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 View City Arena Capacity Round Budapest Syma Sport and Events Centre 5,500 Final round Debrecen Főnix Hall 5,500 Second round Győr Audi Aréna 5,000 Second round Szombathely Arena Savaria 4,000 First round Sopron MKB Aréna Sopron 2,500 First round Oradea Arena Antonio Alexe 2,500 First round 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 Host nation 2009 Runner-up (1950, 1956) 55 Host nation 2007 4th place (1962, 1964, 1966) 55 Host nation of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women & 3rd place of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 Runner-up (2011) 13 Winner of 1st Qualification round 2011 5th place (2009) 22 4th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 4th place (2013) 29 Winner of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 Champion (1993, 2013) 6 6th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 Champion (2005) 5 Runner-up of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 Champion (2001, 2009) 4 5th place of EuroBasket Women 2013 2013 3rd place (2007) 10 Winner of Qualification group F 2013 5th place (2011) 19 Runner-up of Qualification group E 2013 7th place (1987, 2013) 43 Winner of Qualification group C 2013 4th place (2007) 16 Runner-up of Qualification group A 2011 Champion (1999) 39 Runner-up of Qualification group D 2013 Champion (1995) 43 Winner of Qualification group E 2013 Champion (2003, 2007, 2011) 3 Winner of Qualification group A 2013 Runner-up (1997) 33 Runner-up of Qualification group C 2013 Champion (1938) 28 Winner of Qualification group B 2013 Champion (1997) 15 Runner-up of Qualification group B 2013 9th place (2013) 24 Winner of Qualification group D 2013 6th place (2011) 34
Squads
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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (Q1) (Q2) (Q3) (Q4) (Q5) (Q6) (Q7) (Q8) (Q9) (Q10) (Q11) (Q1st) (host) (host)
First round Group A
11 June 2015 71–52 55–79 12 June 2015 80–79 61–79 13 June 2015 85–75 78–71 14 June 2015 84–71 67–76 15 June 2015 79–67 82–71
Group B
11 June 2015 54–57 76–85 (OT) 12 June 2015 51–46 65–49 13 June 2015 50–59 52–67 14 June 2015 66–55 50–61 15 June 2015 82–57 50–44
Group C
11 June 2015 60–76 83–62 12 June 2015 67–63 40–71 13 June 2015 67–58 89–72 14 June 2015 54–76 62–68 15 June 2015 76–70 53–77
Group D
11 June 2015 69–72 58–72 12 June 2015 85–79 63–72 13 June 2015 82–81 72–66 14 June 2015 68–70 46–69 15 June 2015 64–60 74–86
Second round Group E
17 June 2015 61–41 73–70 42–51 19 June 2015 77–72 74–71 56–66 21 June 2015 59–48 63–76 58–64
Group F
18 June 2015 74–76 78–74 52–95 20 June 2015 83–64 75–61 80–91 22 June 2015 84–62 66–57 72–73
Final round
Final
Final ranking Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games Qualified for the 2016 FIBA WorldOlympic Qualifying Tournament RankTeamRecord7–38–29–14th5–55th8–26th5–57th5–58th5–59th3–410th4–311th3–412th2–513th2–214th1–315th1–316th1–317th1–318th0–419th0–420th0–4
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders
PointsStatistics Name PPG Alba Torrens 19.7 Sandrine Gruda 17.8 Kristi Toliver 17.4 Lara Sanders 16.7 Angel Robinson 15.9
Rebounds Name RPG Yelena Leuchanka 11.5 Angel Robinson 8.9 Lara Sanders 8.4 Sandrine Gruda 8.2 Astou Ndour 7.9
Assists Name APG Jelena Škerović 7.1 Céline Dumerc 5.9 Işıl Alben 5.5 Lindsey Harding 5.3 Veronika Bortelová
Blocks Name BPG Lara Sanders 2.0 Anna Jurčenková 1.9 Natalia Vieru 1.8 Anastasiya Verameyenka 1.3 Angel Robinson 1.0 Danielle Page Luca Ivanković
Steals Name SPG Işıl Alben 2.5 Sandra Linkevičienė 2.1 Epiphanny Prince 1.9 Katsiaryna Snytsina 1.7 Milica Dabović 1.6 Marta Xargay
Awards GuardCenterForwardAll-star team Ana Dabović Céline Dumerc Sandrine Gruda Alba Torrens Sonja PetrovićMVP: Ana Dabović
References
External links Official website