EuroBasket Women 2007

EuroBasket Women 2007
31st FIBA European Women's
Basketball Championship
Official website
EuroBasket Women 2007
Tournament details
Host nation  Italy
Dates September 24 – October 7
Teams 16 (from 49 federations)
Venues 5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions  Russia (2nd title)
MVP Amaya Valdemoro
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Wauters 19.7  Russia 71.2
Rebounds Stepanova 10.0  Russia 45.8
Assists Lawson-Wade 4.3  Czech Republic 14.1

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.

Contents

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    Vasto
Attendance: 500
Referees: Chantal Julien(FRA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 14-20, 17-21, 13-14
September 24
21:00		 Israel  43–75  Czech Republic    Vasto
Attendance: 500
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 13-18, 7-19, 12-21
September 25
18:30		 Latvia  77–73  Israel    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Chantal Julien(FRA), Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)
Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 13-27, 23-18, 24-16
September 25
21:00		 Czech Republic  86–62  Turkey    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Fedor Dmitriev(BLR), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)
Scoring by quarter: 20-13, 19-10, 29-19, 18-20
September 26
18:30		 Israel  58–70  Turkey    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch(ITA), Chantal Julien(FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 23-26, 4-18, 13-9
September 26
21:00		 Latvia  44–70  Czech Republic    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov(RUS), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR)
Scoring by quarter: 11-15, 13-22, 9-17, 11-16

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    Lanciano
Attendance: 200
Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon(FRA), Elena Chernova (RUS)
Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 21-17, 19-26, 19-17
September 24
20:30		 Belgium  68–53  Lithuania    Lanciano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli(ITA), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Maria Argirou (GRE)
Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 11-10, 25-16, 11-18
September 25
18:00		 Germany  53–61  Belgium    Lanciano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas(GRE), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA)
Scoring by quarter: 10-18, 12-15, 18-15, 13-13
September 25
20:30		 Lithuania  67–50  Romania    Lanciano
Attendance: 200
Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon(FRA), Maria Argirou (GRE)
Scoring by quarter: 24-16, 11-11, 15-11, 17-12
September 26
18:00		 Belgium  74–71  Romania    Lanciano
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas(GRE), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Elena Chernova (RUS)
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 16-19, 23-16, 15-13
September 26
20:30		 Germany  57–71  Lithuania    Lanciano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Davorin Nakic(CRO), David Chambon (FRA), Milija Vojinovic (SRB)
Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 16-16, 13-15, 10-20

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    Chieti
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Robert Lottermoser(GER), Oskars Lucis(LAT), Marius Ciulin (ROU)
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 13-12, 8-8, 16-18
September 24
18:00		 France  58–50  Greece    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Péter Bodnár(HUN), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 10-6, 13-13, 18-18
September 25
15:30		 Greece  55–65  Italy    Chieti
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Péter Bodnár(HUN), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)
Scoring by quarter: 13-21, 14-15, 10-13, 18-16
September 25
18:00		 Russia  63–59  France    Chieti
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Oskars Lucis(LAT), Robert Lottermoser(GER)
Scoring by quarter: 21-13, 18-15, 13-13, 11-18
September 26
15:30		 Italy  48–64  France    Chieti
Attendance: 2300
Referees: Robert Lottermoser(GER), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)
Scoring by quarter: 6-11, 10-17, 19-11, 13-25
September 26
18:00		 Greece  47–86  Russia    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Vladimir Tsekov(BUL)
Scoring by quarter: 13-29, 9-15, 12-21, 13-21

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    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 15-23, 24-20, 11-16
September 24
20:30		 Serbia  88–70  Croatia    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 22-19, 24-16, 26-14
September 25
18:00		 Croatia  66–92  Belarus    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 11-18, 14-26, 18-24, 23-24
September 25
20:30		 Spain  79–76  Serbia    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 22-19, 17-18, 19-22
September 26
18:00		 Belarus  79–53  Serbia    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 22-20, 17-11, 19-6
September 26
20:30		 Croatia  52–63  Spain    Ortona
Scoring by quarter: 9-14, 18-15, 19-17, 6-17

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    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), David Chambon(FRA), Elena Chernova(RUS)
Scoring by quarter: 10-29, 16-20, 20-23, 17-13
September 28
18:30		 Lithuania  46–76  Latvia    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Ademir Zurapovic(BIH), Gianluca Mattioli(ITA)
Scoring by quarter: 9-15, 14-20, 11-22, 12-19
September 28
21:00		 Germany  54–47  Czech Republic    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz(ESP), Jasmina Tatic(SRB)
Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 8-12, 13-12, 16-9
September 30
16:00		 Germany  63–76  Turkey    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Fedor Dmitriev(BLR), Karolina Andersson(FIN)
Scoring by quarter: 15-22, 13-22, 13-16, 22-16
September 30
18:30		 Czech Republic  75–67  Lithuania    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Marius Ciulin(ROM), Vladimir Tsekov(BUL)
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 16-21, 21-11, 19-11
September 30
21:00		 Latvia  69–66  Belgium    Vasto
Attendance: 700
Referees: Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Gianluca Mattioli(ITA), David Chambon(FRA)
Scoring by quarter: 11-18, 15-10, 28-16, 15-22
October 2
16:00		 Lithuania  67–61  Turkey    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Péter Bodnár (HUN)
Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 18-15, 13-19, 20-12
October 2
18:30		 Belgium  70–72  Czech Republic    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 17-16, 20-23, 12-14
October 2
21:00		 Latvia  60–47  Germany    Vasto
Attendance: 600
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Maria Argirou (GRE)
Scoring by quarter: 23-13, 9-19, 17-5, 12-10
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    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Marcin Kowalski (POL), Emin Mogulkoc(TUR), Robert Lottermoser(GER)
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 14-22, 15-16, 17-16
September 29
18:30		 Serbia  67–65  Russia    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Vaclav Lukes (CZE), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU), Vincent Delestrée(BEL)
Scoring by quarter: 25-17, 11-13, 11-14, 20-21
September 29
21:00		 Belarus  60–72  France    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Petra Kremer(GER)
Scoring by quarter: 18-15, 15-26, 16-12, 11-19
October 1
15:30		 Serbia  43–64  Italy    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Oskars Lucis(LAT)
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 8-14, 13-16, 10-17
October 1
18:30		 Russia  87–73  Belarus    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Davorin Nakic(CRO), Marcin Kowalski(POL)
Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 17-16, 27-9, 19-33
October 1
21:00		 France  53–63  Spain    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Robert Lottermoser(GER), Tomas Jasevicius(LTU)
Scoring by quarter: 9-13, 20-16, 17-11, 7-23
October 3
15:30		 Belarus  66–51  Italy    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Vaclav Lukes(CZE), Emin Mogulkoc(TUR)
Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 19-15, 12-8, 16-13
October 3
18:30		 Spain  49–64  Russia    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lahdo Sharro(SWE), Petra Kremer(GER)
Scoring by quarter: 13-16, 9-8, 20-21, 7-19
October 3
21:00		 France  68–60  Serbia    Ortona
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Martin Kowalski (POL), Vincent Delestrée(BEL), Karolina Andersson(SWE)
Scoring by quarter: 18-23, 21-11, 17-13, 12-13

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 Third place
October 5, 2007 - Chieti
    Russia  67  
  Lithuania  58   Belarus  72
  Russia  75     Latvia  63
October 7, 2007 - Chieti

5th place bracket

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

Quarterfinals

October 4
18:30		 Latvia  66–62  France    Chieti
Attendance: 700
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Milija Vojinovic(SRB), Marius Ciulin(ROM)
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
October 4
21:00		 Czech Republic  46–52  Belarus    Chieti
Referees: Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
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
October 5
18:30		 Lithuania  58–75  Russia    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)
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
October 5
21:00		 Belgium  53–72  Spain    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Oskars Lucis (LAT)
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

Classification rounds

October 6
13:30		 Classif. 5-8 France  65–67  Lithuania    Chieti
Attendance: 800
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Elena Chernova (RUS)
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
October 6
16:00		 Classif. 5-8 Czech Republic  75–50  Belgium    Chieti
Attendance: 800
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR), Petra Kremer (GER)
Pts: Uhrová 15
Rebs: Hartigová 10
Asts: Vitecková 4		 Pts: Wauters 17
Rebs: Wauters 6
Asts: Carpréaux, Wambe 3
October 7
12:15		 7th place Belgium  72–63  France    Chieti
Attendance: 500
Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Karolina Andersson (FIN)
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
October 7
14:30		 5th place Czech Republic  93–54  Lithuania    Chieti
Attendance: 500
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Miguel Anguel Perez Niz (ESP), Marcin Kowalski (POL)
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

Semifinals

October 6
18:30		 Latvia  36–67  Russia    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Vaclav Lukes (CZE), Lahdo Sharro (SWE)
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
October 6
21:00		 Belarus  54–70  Spain    Chieti
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Milija Vojinovic (SRB), Marius Ciulin (ROM), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR)
Pts: Troina 10
Rebs: Veremeenko 11
Asts: Padabed 3		 Pts: Montañana 14
Rebs: Pascua 8
Asts: Montañana 4

Third place game

October 7
17:00		 Belarus  72–63  Latvia    Chieti
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Elena Chernova (RUS)
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

Final

October 7
19:30		 Spain  68–74  Russia    Chieti
Attendance: 2900
Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Jasmina Tatic (SRB)
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
 Eurobasket Women 2007 Champion 

Russia
Second title
Eurobasket Women 2007 MVP: Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain)

All EuroBasket Women 2007 team:

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:

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

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