EuroBasket Women 2015


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

LocationViewCityArenaCapacityRound
BudapestSyma Sport and Events Centre5,500Final round
DebrecenFőnix Hall5,500Second round
GyőrAudi Aréna5,000Second round
SzombathelyArena Savaria4,000First round
SopronMKB Aréna Sopron2,500First round
OradeaArena Antonio Alexe2,500First round
TimișoaraSala Polivalentă "Politehnica"3,000First round

Qualification

The qualification was held from 7 June 2013 to 25 June 2014.

Qualified teams

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 or EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5



































First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Final round

Final

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
7–3
8–2
9–1
4th5–5
5th8–2
6th5–5
7th5–5
8th5–5
9th3–4
10th4–3
11th3–4
12th2–5
13th2–2
14th1–3
15th1–3
16th1–3
17th1–3
18th0–4
19th0–4
20th0–4

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

;Points
NamePPG
Alba Torrens19.7
Sandrine Gruda17.8
Kristi Toliver17.4
Lara Sanders16.7
Angel Robinson15.9

;Rebounds
NameRPG
Yelena Leuchanka11.5
Angel Robinson8.9
Lara Sanders8.4
Sandrine Gruda8.2
Astou Ndour7.9

;Assists
NameAPG
Jelena Škerović7.1
Céline Dumerc5.9
Işıl Alben5.5
Lindsey Harding5.3
Veronika Bortelová5.3

;Blocks
NameBPG
Lara Sanders2.0
Anna Jurčenková1.9
Natalia Vieru1.8
Anastasiya Verameyenka1.3
Angel Robinson1.0
Danielle Page1.0
Luca Ivanković1.0

;Steals
NameSPG
Işıl Alben2.5
Sandra Linkevičienė2.1
Epiphanny Prince1.9
Katsiaryna Snytsina1.7
Milica Dabović1.6
Marta Xargay1.6

Awards