# EuroBasket Women 2005

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.

## Final round
### Preliminaries
#### Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall, Bursa

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 342 | 241 | +101 | 10 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 345 | 282 | +63 | 9 |
| Latvia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 323 | 319 | +4 | 8 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 297 | 327 | −30 | 7 |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 272 | 328 | −56 | 6 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 282 | 364 | −82 | 5 |
| 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, İzmir

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 345 | +57 | 9 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 320 | +77 | 9 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 413 | 379 | +34 | 8 |
| Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 374 | 384 | −10 | 7 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 3 | 330 | 360 | −30 | 7 |
| Romania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 283 | 411 | −128 | 5 |
| 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 |

### Finals – Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Czech Republic | 86 | | |
| Turkey | 60 | | |
| Turkey | 60 | Czech Republic | 76 |
| | | Spain | 66 |
| Spain | 69 | Spain | 66 |
| Latvia | 50 | | | | |
| Latvia | 50 | | | Czech Republic | 72 |
| | | | | Russia | 70 |
| Lithuania | 67 | | | Russia | 70 |
| Poland | 58 | | | | |
| Poland | 58 | Lithuania | 50 | | |
| | | Russia | 65 | Third place | Third place |
| France | 56 | Russia | 65 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 70 | | | | |
| Russia | 70 | | | Spain | 83 |
| | | | | Lithuania | 65 |

#### 5th to 8th place

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Turkey | 78 |
| Latvia | 81 | | |
| Latvia | 81 | Latvia | 62 |
| | | France | 85 |
| Poland | 71 | France | 85 |
| France | 73 | | |
| France | 73 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Turkey | 71 |
| | | Poland | 82 |

#### 9th to 12th place

| Classification round | Classification round | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Greece | 67 |
| Romania | 61 | | |
| Romania | 61 | Greece | 65 |
| | | Serbia and Montenegro | 79 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 73 | Serbia and Montenegro | 79 |
| Germany | 57 | | |
| Germany | 57 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Romania | 64 |
| | | Germany | 98 |

#### 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 |

#### Finals

| 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 |
| Bronze Medal Match |
| Spain | 83 – 65 | Lithuania | 18:15 |
| Championship Match |
| Czech Republic | 72 – 70 | Russia | 20:30 |
* 11 September 2005 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 72–70 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 13–19, 24–17, 17–10 |||
* Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall, Ankara (TUR) Attendance: 1000 Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), Vicente Bulto (ESP)
* 2005 FIBA European champions
* Czech Republic 1st title

## Conclusion
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| | Czech Republic | 8 | 8 | 0 | 576 | 437 | +139 | 16 |
| | Russia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 618 | 557 | +61 | 13 |
| | Spain | 8 | 6 | 2 | 615 | 511 | +104 | 14 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 8 | 5 | 3 | 584 | 551 | +33 | 13 |
| 5 | France | 8 | 6 | 2 | 559 | 485 | +74 | 14 |
| 6 | Latvia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 516 | 551 | –35 | 12 |
| 7 | Poland | 8 | 3 | 5 | 508 | 538 | –30 | 11 |
| 8 | Turkey | 8 | 2 | 6 | 583 | 633 | –50 | 10 |
| 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 7 | 4 | 3 | 482 | 482 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Greece | 7 | 2 | 5 | 404 | 468 | –64 | 9 |
| 11 | Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 437 | 501 | –64 | 8 |
| 12 | Romania | 7 | 0 | 7 | 408 | 576 | –168 | 7 |

### 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

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Score | PPG |
| 1 | Amaya Valdemoro | Spain | 8 | 173 | 21.6 |
| 2 | Agnieszka Bibrzycka | Poland | 8 | 159 | 19.9 |
| 3 | Anete Jekabsone | Latvia | 8 | 157 | 19.6 |
| 4 | Nevriye Yılmaz | Turkey | 8 | 156 | 19.5 |
| 5 | Maria Stepanova | Russia | 8 | 144 | 18.0 |
| 6 | Linda Fröhlich | Germany | 7 | 115 | 16.4 |
| 7 | Eva Vítečková | Czech Republic | 8 | 119 | 14.9 |
| 8 | Sandra Valužyte | Lithuania | 8 | 108 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Evanthia Maltsi | Greece | 7 | 92 | 13.1 |
| 10 | Ildiko Vass | Romania | 7 | 91 | 13.0 |

### Statistical leaders

| Category | Player | Team | Average |
| 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 |