# EuroBasket Women 2001

EuroBasket Women 2001 occurred in France from September 14 to September 23, 2001. The winners were the home team France, followed by Russia and Spain.

## Venues

The tournament was held in three cities in France: Orléans, Le Mans and Gravelines. The arenas, in which the tournament was held, were: in Orléans, Palais des Sports; in Le Mans, Antarès; and in Gravelines, Gravelines Sportica.

## Qualification

The qualification to the tournament was held in 1999 and 2000. Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four. The top two qualified to the tournament. The following teams qualified to the EuroBasket Women 2001:
| Slovakia (1st in Group A) Lithuania (1st in Group B) Russia (1st in Group C) Spain (1st in Group D) Ukraine (1st in Group E) | Greece (2nd in Group A) Romania (2nd in Group B) Hungary (2nd in Group C) Czech Republic (2nd in Group D) Yugoslavia (2nd in Group E) |
In addition to the qualified teams, who went through the qualification process, the host nation France automatically qualified to the tournament. Also, Poland, the gold medalist of EuroBasket 1999 Women, qualified to the tournament automatically.

## Preliminary round

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

### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 406 | 320 | +86 | 10 |
| 2. | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 397 | 344 | +53 | 8 |
| 3. | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 354 | 329 | +25 | 8 |
| 4. | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 383 | 373 | +10 | 8 |
| 5. | Romania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 315 | 404 | – 89 | 6 |
| 6. | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 322 | 407 | – 85 | 5 |
* 14 September 14:30
| Yugoslavia | 83–62 | Ukraine |
* 14 September 17:00
| Spain | 78–68 | Poland |
* 14 September 20:00
| Romania | 52–91 | France |
* 15 September 15:00
| Ukraine | 65–93 | Spain |
* 15 September 17:30
| Poland | 76–55 | Romania |
* 15 September 20:00
| France | 88–67 | Yugoslavia |
* 16 September 15:00
| Romania | 61–83 | Spain |
* 16 September 17:30
| France | 84–71 | Ukraine |
* 16 September 20:00
| Yugoslavia | 66–83 | Poland |
* 18 September 15:00
| Ukraine | 67–86 | Romania |
* 18 September 17:30
| Spain | 79–80 | Yugoslavia |
* 18 September 20:00
| Poland | 66–73 | France |
* 19 September 15:00
| Yugoslavia | 87–61 | Romania |
* 19 September 17:30
| Poland | 61–57 | Ukraine |
* 19 September 20:00
| France | 70–64 | Spain |

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 356 | 276 | +80 | 9 |
| 2. | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 371 | 358 | +13 | 9 |
| 3. | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 317 | 302 | +15 | 8 |
| 4. | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 341 | – 4 | 7 |
| 5. | Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 319 | 380 | −61 | 6 |
| 6. | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 328 | 371 | −43 | 6 |
* 14 September 14:30
| Greece | 75–78 | Lithuania |
* 14 September 17:00
| Czech Republic | 70–85 | Slovakia |
* 14 September 20:00
| Hungary | 65–61 | Russia |
* 15 September 15:00
| Lithuania | 82–80 | Czech Republic |
* 15 September 17:30
| Slovakia | 56–61 | Hungary |
* 15 September 20:00
| Russia | 80–35 | Greece |
* 16 September 15:00
| Hungary | 55–57 | Czech Republic |
* 16 September 17:30
| Russia | 78–70 | Lithuania |
* 16 September 20:00
| Greece | 74–81 | Slovakia |
* 18 September 15:00
| Lithuania | 65–62 | Hungary |
* 18 September 17:30
| Czech Republic | 67–72 | Greece |
* 18 September 20:00
| Russia | 60–52 | Slovakia |
* 19 September 15:00
| Greece | 63–74 | Hungary |
* 19 September 17:30
| Slovakia | 63–76 | Lithuania |
* 19 September 20:00
| Russia | 77–54 | Czech Republic |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | | | |
| Russia | 64 | | | |
| Russia | 64 | September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | | |
| Yugoslavia | 59 | September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | |
| Yugoslavia | 59 | Russia | 74 | |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | | Russia | 74 | |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | Spain | 59 | |
| Spain | 71 | Spain | 59 | |
| Spain | 71 | | | | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Hungary | 60 | | | | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Hungary | 60 | | | | Russia | 68 |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | | | | | Russia | 68 |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | | | | France | 73 |
| France | 72 | | | | France | 73 |
| France | 72 | September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | | | |
| Slovakia | 56 | September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | | | |
| Slovakia | 56 | France | 75 | | | |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | | France | 75 | | | |
| September 21, 2001 | September 21, 2001 | Lithuania | 44 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lithuania | 83 | Lithuania | 44 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lithuania | 83 | | | | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Poland | 81 | | | | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Poland | 81 | | | | Spain | 89 |
| | | | | | Lithuania | 74 |

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 |
| Yugoslavia | 78 |
| Yugoslavia | 78 | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Hungary | 58 | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| Hungary | 58 | Yugoslavia | 82 |
| September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | | Yugoslavia | 82 |
| September 22, 2001 | September 22, 2001 | Poland | 76 |
| Slovakia | 66 | Poland | 76 |
| Poland | 80 | | |
| Poland | 80 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | September 23, 2001 | September 23, 2001 |
| | | Hungary | 79 |
| | | Slovakia | 68 |

## Final standings

| Place | Team |
| 1 | France |
| 2 | Russia |
| 3 | Spain |
| 4 | Lithuania |
| 5 | Yugoslavia |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Slovakia |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Greece |
| 11 | Ukraine |
| 12 | Romania |