EuroBasket 2001 Women

EuroBasket 2001 Women
28th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	September 14 – October 23
Teams	12 (from 49 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	France (1st title)
MVP	Catherine Melain
Tournament statistics
Players Teams Points Dydek 24.4  France 78.3 Rebounds Dydek 10.9  Russia 39.6 Assists Ivanyi 6.4  France 21.6
Official website
EuroBasket Women 2001
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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

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

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

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

5th place brakcet

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

External links

• FIBA official website
• Eurobasket official website

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