EuroBasket Women 2007

EuroBasket 2007 Women

31st FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Official logo of the Women EuroBasket 2007
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	September 24 – October 7
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Attendance	6,986
MVP	Amaya Valdemoro
Top scorer	Wauters 19.7
Top rebounds	Stepanova 10.0
Top assists	Lawson-Wade 4.3
PPG (Team)	Russia 71.2
RPG (Team)	Russia 45.8
APG (Team)	Czech Republic 14.1
Official website
EuroBasket Women 2007

The 2007 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2007, was the 31st regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Italy and took place from September 24, 2007 to October 7, 2007. Russia won the gold medal and Spain the silver medal while Belarus won the bronze. Amaya Valdemoro from Spain was named the tournament MVP.

Qualification

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2007 qualification

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2007 squads

Preliminary round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Czech Republic	6	3	0	1.000	231	149	+82
Latvia	5	2	1	0.667	194	205	−11
Turkey	4	1	2	0.333	194	217	−23
Israel	3	0	3	0.000	174	222	−48

September 24 18:30

Turkey	62–73	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–20, 17–21, 13–14

Vasto Attendance: 500 Referees: Chantal Julien(FRA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)

September 24 21:00

Israel	43–75	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 13–18, 7–19, 12–21

Vasto Attendance: 500 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

September 25 18:30

Latvia	77–73	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 13–27, 23–18, 24–16

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Chantal Julien(FRA), Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)

September 25 21:00

Czech Republic	86–62	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–10, 29–19, 18–20

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Fedor Dmitriev(BLR), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

September 26 18:30

Israel	58–70	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 23–26, 4–18, 13–9

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Chantal Julien(FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

September 26 21:00

Latvia	44–70	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 13–22, 9–17, 11–16

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR)

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Belgium	6	3	0	1.000	203	177	+26
Lithuania	5	2	1	0.667	191	175	+16
Germany	4	1	2	0.333	195	210	−15
Romania	3	0	3	0.000	199	226	−27

September 24 18:00

Romania	78–85	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 21–17, 19–26, 19–17

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon(FRA), Elena Chernova (RUS)

September 24 20:30

Belgium	68–53	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 11–10, 25–16, 11–18

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Gianluca Mattioli(ITA), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Maria Argirou (GRE)

September 25 18:00

Germany	53–61	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 12–15, 18–15, 13–13

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas(GRE), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA)

September 25 20:30

Lithuania	67–50	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 11–11, 15–11, 17–12

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon(FRA), Maria Argirou (GRE)

September 26 18:00

Belgium	74–71	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 16–19, 23–16, 15–13

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas(GRE), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Elena Chernova (RUS)

September 26 20:30

Germany	57–71	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–16, 13–15, 10–20

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon (FRA), Milija Vojinovic (SRB)

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Russia	6	3	0	1.000	209	161	+48
France	5	2	1	0.667	181	161	+20
Italy	4	1	2	0.333	168	179	−11
Greece	3	0	3	0.000	152	209	−57

September 24 15:30

Italy	55–60	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 13–12, 8–8, 16–18

Chieti Attendance: 2000 Referees: Robert Lottermoser(GER), Oskars Lucis(LAT), Marius Ciulin (ROU)

September 24 18:00

France	58–50	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 10–6, 13–13, 18–18

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Péter Bodnár(HUN), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

September 25 15:30

Greece	55–65	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 14–15, 10–13, 18–16

Chieti Attendance: 2000 Referees: Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Péter Bodnár(HUN), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)

September 25 18:00

Russia	63–59	France
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 18–15, 13–13, 11–18

Chieti Attendance: 1500 Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Oskars Lucis(LAT), Robert Lottermoser(GER)

September 26 15:30

Italy	48–64	France
Scoring by quarter: 6–11, 10–17, 19–11, 13–25

Chieti Attendance: 2300 Referees: Robert Lottermoser(GER), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)

September 26 18:00

Greece	47–86	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 9–15, 12–21, 13–21

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Vladimir Tsekov(BUL)

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Spain	6	3	0	1.000	218	190	+28
Belarus	5	2	1	0.667	233	195	+38
Serbia	4	1	2	0.333	217	228	−11
Croatia	3	0	3	0.000	188	243	−55

September 24 18:00

Belarus	62–76	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–23, 24–20, 11–16

Ortona

September 24 20:30

Serbia	88–70	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 22–19, 24–16, 26–14

Ortona

September 25 18:00

Croatia	66–92	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–26, 18–24, 23–24

Ortona

September 25 20:30

Spain	79–76	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 22–19, 17–18, 19–22

Ortona

September 26 18:00

Belarus	79–53	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–20, 17–11, 19–6

Ortona

September 26 20:30

Croatia	52–63	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 18–15, 19–17, 6–17

Ortona

Qualifying round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Czech Republic	9	4	1	0.800	350	297	+53
Latvia	9	4	1	0.800	332	291	+31
Belgium	8	3	2	0.600	350	310	+40
Lithuania	7	2	3	0.400	304	337	−33
Turkey	6	1	4	0.200	324	374	−50
Germany	6	1	4	0.200	274	315	−41

September 28 16:00

Turkey	63–85	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 16–20, 20–23, 17–13

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), David Chambon(FRA), Elena Chernova(RUS)

September 28 18:30

Lithuania	46–76	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 14–20, 11–22, 12–19

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Ademir Zurapovic(BIH), Gianluca Mattioli(ITA)

September 28 21:00

Germany	54–47	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 8–12, 13–12, 16–9

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Jasmina Tatic(SRB)

September 30 16:00

Germany	63–76	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 13–22, 13–16, 22–16

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Fedor Dmitriev(BLR), Karolina Andersson(FIN)

September 30 18:30

Czech Republic	75–67	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 16–21, 21–11, 19–11

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Marius Ciulin(ROM), Vladimir Tsekov(BUL)

September 30 21:00

Latvia	69–66	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 15–10, 28–16, 15–22

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Gianluca Mattioli(ITA), David Chambon(FRA)

October 2 16:00

Lithuania	67–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–15, 13–19, 20–12

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Péter Bodnár (HUN)

October 2 18:30

Belgium	70–72	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 17–16, 20–23, 12–14

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)

October 2 21:00

Latvia	60–47	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 9–19, 17–5, 12–10

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Maria Argirou (GRE)

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Russia	9	4	1	0.800	339	303	+36
Spain	9	4	1	0.800	346	319	+27
France	8	3	2	0.600	316	294	+22
Belarus	7	2	3	0.400	340	339	+1
Italy	6	1	4	0.200	282	312	−30
Serbia	6	1	4	0.200	299	355	−56

September 29 15:30

Italy	64–79	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 14–22, 15–16, 17–16

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Marcin Kowalski (POL), Emin Mogulkoc(TUR), Robert Lottermoser(GER)

September 29 18:30

Serbia	67–65	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 11–13, 11–14, 20–21

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Vaclav Lukes (CZE), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU), Vincent Delestrée(BEL)

September 29 21:00

Belarus	60–72	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 15–26, 16–12, 11–19

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Petra Kremer(GER)

October 1 15:30

Serbia	43–64	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 8–14, 13–16, 10–17

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Oskars Lucis(LAT)

October 1 18:30

Russia	87–73	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 17–16, 27–9, 19–33

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Davorin Nakic(CRO), Marcin Kowalski(POL)

October 1 21:00

France	53–63	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 20–16, 17–11, 7–23

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Robert Lottermoser(GER), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)

October 3 15:30

Belarus	66–51	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 19–15, 12–8, 16–13

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Emin Mogulkoc(TUR)

October 3 18:30

Spain	49–64	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 9–8, 20–21, 7–19

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Petra Kremer(GER)

October 3 21:00

France	68–60	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 21–11, 17–13, 12–13

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Martin Kowalski (POL), Vincent Delestrée(BEL), Karolina Andersson(SWE)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	October 4, 2007 – Chieti
	Czech Republic	46
					October 6, 2007 – Chieti
	Belarus	52
					Belarus	54
	October 5, 2007 – Chieti
					Spain	70
	Belgium	53
									October 7, 2007 – Chieti
	Spain	72
									Spain	68
	October 4, 2007 – Chieti
									Russia	74
	Latvia	66
					October 6, 2007 – Chieti
	France	62
					Latvia	36
	October 5, 2007 – Chieti
					Russia	67			Third place
	Lithuania	58
									October 7, 2007 – Chieti
	Russia	75
									Belarus	72
									Latvia	63

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	October 6, 2007 – Chieti
	Czech Republic	75
					October 7, 2007 – Chieti
	Belgium	50
					Czech Republic	93
	October 6, 2007 – Chieti
					Lithuania	54
	France	65
	Lithuania	67
					Seventh place
					October 7, 2007 – Chieti
					Belgium	72
					France	63

Quarterfinals

October 4 18:30

Latvia	66–62	France
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 15–8, 16–22, 22–22
Pts: Basko 17 Rebs: Tamane, Jansone 8 Asts: Basko 6		Pts: Gruda 14 Rebs: Le Dréan, Gruda, Sauret-Gillespie, Yacoubou 5 Asts: Sauret-Gillespie 6

Chieti Attendance: 700 Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Marius Ciulin(ROM)

October 4 21:00

Czech Republic	46–52	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 12–20, 14–8, 5–13
Pts: Veselá 11 Rebs: Machová, Kulichová 8 Asts: Veselá, Machová, Vitecková 2		Pts: Leuchanka, Marchanka 11 Rebs: Veremeenko 7 Asts: Kress 2

Chieti Referees: Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

October 5 18:30

Lithuania	58–75	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 12–14, 15–24, 6–16
Pts: Marcauskaité 14 Rebs: Marcauskaité 7 Asts: Valuzyte 4		Pts: Arteshina 17 Rebs: Osipova 10 Asts: Rakhmatulina, Korstin, Osipova 3

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)

October 5 21:00

Belgium	53–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 11–14, 13–22, 9–18
Pts: Wauters 19 Rebs: Wauters 10 Asts: De Mondt 3		Pts: Valdemoro 19 Rebs: Montañana, Pascua 7 Asts: Aguilar, Palau, Martinez 2

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Oskars Lucis (LAT)

Classification rounds

October 6 13:30

Classif. 5–8

France	65–67	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 19–14, 24–23, 8–17
Pts: Yacoubou 15 Rebs: Dijon, Yacoubou 6 Asts: Lawson-Wade 9		Pts: Sulciute 21 Rebs: Valuzyte 10 Asts: Valuzyte 6

Chieti Attendance: 800 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Elena Chernova (RUS)

October 6 16:00

Classif. 5–8

Czech Republic	75–50	Belgium
Pts: Uhrová 15 Rebs: Hartigová 10 Asts: Vitecková 4		Pts: Wauters 17 Rebs: Wauters 6 Asts: Carpréaux, Wambe 3

Chieti Attendance: 800 Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR), Petra Kremer (GER)

October 7 12:15

7th place

Belgium	72–63	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 14–9, 15–19, 25–16
Pts: Wauters 25 Rebs: Wauters 8 Asts: Wambe, De Mondt, Wauters 3		Pts: Gruda 23 Rebs: Ndongue 9 Asts: Lawson-Wade 4

Chieti Attendance: 500 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Karolina Andersson (FIN)

October 7 14:30

5th place

Czech Republic	93–54	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 21–6, 17–18, 27–18
Pts: Vitecková 16 Rebs: Hartigová, Vitecková 6 Asts: Vecerová, Vitecková 4		Pts: Egle Sulciute 10 Rebs: Marcauskaité 6 Asts: Marcauskaité 2

Chieti Attendance: 500 Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Marcin Kowalski (POL)

Semifinals

October 6 18:30

Latvia	36–67	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 4–11, 8–20, 7–20
Pts: Jēkabsone-Žogota 18 Rebs: Kublina 10 Asts: Eglite 3		Pts: Arteshina 16 Rebs: Osipova 12 Asts: Rakhmatulina, Stepanova 2

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Vaclav Lukes (CZE), Lahdo Sharro (SWE)

October 6 21:00

Belarus	54–70	Spain
Pts: Troina 10 Rebs: Veremeenko 11 Asts: Padabed 3		Pts: Montañana 14 Rebs: Pascua 8 Asts: Montañana 4

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR)

Third place game

October 7 17:00

Belarus	72–63	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 16–7, 23–13, 17–26
Pts: Veremeenko 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 9 Asts: Marchanka 7		Pts: Jansone 23 Rebs: Jansone 7 Asts: Kublina 4

Chieti Attendance: 1500 Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Elena Chernova (RUS)

Final

October 7 19:30

Spain	68–74	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 11–21, 21–9, 23–21
Pts: Valdemoro 26 Rebs: Valdemoro 8 Asts: Lima, Palau 3		Pts: Korstin 18 Rebs: Stepanova 10 Asts: Rakhmatulina 5

Chieti Attendance: 2900 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)

Eurobasket Women 2007 Champion
Russia Second title

Eurobasket Women 2007 MVP: Amaya Valdemoro (Spain)

All EuroBasket Women 2007 team:

• Amaya Valdemoro (Spain)
• Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota(Latvia)
• Natallia Marchanka (Belarus)
• Maria Stepanova (Russia)
• Olga Arteshina (Russia)

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Russia
2	Spain
3	Belarus
4	Latvia
5	Czech Republic
6	Lithuania
7	Belgium
8	France
9–12	Turkey
	Germany
	Italy
	Serbia
13–16	Israel
	Romania
	Greece
	Croatia

Olympic qualification

The team qualified directly to Beijing 2008:

• Russia

The following four teams have assured a place in the Olympic qualifying tournament:

• Spain
• Belarus
• Latvia
• Czech Republic

External links

• EuroBasket Women 2007 official site