EuroBasket Women 2007

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.

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
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–20, 17–21, 13–14

Vasto Attendance: 500 Referees: Chantal JulienTemplate:Cc3, Miguel Anguel Perez NizTemplate:Cc3, Jasmina Tatic Template:Cc3

September 24 21:00

Israel	43–75	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 13–18, 7–19, 12–21

Vasto Attendance: 500 Referees: Guerrino CerebuchTemplate:Cc3, Aleksander GorshkovTemplate:Cc3, Ademir Zurapovic Template:Cc3

September 25 18:30

Latvia	77–73	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 13–27, 23–18, 24–16

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Chantal JulienTemplate:Cc3, Aleksander GorshkovTemplate:Cc3, Jasmina Tatic Template:Cc3

September 25 21:00

Czech Republic	86–62	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–10, 29–19, 18–20

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino CerebuchTemplate:Cc3, Fedor DmitrievTemplate:Cc3, Ademir Zurapovic Template:Cc3

September 26 18:30

Israel	58–70	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 23–26, 4–18, 13–9

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino CerebuchTemplate:Cc3, Chantal JulienTemplate:Cc3, Ademir Zurapovic Template:Cc3

September 26 21:00

Latvia	44–70	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 13–22, 9–17, 11–16

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Aleksander GorshkovTemplate:Cc3, Miguel Anguel Perez NizTemplate:Cc3, Fedor Dmitriev Template:Cc3

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
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 21–17, 19–26, 19–17

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Davorin NakicTemplate:Cc3, David ChambonTemplate:Cc3, Elena Chernova Template:Cc3

September 24 20:30

Belgium	68–53	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 11–10, 25–16, 11–18

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Gianluca MattioliTemplate:Cc3, Milija VojinovicTemplate:Cc3, Maria Argirou Template:Cc3

September 25 18:00

Germany	53–61	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 12–15, 18–15, 13–13

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Konstantinos KoromilasTemplate:Cc3, Milija VojinovicTemplate:Cc3, Gianluca Mattioli Template:Cc3

September 25 20:30

Lithuania	67–50	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 11–11, 15–11, 17–12

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Davorin NakicTemplate:Cc3, David ChambonTemplate:Cc3, Maria Argirou Template:Cc3

September 26 18:00

Belgium	74–71	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 16–19, 23–16, 15–13

Lanciano Attendance: 200 Referees: Konstantinos KoromilasTemplate:Cc3, Gianluca Mattioli Template:Cc3, Elena Chernova Template:Cc3

September 26 20:30

Germany	57–71	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–16, 13–15, 10–20

Lanciano Attendance: 300 Referees: Davorin NakicTemplate:Cc3, David Chambon Template:Cc3, Milija Vojinovic Template:Cc3

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
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 13–12, 8–8, 16–18

Chieti Attendance: 2000 Referees: Robert LottermoserTemplate:Cc3, Oskars LucisTemplate:Cc3, Marius Ciulin Template:Cc3

September 24 18:00

France	58–50	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 10–6, 13–13, 18–18

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Péter BodnárTemplate:Cc3, Tomas JaseviciusTemplate:Cc3, Vladimir Tsekov Template:Cc3

September 25 15:30

Greece	55–65	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 14–15, 10–13, 18–16

Chieti Attendance: 2000 Referees: Vaclav LukesTemplate:Cc3, Péter BodnárTemplate:Cc3, Tomas JaseviciusTemplate:Cc3

September 25 18:00

Russia	63–59	France
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 18–15, 13–13, 11–18

Chieti Attendance: 1500 Referees: Marius Ciulin Template:Cc3, Oskars LucisTemplate:Cc3, Robert LottermoserTemplate:Cc3

September 26 15:30

Italy	48–64	France
Scoring by quarter: 6–11, 10–17, 19–11, 13–25

Chieti Attendance: 2300 Referees: Robert LottermoserTemplate:Cc3, Marius Ciulin Template:Cc3, Tomas JaseviciusTemplate:Cc3

September 26 18:00

Greece	47–86	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 9–15, 12–21, 13–21

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Vaclav LukesTemplate:Cc3, Oskars Lucis Template:Cc3, Vladimir TsekovTemplate:Cc3

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
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–23, 24–20, 11–16

Ortona

September 24 20:30

Serbia	88–70	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 22–19, 24–16, 26–14

Ortona

September 25 18:00

Croatia	66–92	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–26, 18–24, 23–24

Ortona

September 25 20:30

Spain	79–76	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 22–19, 17–18, 19–22

Ortona

September 26 18:00

Belarus	79–53	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–20, 17–11, 19–6

Ortona

September 26 20:30

Croatia	52–63	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 18–15, 19–17, 6–17

Ortona

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	322	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
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 16–20, 20–23, 17–13

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh Template:Cc3, David ChambonTemplate:Cc3, Elena ChernovaTemplate:Cc3

September 28 18:30

Lithuania	46–76	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 14–20, 11–22, 12–19

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas Template:Cc3, Ademir ZurapovicTemplate:Cc3, Gianluca MattioliTemplate:Cc3

September 28 21:00

Germany	54–47	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 8–12, 13–12, 16–9

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch Template:Cc3, Miguel Anguel Perez NizTemplate:Cc3, Jasmina TaticTemplate:Cc3

September 30 16:00

Germany	63–76	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 13–22, 13–16, 22–16

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov Template:Cc3, Fedor DmitrievTemplate:Cc3, Karolina AnderssonTemplate:Cc3

September 30 18:30

Czech Republic	75–67	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 16–21, 21–11, 19–11

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Chantal Julien Template:Cc3, Marius CiulinTemplate:Cc3, Vladimir TsekovTemplate:Cc3

September 30 21:00

Latvia	69–66	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 15–10, 28–16, 15–22

Vasto Attendance: 700 Referees: Milija Vojinovic Template:Cc3, Gianluca MattioliTemplate:Cc3, David ChambonTemplate:Cc3

October 2 16:00

Lithuania	67–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–15, 13–19, 20–12

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov Template:Cc3, Miguel Anguel Perez Niz Template:Cc3, Péter Bodnár Template:Cc3

October 2 18:30

Belgium	70–72	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 17–16, 20–23, 12–14

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Chantal Julien Template:Cc3, Marius Ciulin Template:Cc3, Jasmina Tatic Template:Cc3

October 2 21:00

Latvia	60–47	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 9–19, 17–5, 12–10

Vasto Attendance: 600 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch Template:Cc3, Milija Vojinovic Template:Cc3, Maria Argirou Template:Cc3

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	2	4	0.200	282	312	−30
Serbia	6	2	4	0.200	299	355	−56

September 29 15:30

Italy	64–79	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 14–22, 15–16, 17–16

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Marcin Kowalski Template:Cc3, Emin MogulkocTemplate:Cc3, Robert LottermoserTemplate:Cc3

September 29 18:30

Serbia	67–65	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 11–13, 11–14, 20–21

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Vaclav Lukes Template:Cc3, Tomas JaseviciusTemplate:Cc3, Vincent DelestréeTemplate:Cc3

September 29 21:00

Belarus	60–72	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 15–26, 16–12, 11–19

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Davorin Nakic Template:Cc3, Lahdo SharroTemplate:Cc3, Petra KremerTemplate:Cc3

October 1 15:30

Serbia	43–64	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 8–14, 13–16, 10–17

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh Template:Cc3, Lahdo SharroTemplate:Cc3, Oskars LucisTemplate:Cc3

October 1 18:30

Russia	87–73	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 17–16, 27–9, 19–33

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas Template:Cc3, Davorin NakicTemplate:Cc3, Marcin KowalskiTemplate:Cc3

October 1 21:00

France	53–63	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 20–16, 17–11, 7–23

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic Template:Cc3, Robert LottermoserTemplate:Cc3, Tomas JaseviciusTemplate:Cc3

October 3 15:30

Belarus	66–51	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 19–15, 12–8, 16–13

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas Template:Cc3, Vaclav LukesTemplate:Cc3, Emin MogulkocTemplate:Cc3

October 3 18:30

Spain	49–64	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 9–8, 20–21, 7–19

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Seffi Shemmesh Template:Cc3, Lahdo SharroTemplate:Cc3, Petra KremerTemplate:Cc3

October 3 21:00

France	68–60	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 21–11, 17–13, 12–13

Ortona Attendance: 1000 Referees: Martin Kowalski Template:Cc3, Vincent DelestréeTemplate:Cc3, Karolina AnderssonTemplate:Cc3

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

October 4 18:30

Latvia	66–62	France
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

Chieti Attendance: 700 Referees: Gianluca Mattioli Template:Cc3, Milija VojinovicTemplate:Cc3, Marius CiulinTemplate:Cc3

October 4 21:00

Czech Republic	46–52	Belarus
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

Chieti Referees: Miguel Anguel Perez Niz Template:Cc3, Tomas Jasevicius Template:Cc3, Vladimir Tsekov Template:Cc3

October 5 18:30

Lithuania	58–75	Russia
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

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Davorin Nakic Template:Cc3, Robert Lottermoser Template:Cc3, Jasmina Tatic Template:Cc3

October 5 21:00

Belgium	53–72	Spain
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

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch Template:Cc3, Ademir Zurapovic Template:Cc3, Oskars Lucis Template:Cc3

Classification rounds

October 6 13:30

Classif. 5–8

France	65–67	Lithuania
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

Chieti Attendance: 800 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch Template:Cc3, Seffi Shemmesh Template:Cc3, Elena Chernova Template:Cc3

October 6 16:00

Classif. 5–8

Czech Republic	75–50	Belgium
Pts: Uhrová 15 Rebs: Hartigová 10 Asts: Vitecková 4		Pts: Wauters 17 Rebs: Wauters 6 Asts: Carpréaux, Wambe 3

Chieti Attendance: 800 Referees: Gianluca Mattioli Template:Cc3, Fedor Dmitriev Template:Cc3, Petra Kremer Template:Cc3

October 7 12:15

7th place

Belgium	72–63	France
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

Chieti Attendance: 500 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov Template:Cc3, Tomas Jasevicius Template:Cc3, Karolina Andersson Template:Cc3

October 7 14:30

5th place

Czech Republic	93–54	Lithuania
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

Chieti Attendance: 500 Referees: Chantal Julien Template:Cc3, Miguel Anguel Perez Niz Template:Cc3, Marcin Kowalski Template:Cc3

Semifinals

October 6 18:30

Latvia	36–67	Russia
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

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas Template:Cc3, Vaclav Lukes Template:Cc3, Lahdo Sharro Template:Cc3

October 6 21:00

Belarus	54–70	Spain
Pts: Troina 10 Rebs: Veremeenko 11 Asts: Padabed 3		Pts: Montañana 14 Rebs: Pascua 8 Asts: Montañana 4

Chieti Attendance: 1000 Referees: Milija Vojinovic Template:Cc3, Marius Ciulin Template:Cc3, Emin Mogulkoc Template:Cc3

Third place game

October 7 17:00

Belarus	72–63	Latvia
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

Chieti Attendance: 1500 Referees: Davorin Nakic Template:Cc3, Gianluca Mattioli Template:Cc3, Elena Chernova Template:Cc3

Final

October 7 19:30

Spain	68–74	Russia
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

Chieti Attendance: 2900 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas Template:Cc3, Guerrino Cerebuch Template:Cc3, Jasmina Tatic Template:Cc3

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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)

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Russia
2	Spain
3	Belarus
4	Latvia
5	Czech Republic
6	Lithuania
7	Belgium
8	France
9–10	Italy
	Turkey
11-12	Germany
	Serbia
13–16	Israel
	Romania
	Greece
	Croatia

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

External links

• EuroBasket Women 2007 official site