The 2005 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005 Women, was held in

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between 2 September and 11 September 2005.

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won the gold medal and

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the silver medal while

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won the bronze. Maria Stepanova from Russia was named the tournament MVP. The FIBA European Women’s Basketball Championship is a bi-annual women’s

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competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in

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. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by

Venues

Ankara

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, the capital of

and the country’s second largest city, was the final stage of the Eurobasket 2005 Women action. The Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall with a capacity of 4,500 people hosted 16 games of the competition following the preliminary round.

Bursa

Turkey’s fourth most populous city Bursa was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of 15 games played in the 3,500 person capacity Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall.

Izmir

Izmir is the third largest city of Turkey. İzmir Atatürk Sport Hall with a capacity of 3,000 persons hosted Group B, where 15 games were played.

Qualification

For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 Women qualification.

Squads

Final round

Preliminaries

Group A – Atatürk Sport Hall, Bursa

Group B – Atatürk Sport Hall, Izmir

Finals – Atatürk Sport Hall,
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;5th to 8th place ;9th to 12th place

Quarter-finals

Classification 9–12

Classification 5–8

Semi-finals

Finals

Conclusion

Final standings

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All-Eurobasket 2005 Women Awards

* MVP: Maria Stepanova ( Russia) * Best Center: Maria Stepanova ( Russia) * Best Forward: Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain) * Best Guard: Hana Machová ( Czech Republic)

1st Team

* Maria Stepanova ( Russia) * Tatiana Shchegoleva ( Russia) * Amaya Valdemoro ( Spain) * Hana Machová ( Czech Republic) * Eva Vítecková ( Czech Republic)

2nd Team

* Anna Montañana ( Spain) * Agnieszka Bibrzycka ( Poland) * Sandra Valužytė ( Lithuania) * Anete Jekabsone ( Latvia) * Audrey Sauret-Gillespie ( France)

Honorable Mention

* Michaela Pavlícková ( Czech Republic) * Eva Nemcová ( Czech Republic) *

Ilona Korstin Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin (russian: Илона Кальювна Корстин; born May 30, 1980) is a retired Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics an ...

( Russia) * Marta Fernández ( Spain) * Iveta Marcauskaite ( Lithuania) * Sandra Le Dréan ( France) * Nevriye Yılmaz ( Turkey) * Ivana Matović ( Serbia and Montenegro) * Biljana Stanković ( Serbia and Montenegro) *

Evanthia Maltsi Evanthia "Evina" Maltsi ( el, Εβίνα Μάλτση, born 30 December 1978) is a Greek former professional basketball guard. In 2007, she played for Connecticut Sun in the WNBA, appearing in 29 games, 26 in the regular season (7 as a starter) a ...

( Greece) * Linda Fröhlich ( Germany)

Top 10 scorers

Statistical leaders

References

Eurobasket 2005 Women official website

Eurobasket 2005 Women at Eurobasket official website

External links

FIBA Europe official website

FIBA official website
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