun for one season...

 
  Greece 7 92 13.1
10 Ildiko Vass    Romania 7 91 13.0

Statistical leaders

Category Player Team Average
Points per game Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish professional women's basketball player.-WNBA:Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets...

 
  Spain 21.6
Total rebounds Nevriye Yilmaz
Nevriye Yilmaz
Nevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship...

 
  Turkey 11.3
Assists Catherine Melain    France
France women's national basketball team
The France women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball .-Olympic games record:-World Championship record:...

 
5.1
Steals Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro
Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga is a Spanish professional women's basketball player.-WNBA:Valdemoro was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets...

 
  Spain 3.1
Turnovers Gunta Baško
Gunta Baško
Gunta Baško is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for TS Wisła Can Pack Kraków and Latvia women's national basketball team. She was born in Riga....

 
  Latvia 4.9
Blocked shots Gabriela Toma   Romania 2.6

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