# EuroBasket Women 2015

The 2015 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2015, was the 35th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was co-held in Hungary, which hosted the championship for the fifth time after 1950, 1964, 1983 and 1997, and Romania which hosted it for the second time after 1966, on 11–28 June 2015. The event was hosted by more than one country for the first time.
Serbia won their first title by defeating France 76–68 in the final.

## Host selection

Initially six member federations expressed their intention to organize the tournament: Belarus and Lithuania, who applied a joint bid; Hungary, Israel, Serbia and Spain. Lithuania later refused the plan of a joint bid and eventually two countries submitted an official candidation, Belarus and Hungary.
The final decision was made by the FIBA Europe Board on 18 December 2011 in their meeting in Munich, which awarded the organization rights to Hungary by majority vote. FIBA Europe president Ólafur Rafnsson was on the opinion that "it was an excellent choice as Hungary has tradition in basketball and especially in women's basketball." Attila Czene, State Minister for Sport of the Ministry of National Resources was also pleased, stating that the European Championship great opportunity to upgrade and expand the infrastructure, as Hungary's aim "is to invest in sport and basketball is a main team sport." "As a former Olympic champion, I am happy that we can reintroduce team sport in Hungary. Basketball is a bit behind handball right now and we are trying to close this gap, with 2015 we can start making progress" – he added.
Romanian Basketball Federation has announced that FIBA Europe board has granted them the rights to co-host EuroBasket Women in 2015 with Hungary. Originally Hungary applied to host and was awarded the tournament as the only host country. According to the announcement current plan has Romania hosting groups in Cluj-Napoca, Oradea and Timișoara.

## Venues

| Location | City | Arena | Capacity | Round |
| Budapest | Budapest | Syma Sport and Events Centre | 5,500 | Final round |
| Debrecen | Debrecen | Főnix Hall | 5,500 | Second round |
| Győr | Győr | Audi Aréna | 5,000 | Second round |
| Szombathely | Szombathely | Arena Savaria | 4,000 | First round |
| Sopron | Sopron | MKB Aréna Sopron | 2,500 | First round |
| Oradea | Oradea | Arena Antonio Alexe | 2,500 | First round |
| Timișoara | Timișoara | Sala Polivalentă "Politehnica" | 3,000 | First round |

## Qualification

The qualification was held from 7 June 2013 to 25 June 2014.

### Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Date of qualification | Last appearance | Best placement in tournament | WR |
| Hungary | Host nation | 18 December 2011 | 2009 | Runner-up (1950, 1956) | 55 |
| Romania | Host nation | 19 May 2012 | 2007 | 4th place (1962, 1964, 1966) | 55 |
| Turkey | Host nation of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women & 3rd place of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 13 March 2011 | 2013 | Runner-up (2011) | 13 |
| Greece | Winner of 1st Qualification round | 25 June 2013 | 2011 | 5th place (2009) | 22 |
| Serbia | 4th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 2013 | 4th place (2013) | 29 |
| Spain | Winner of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 2013 | Champion (1993, 2013) | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 6th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 2013 | Champion (2005) | 5 |
| France | Runner-up of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 2013 | Champion (2001, 2009) | 4 |
| Belarus | 5th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 | 28 June 2013 | 2013 | 3rd place (2007) | 10 |
| Croatia | Winner of Qualification group F | 22 June 2014 | 2013 | 5th place (2011) | 19 |
| Sweden | Runner-up of Qualification group E | 22 June 2014 | 2013 | 7th place (1987, 2013) | 43 |
| Latvia | Winner of Qualification group C | 22 June 2014 | 2013 | 4th place (2007) | 16 |
| Poland | Runner-up of Qualification group A | 22 June 2014 | 2011 | Champion (1999) | 39 |
| Ukraine | Runner-up of Qualification group D | 23 June 2014 | 2013 | Champion (1995) | 43 |
| Russia | Winner of Qualification group E | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | Champion (2003, 2007, 2011) | 3 |
| Slovakia | Winner of Qualification group A | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | Runner-up (1997) | 33 |
| Italy | Runner-up of Qualification group C | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | Champion (1938) | 28 |
| Lithuania | Winner of Qualification group B | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | Champion (1997) | 15 |
| Great Britain | Runner-up of Qualification group B | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | 9th place (2013) | 24 |
| Montenegro | Winner of Qualification group D | 25 June 2014 | 2013 | 6th place (2011) | 34 |

## Draw

The draw was held on 29 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.

### Seedings

The seeding was announced on 20 November 2014. According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations are seeded based on their record in EuroBasket Women 2013 final tournament (shown in brackets for first 6 teams) or EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification (shown in brackets with symbol Q).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Spain (1)  France (2)  Turkey (3)  Serbia (4) | Belarus (5)  Czech Republic (6)  Croatia (Q1)  Slovakia (Q2) | Lithuania (Q3)  Ukraine (Q4)  Poland (Q5)  Latvia (Q6) | Montenegro (Q7)  Russia (Q8)  Sweden (Q9)  Italy (Q10) | Great Britain (Q11)  Greece (Q1st)  Hungary (host)  Romania (host) |

## First round
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 319 | 264 | +55 | 8 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Montenegro | 4 | 3 | 1 | 301 | 263 | +38 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 289 | 306 | −17 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 314 | −31 | 5 | |
| 5 | Romania | 4 | 0 | 4 | 270 | 315 | −45 | 4 | |
| 11 June 2015 |
| Montenegro | 71–52 | Czech Republic |
| Ukraine | 55–79 | France |
| 12 June 2015 |
| Czech Republic | 80–79 | Ukraine |
| Romania | 61–79 | Montenegro |
| 13 June 2015 |
| France | 85–75 | Czech Republic |
| Ukraine | 78–71 | Romania |
| 14 June 2015 |
| Montenegro | 84–71 | Ukraine |
| Romania | 67–76 | France |
| 15 June 2015 |
| France | 79–67 | Montenegro |
| Czech Republic | 82–71 | Romania |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belarus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 299 | 234 | +65 | 8 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 220 | 215 | +5 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 2 | 217 | 239 | −22 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 232 | 241 | −9 | 5 | |
| 5 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 208 | 247 | −39 | 4 | |
| 11 June 2015 |
| Poland | 54–57 | | Turkey |
| Italy | 76–85 | (OT) | Belarus |
| 12 June 2015 |
| Greece | 51–46 | | Italy |
| Belarus | 65–49 | | Poland |
| 13 June 2015 |
| Poland | 50–59 | | Greece |
| Turkey | 52–67 | | Belarus |
| 14 June 2015 |
| Italy | 66–55 | | Poland |
| Greece | 50–61 | | Turkey |
| 15 June 2015 |
| Belarus | 82–57 | | Greece |
| Turkey | 50–44 | | Italy |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 293 | 223 | +70 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Serbia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 294 | 263 | +31 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 277 | 305 | −28 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 258 | 263 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 222 | 290 | −68 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Russia–Serbia 77–53
* 1 2 Croatia–Latvia 67–63
| 11 June 2015 |
| Latvia | 60–76 | Serbia |
| Russia | 83–62 | Croatia |
| 12 June 2015 |
| Croatia | 67–63 | Latvia |
| Great Britain | 40–71 | Russia |
| 13 June 2015 |
| Latvia | 67–58 | Great Britain |
| Serbia | 89–72 | Croatia |
| 14 June 2015 |
| Great Britain | 54–76 | Serbia |
| Russia | 62–68 | Latvia |
| 15 June 2015 |
| Croatia | 76–70 | Great Britain |
| Serbia | 53–77 | Russia |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 287 | 245 | +42 | 8 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 312 | 316 | −4 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 279 | 291 | −12 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 4 | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 3 | 269 | 269 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 287 | −26 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Slovakia–Lithuania 85–79
* 1 2 Sweden–Hungary 73–62
| 11 June 2015 |
| Sweden | 69–72 | Slovakia |
| Lithuania | 58–72 | Spain |
| 12 June 2015 |
| Slovakia | 85–79 | Lithuania |
| Hungary | 63–72 | Sweden |
| 13 June 2015 |
| Spain | 82–81 | Slovakia |
| Lithuania | 72–66 | Hungary |
| 14 June 2015 |
| Sweden | 68–70 | Lithuania |
| Hungary | 46–69 | Spain |
| 15 June 2015 |
| Spain | 64–60 | Sweden |
| Slovakia | 74–86 | Hungary |

## Second round
### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 299 | 262 | +37 | 9 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 335 | 308 | +27 | 9 | Advance to final round |
| 3 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 349 | 323 | +26 | 7 | Advance to final round |
| 4 | Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 3 | 319 | 340 | −21 | 7 | Advance to final round |
| 5 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 3 | 299 | 328 | −29 | 7 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 319 | 359 | −40 | 6 | |
* 1 2 France–Turkey 56–66
* ↑ Belarus 3pts/154:134 (+20) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Belarus 77–72
* ↑ Montenegro 3pts/140:148 (−8) :: Montenegro–Belarus 77–72, Montenegro–Greece 63–76
* ↑ Greece 3pts/133:145 (−12) :: Belarus–Greece 82–57. Montenegro–Greece 63–76
| 17 June 2015 |
| Turkey | 61–41 | Montenegro |
| Czech Republic | 73–70 | Belarus |
| Greece | 42–51 | France |
| 19 June 2015 |
| Montenegro | 77–72 | Belarus |
| Greece | 74–71 | Czech Republic |
| France | 56–66 | Turkey |
| 21 June 2015 |
| Turkey | 59–48 | Czech Republic |
| Montenegro | 63–76 | Greece |
| Belarus | 58–64 | France |

### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 406 | 328 | +78 | 10 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 371 | 367 | +4 | 8 | Advance to final round |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 366 | 320 | +46 | 8 | Advance to final round |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 387 | −17 | 7 | Advance to final round |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 385 | 374 | +11 | 7 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 312 | 434 | −122 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Lithuania–Russia 78–74
* 1 2 Slovakia–Serbia 74–76
| 18 June 2015 |
| Slovakia | 74–76 | Serbia |
| Lithuania | 78–74 | Russia |
| Croatia | 52–95 | Spain |
| 20 June 2015 |
| Lithuania | 83–64 | Croatia |
| Russia | 75–61 | Slovakia |
| Serbia | 80–91 | Spain |
| 22 June 2015 |
| Slovakia | 84–62 | Croatia |
| Spain | 66–57 | Russia |
| Serbia | 72–73 | Lithuania |

## Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 24 June | 24 June | | | |
| Turkey | 63 | | | |
| Turkey | 63 | 26 June | 26 June | | |
| Serbia | 75 | 26 June | 26 June | |
| Serbia | 75 | Serbia | 74 | |
| 24 June | 24 June | | Serbia | 74 | |
| 24 June | 24 June | Belarus | 72 | |
| Lithuania | 66 | Belarus | 72 | |
| Lithuania | 66 | | | | 28 June | 28 June |
| Belarus | 68 | | | | 28 June | 28 June |
| Belarus | 68 | | | | Serbia | 76 |
| 25 June | 25 June | | | | | Serbia | 76 |
| 25 June | 25 June | | | | France | 68 |
| France | 77 | | | | France | 68 |
| France | 77 | 26 June | 26 June | | | |
| Russia | 74 | 26 June | 26 June | | | |
| Russia | 74 | France | 63 | | | |
| 25 June | 25 June | | France | 63 | | | |
| 25 June | 25 June | Spain | 58 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 75 | Spain | 58 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 75 | | | | 28 June | 28 June |
| Montenegro | 74 | | | | 28 June | 28 June |
| Montenegro | 74 | | | | Belarus | 58 |
| | | | | | Spain | 74 |

### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 25 June | 25 June |
| Turkey | 66 |
| Turkey | 66 | 27 June | 27 June |
| Lithuania | 57 | 27 June | 27 June |
| Lithuania | 57 | Turkey | 68 |
| 26 June | 26 June | | Turkey | 68 |
| 26 June | 26 June | Russia | 66 |
| Russia | 73 | Russia | 66 |
| Montenegro | 65 | | |
| Montenegro | 65 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 27 June | 27 June |
| | | Lithuania | 77 |
| | | Montenegro | 89 |

### Final

* 28 June 2015 19:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 76–68 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–10, 20–17, 23–19 |||
| Pts: A. Dabović 25 Rebs: Page 8 Asts: A. Dabović 3 | | Pts: Gruda 16 Rebs: Yacoubou 6 Asts: Dumerc 5 |
* Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Karen Lasuik (CAN), Anne Panther (GER), Maj Forsberg (DEN)

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games
* Qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Serbia | 7–3 |
| | France | 8–2 |
| | Spain | 9–1 |
| 4th | Belarus | 5–5 |
| 5th | Turkey | 8–2 |
| 6th | Russia | 5–5 |
| 7th | Montenegro | 5–5 |
| 8th | Lithuania | 5–5 |
| 9th | Slovakia | 3–4 |
| 10th | Greece | 4–3 |
| 11th | Czech Republic | 3–4 |
| 12th | Croatia | 2–5 |
| 13th | Latvia | 2–2 |
| 14th | Sweden | 1–3 |
| 15th | Italy | 1–3 |
| 16th | Ukraine | 1–3 |
| 17th | Hungary | 1–3 |
| 18th | Poland | 0–4 |
| 19th | Romania | 0–4 |
| 20th | Great Britain | 0–4 |

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders

| Name | PPG |
| Alba Torrens | 19.7 |
| Sandrine Gruda | 17.8 |
| Kristi Toliver | 17.4 |
| Lara Sanders | 16.7 |
| Angel Robinson | 15.9 |
| Name | RPG |
| Yelena Leuchanka | 11.5 |
| Angel Robinson | 8.9 |
| Lara Sanders | 8.4 |
| Sandrine Gruda | 8.2 |
| Astou Ndour | 7.9 |
| Name | APG |
| Jelena Škerović | 7.1 |
| Céline Dumerc | 5.9 |
| Işıl Alben | 5.5 |
| Lindsey Harding | 5.3 |
| Veronika Bortelová | 5.3 |
| Name | BPG |
| Lara Sanders | 2.0 |
| Anna Jurčenková | 1.9 |
| Natalia Vieru | 1.8 |
| Anastasiya Verameyenka | 1.3 |
| Angel Robinson | 1.0 |
| Danielle Page | 1.0 |
| Luca Ivanković | 1.0 |
| Name | SPG |
| Işıl Alben | 2.5 |
| Sandra Linkevičienė | 2.1 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 1.9 |
| Katsiaryna Snytsina | 1.7 |
| Milica Dabović | 1.6 |
| Marta Xargay | 1.6 |

### Awards

| Guard | Center | Forward |
| All-star team |||
| Ana Dabović Céline Dumerc | Sandrine Gruda | Alba Torrens Sonja Petrović |
| MVP: Ana Dabović |||