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 1 Preliminary round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Qualifying round 2.1 Group E 2.2 Group F 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Championship bracket 3.2 5th place bracket 3.3 Quarterfinals 3.4 Classification rounds 3.5 Semifinals 3.6 Third place game 3.7 Final 4 Final standings 5 Olympic qualification 6 External links

[edit] Preliminary round

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Qualifying round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] 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

[edit] 5th place bracket

	Semifinals				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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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:

• Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain)
• Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota( Latvia)
• Natallia Marchanka ( Belarus)
• Maria Stepanova ( Russia)
• Olga Arteshina ( Russia)

[edit] 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

[edit] Olympic qualification

The team qualified directly to Beijing 2008:

•  Russia

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

•  Spain
•  Belarus
•  Latvia
•  Czech Republic

[edit] External links

• EuroBasket Women 2007 official site

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