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EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women is a biennial international women's basketball competition held between the nations of FIBA Europe for women's national teams. EuroBasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and also the Olympic Games.

EuroBasket Women
Current season, competition or edition:
EuroBasket Women 2023
SportBasketball
Founded1938; 85 years ago (1938)
Inaugural season1938
No. of teams16
CountriesFIBA Europe member associations
ContinentFIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Serbia (2nd title)
Most titles Soviet Union
(21 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries
EuroBasket
Official websiteEuroBasket.com
FIBA Europe

History

The first tournament was held in 1938 in Fascist Italy, with participation of only five national teams. Despite losing to Lithuania (21–23), the host team won all other matches and captured inaugural title thanks to better head-to-head point difference among Top 3 teams. Lithuania and Poland took silver and bronze medals respectively.

The Second World War (1939–1945), which began the following year, interrupted the organization of women's basketball tournaments for a long time. The next continental championship was held in Hungary only 12 years later, in 1950. From 1950 to 1980, women's championships were held biennially each even year – unlike men's European Basketball Championship which were held each odd year. This tournament marked beginning of the era of dominance of the Eastern European teams which lasted for next four decades. In the last and decisive match of the final round hosts met with Soviet team. Hungary led after first half (24–22), but in the second half Soviets players looked much better. They managed to achieve victory (45–32) and to won its maiden European title. Czechoslovakia took bronze medals. At the next European Championship which was held in Moscow in 1952, Soviet team proved own dominance by beating Czechoslovakia and Hungary with margin of 23 points (52–29) and 30 points respectively (71–41). Two years later in Yugoslavia, Soviet team captured European title for third time by beating Czechoslovakia with margin of 7 points (69–62) in a decisive match of the final round. Bulgaria took bronze European Championship medals for first time. On the next tournament which was held in Czechoslovakia in 1956, Soviet team took gold medals for fourth time in a row by beating Hungarians in the final match (49–41) while hosts took bronze.

1958 European Championships which was held in Łódź, Poland became remarkable event. Soviet Union, the winner of four previous tournaments, lost European title for first time. In the decisive match of final round, Bulgaria led by Vanya Voynova managed to beat Soviet team in overtime (54–51) and to break Soviet dominance. This victory was remarkable – it's enough to say that this defeat (alongside with Soviet defeat to United States at the 1957 World Championship) remained the only two defeats in the history of participation of Soviet team at all international basketball competitions during very long time – till 1986. Next year Soviet Union took revenge by beating Bulgaria in the decisive match of the 1959 World Championship which was held in Moscow (51–38). The next European Championship was held in 1960 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Soviet team returned European title although this victory was more difficult. They achieved victory over Czechoslovakia (future bronze medalists) with margin of just two points (58–56). In the decisive match of final round, Soviet team again met with Bulgaria. After first half, Bulgarians led with margin of 9 points (22–13). However, in second half Soviet players managed to equal score and then achieve victory in overtime (52–50). Last 5 minutes and overtime of this match were played in an indoor hall of the National Stadium due to rain. Two years later European Championship was held in France. At the group round, Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia only in overtime (51–49). Later both teams reached final match where Soviet team won with a bigger advantage (63–46). At the next 1964 European Championships which was held in Hungary, Soviet team won third title in a row by beating Bulgaria in the final match with margin of just two points (55–53). Two years later at the 1966 European Championships in Romania, Soviet team won over Czechoslovakia in a final match (74–66).

1968 European Championships which was held in Italy became debut for legendary center Uļjana (Iulijaka) Semjonova. This giant 2.10-meter tall player played key role in Soviet team for next 18 years. From 1968 to 1985, she played at 10 European Championships and always won gold. Before Semjonova's debut, the vast majority of decisive matches were ended with favour of Soviet team but with relatively close margin. With Semjonova in the squad, the superiority of Soviet Union over opponents became overwhelming. Other prominent European basketball national teams at that time, such as Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria or Hungary were huge step behind the Soviet Union. Soviet team played 74 games during these 10 tournaments, and the slimmest margin of victory was 16 points. Another architect of the success of Soviet basketball was Lidiya Alekseyeva (1924–2014) who took direct participation in 16 Soviet victories at the European Championships – firstly as team captain (4 titles from 1950 to 1956), then as assistant coach (1962) and later as a head coach of national team (record 11 titles from 1964 to 1983). Soviet team was unbeaten not only in Europe, but also in the world. From 1959 to 1985, Soviet Union won all international competitions in which they participated without losing any match - 14 European Championships, 6 World Championships (1959, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975 and 1983) and 2 Olympic tournaments (1976 and 1980).

After the 1980 Olympic Games and 1980 European Championships, it was decided to hold women's continental tournament biennially each odd year – just like men's European Basketball Championship. Soviet team continued to win but in late 1980s, as a result of changing of generation, their superiority became not such overwhelming as it was before. In 1986 they suffered first defeats at international competition for 28 years - at first, they lost to United States at the decisive match of the 1986 Goodwill Games with margin of 23 points (60–83) and next month they lost to US team with margin of 20 points (88–108) in the final match of home World Championship (both matches were played in Moscow). Nevertheless, Soviet team continued to dominate at European area. They won 1987 European Championship held in Spain after beating Czechoslovakia (89–81) in semifinals and Yugoslavia (83–73) in the final match. But next year at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Yugoslavia managed to perform better - they took silver medals by losing just 7 points to US team in the final match (70–77) while Soviet team surprisingly failed to reach final and unexpectively finished only at third place for first time in their history. At the group round of the 1989 European Championship held in Bulgaria, Soviet team defeated Czechoslovakia and Netherlands with margin of just 3 points (78–75 and 59–56 respectively) and then reached final where defeated Czechoslovakia once again with same margin (64–61). But at the 1990 World Championship in Malaysia, Soviet Union lost in the second group round to Czechoslovakia (79–82) and Yugoslavia (63–64) and finished only at fifth place. It was first and only time when Soviet team failed to reach podium at the international competition where they participated. Like two years ago, Yugoslavia took silver medals after losing to US in the final match (78–88).

At the next 1991 European Championship held in Israel, Yugoslavia managed to beat Soviet team at the group round (75–74). It was only second defeat of Soviet Union at the continental championships and the first since 1958. Despite this defeat, Soviet team reached final match where met with Yugoslavia once again. In this final, Yugoslavia led with margin of 14 points after first half (53–39), but in the second half Soviet players managed to change situation and won match with margin of 13 points (97–84). It was last participation of Soviet team at the European Championships. Their dominance at this tournament was simply unimaginable. The facts speak for itself: participation in 22 championships resulted in 21 titles as European Champions, 151 matches and 149 wins (the only two defeats: in overtime to Bulgaria in 1958 and one-point defeat by Yugoslavia in 1991), including 114 consecutive wins between 1958 and 1991. It's hard to imagine that any other team from any other sport could ever equal these amazing achievement. Next year the former Soviet players who completed for Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as a result of Soviet Union's dissolution in December 1991, managed to achieve surprising success after shocking victory over United States in semifinals (79–73) and victory over China in the final match (76–66). There was last participation of Soviet basketball at the international competitions and true "true swan song" of Soviet team which ceased to exist after that.

During four decades, vast majority of the European Championships ended with very predictable results - Soviet Union took gold medals while silver and bronze medals went to other Eastern European teams. However, in early 1990s situation totally changed after dissolution of Soviet Union, SFR Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. It opened way for the success of other national teams and made European Championships much less predictable. At the 1993 European Championships which was held in Italy, Slovakia took bronze medals and became only newly formed national team who managed to reach podium. For the first time, two Western European teams played in the final match – Spain took their maiden European title by beating France (63–53). It's remarkable that not one of medalists reached the podium at the next 1995 European Championships which was held in Czech Republic. Led by Olympic Champions Maryna Tkachenko and Olena Zhyrko, Ukraine became the first post-Soviet national team to win European title after victories over Russia in semifinals (69–64) and over Italy in the final match (77–66). Russian team also took podium after beating Slovakia in the bronze medal match (69–50). 1997 European Championships became successful for Lithuania who beat Slovakia in the final match (72–62) while Germany took bronze medals and reached podium for first time after the German reunification. Two years later Poland achieved their maiden success at the home 1999 European Championships by beating France in the final match (59–56) while Russia took bronze medals. In 2001 France also won maiden European title at home championship after victory over Russia in the final match (73–68).

The next two tournaments finished by final matches between Russia and Czech Republic. In 2003, Russia won with score 59–56 and achieved their first European title after dissolution of Soviet Union. In 2005, Czech Republic took revenge (72–70) and also achieved their maiden trophy while Spain won bronze medals for third time in a row. Two years later Russia won European title for second time after victory over Spain in the final match (74–68) while Belarus took bronze medals and reached podium for first time. In 2009, France defeated Russia in the final match (57–53) and became European Champions for second time while Spain finished 3rd. Two years later Russia won European Championship for third time by beating Turkey women's national basketball team in the final match (59–42). Nevertheless, it was first European medals for Turkish team. France won bronze medals. At next four European Championship, French team reach final matches but lost all four matches. In 2013 at the home championship, they lost final to Spanish team with margin of just one point (69–70). In 2015, French players lost final match to Serbia who won European title for first time. 2017 and 2019 finals were ended in favour of Spain who defeated France (71–55 and 86–66 respectively) thus becoming first national team since 1991 years who managed to defend their own European title. The next 2021 European Championship was co-hosted by France and Spain. It was won by Serbia – for second time in history. France lost final match for fifth time in a row (54–63) while Belgium finished in third place.

The 38 European Championship tournaments have been won by 11 different nations. The most successful nation is the now defunct Soviet Union with 21 titles. The other European Championship winners are Spain, with four titles; Russia, with three titles; France and Serbia, with two titles each; as well as Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, with one title each.

Results

Summaries

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1938
Details
  Italy  
Italy
Round robin  
Lithuania
 
Poland
Round robin  
France
1950
Details
  Hungary  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Hungary
 
Czechoslovakia
Round robin  
France
1952
Details
  Soviet Union  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Czechoslovakia
 
Hungary
Round robin  
Bulgaria
1954
Details
  Yugoslavia  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Czechoslovakia
 
Bulgaria
Round robin  
Hungary
1956
Details
  Czechoslovakia  
Soviet Union
49–41  
Hungary
 
Czechoslovakia
91–60  
Bulgaria
1958
Details
  Poland  
Bulgaria
Round robin  
Soviet Union
 
Czechoslovakia
Round robin  
Yugoslavia
1960
Details
  Bulgaria  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Bulgaria
 
Czechoslovakia
Round robin  
Poland
1962
Details
  France  
Soviet Union
63–46  
Czechoslovakia
 
Bulgaria
48–36  
Romania
1964
Details
  Hungary  
Soviet Union
55–53  
Bulgaria
 
Czechoslovakia
68–47  
Romania
1966
Details
  Romania  
Soviet Union
74–66  
Czechoslovakia
 
East Germany
65–60  
Romania
1968
Details
  Italy  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Yugoslavia
 
Poland
Round robin  
East Germany
1970
Details
  Netherlands  
Soviet Union
94–33  
France
 
Yugoslavia
77–66  
Bulgaria
1972
Details
  Bulgaria  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Bulgaria
 
Czechoslovakia
Round robin  
France
1974
Details
  Italy  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Czechoslovakia
 
Italy
Round robin  
Hungary
1976
Details
  France  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Czechoslovakia
 
Bulgaria
Round robin  
France
1978
Details
  Poland  
Soviet Union
Round robin  
Yugoslavia
 
Czechoslovakia
Round robin  
France
1980
Details
  Yugoslavia  
Soviet Union
95–49  
Poland
 
Yugoslavia
61–57  
Czechoslovakia
1981
Details
  Italy  
Soviet Union
85–42  
Poland
 
Czechoslovakia
76–74  
Yugoslavia
1983
Details
  Hungary  
Soviet Union
91–70  
Bulgaria
 
Hungary
82–79  
Yugoslavia
1985
Details
  Italy  
Soviet Union
103–69  
Bulgaria
 
Hungary
103–76  
Czechoslovakia
1987
Details
  Spain  
Soviet Union
83–73  
Yugoslavia
 
Hungary
75–67  
Czechoslovakia
1989
Details
  Bulgaria  
Soviet Union
64–61  
Czechoslovakia
 
Bulgaria
79–69  
Yugoslavia
1991
Details
  Israel  
Soviet Union
97–84  
Yugoslavia
 
Hungary
65–61  
Bulgaria
1993
Details
  Italy  
Spain
63–53  
France
 
Slovakia
68–67  
Italy
1995
Details
  Czech Republic  
Ukraine
77–66  
Italy
 
Russia
69–50  
Slovakia
1997
Details
  Hungary  
Lithuania
72–62  
Slovakia
 
Germany
86–61  
Hungary
1999
Details
  Poland  
Poland
59–56  
France
 
Russia
78–49  
Slovakia
2001
Details
  France  
France
73–68  
Russia
 
Spain
89–74  
Lithuania
2003
Details
  Greece  
Russia
59–56  
Czech Republic
 
Spain
87–81  
Poland
2005
Details
  Turkey  
Czech Republic
72–70  
Russia
 
Spain
83–65  
Lithuania
2007
Details
  Italy  
Russia
74–68  
Spain
 
Belarus
72–63  
Latvia
2009
Details
  Latvia  
France
57–53  
Russia
 
Spain
63–56  
Belarus
2011
Details
  Poland  
Russia
59–42  
Turkey
 
France
63–56  
Czech Republic
2013
Details
  France  
Spain
70–69  
France
 
Turkey
92–71  
Serbia
2015
Details
  Hungary
  Romania
 
Serbia
76–68  
France
 
Spain
74–58  
Belarus
2017
Details
  Czech Republic  
Spain
71–55  
France
 
Belgium
78–45  
Greece
2019
Details
  Latvia
  Serbia
 
Spain
86–66  
France
 
Serbia
81–55  
Great Britain
2021
Details
  France
  Spain
 
Serbia
63–54  
France
 
Belgium
77–69  
Belarus
2023
Details
  Slovenia
  Israel

Medal table

Countries in italics no longer compete at the European Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union211022
2  Spain41510
3  Russia3328
4  France28111
5  Serbia2013
6  Bulgaria15410
7  Poland1225
8  Italy1113
9  Czech Republic1102
  Lithuania1102
11  Ukraine1001
12  Czechoslovakia07815
13  Yugoslavia0426
14  Hungary0257
15  Slovakia0112
  Turkey0112
17  Belgium0022
18  Belarus0011
  East Germany0011
  Germany0011
Totals (20 entries)383838114

Participating nations

Nation  
1938
 
1950
 
1952
 
1954
 
1956
 
1958
 
1960
 
1962
 
1964
 
1966
 
1968
 
1970
 
1972
 
1974
 
1976
 
1978
 
1980
 
1981
 
1983
  Austria 10th 9th 8th 8th 10th 11th 12th
  Belarus played as part of the Soviet Union
  Belgium 8th 10th 10th 7th 12th 12th 13th
  Bosnia and Herzegovina played as part of Yugoslavia
  Bulgaria 4th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th 5th 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 7th 5th 5th 2nd
  Croatia played as part of Yugoslavia
  Czech Republic played as part of Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 6th
  Denmark 10th 13th 13th
  East Germany 12th 9th 6th 3rd 4th 7th
  England 14th
  Finland 11th 11th 12th 12th
  France 4th 4th 7th 6th 7th 6th 8th 10th 11th 11th 2nd 4th 7th 4th 4th 11th
  Germany 9th 15th 12th 13th 10th 13th 12th 10th 12th
  Great Britain X X
  Greece
  Hungary 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 7th 9th 7th 8th 9th 10th 10th 6th 4th 8th 6th 7th 9th 3rd
  Israel 11th
  Italy 1st 5th 6th 7th 6th 7th 9th 9th 10th 6th 9th 10th 3rd 7th 9th 9th 7th| 5th
  Latvia played as part of the Soviet Union
  Lithuania 2nd played as part of the Soviet Union
  Moldova played as part of the Soviet Union
  Montenegro played as part of Yugoslavia
  Netherlands 12th 12th 8th 8th 5th 12th 7th 11th 11th 11th 10th 6th 6th 8th
  Poland 3rd 6th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 5th 8th 3rd 6th 9th 9th 6th 5th 2nd 2nd 7th
  Romania 7th 10th 10th 6th 4th 4th 4th 8th 8th 5th 6th 9th 8th 8th 8th 9th
  Russia played as part of the Soviet Union
  Scotland 16th
  Serbia played as part of Yugoslavia
  Slovakia played as part of Czechoslovakia
  Slovenia played as part of Yugoslavia
  Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
  Spain 12th 10th 11th 10th 11th
  Sweden 13th 11th 10th
  Switzerland 5th 9th 8th 14th
  Turkey
  Ukraine played as part of the Soviet Union
  Yugoslavia 5th 9th 4th 5th 5th 7th 6th 2nd 3rd 8th 8th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th
Total 5 12 12 10 16 10 10 10 10 12 13 12 12 13 13 13 14 12 12
Nation  
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
 
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
 
2015
 
2017
 
 
2019
 
 
2021
 
 
2023
Overall
Appearances
  Austria 7
  Belarus see Soviet Union 3rd 4th 9th 5th 4th 15th 13th 4th 8
  Belgium 12th 6th 7th 3rd 5th 3rd Q 14
  Bosnia and Herzegovina see Yugoslavia 12th 10th 5th 3
  Bulgaria 2nd 9th 3rd 4th 6th 22
  Croatia see Yugoslavia 8th 8th 13th 5th 11th 12th 11th 7
  Czech Republic see Czechoslovakia 7th 9th 5th 9th 2nd 1st 5th 9th 4th 6th 11th 13th 15th 15th Q 15
  Czechoslovakia 4th 4th 2nd 5th defunct 22
  Denmark 3
  East Germany reunited with Germany 6
  England X X X X 1
  Finland 12th 5
  France 8th 8th 8th 2nd 11th 2nd 1st 5th 5th 8th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Q 34
  Germany 14th 3rd 12th 11th 11th 13th Q 16
  Great Britain 11th 9th 20th 4th Q 5
  Greece 10th 9th 10th 13th 5th 13th 10th 4th 16th Q 10
  Hungary 3rd 3rd 7th 3rd 8th 12th 4th 7th 10th 13th 17th 12th 7th Q 32
  Israel 8th 12th 13th 13th 13th Q 7
  Italy 7th 5th 5th 7th 4th 2nd 11th 11th 9th 6th 8th 15th 7th 9th 9th Q 34
  Latvia see Soviet Union 9th 6th 4th 7th 8th 15th 13th 6th 11th Q 10
  Lithuania see Soviet Union 5th 1st 6th 4th 4th 6th 11th 7th 14th 8th 11
  Moldova see Soviet Union 6th 7th 2
  Montenegro see Yugoslavia see Serbia and Montenegro 6th 10th 7th 16th 12th 12th Q 7
  Netherlands 11th 6th 16
  Poland 6th 10th 6th 5th 1st 6th 4th 7th 11th 11th 18th 29
  Romania 9th 11th 13th 12th 12th 13th 19th 23
  Russia see Soviet Union 7th 3rd 6th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 13th 6th 9th 8th 6th 15
  Scotland X X X X 1
  Serbia see Yugoslavia 8th 9th 11th 13th 4th 1st 11th 3rd 1st Q 10
  Slovakia see Czechoslovakia 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 8th 7th 8th 13th 12th 9th 8th 13th Q 13
  Slovenia see Yugoslavia 14th 10th 10th Q 4
  Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st defunct 22
  Spain 10th 6th 1st 9th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 9th 1st 3rd 1st 1st 7th Q 22
  Sweden 7th 7th 14th 6th 8th 8
  Switzerland 4
  Turkey 8th 9th 9th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 14th 14th Q 10
  Ukraine see Soviet Union 1st 10th 11th 11th 13th 16th 16th 10th 16th 9
  Yugoslavia 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 10th 8th 7th 5th defunct 24
Total 12 12 8 8 8 14 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 20 16 16 16 16

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active basketball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Uļjana (Iulijaka) Semjonova   Soviet Union 1968 1985 10 10
2 Olga Sukharnova   Soviet Union 1972 1987 9 9
3 Olesya Barel   Soviet Union 1980 1989 6 6
Olga Buryakina (Yerofeyeva)   Soviet Union 1978 1987 6 6
Nadezhda Olkhova (Shuvayeva)   Soviet Union 1974 1983 6 6
Tatyana Ovechkina (Kabayeva)   Soviet Union 1970 1980 6 6
Galina Savitskaya (Krisevich)   Soviet Union 1980 1989 6 6
8 Lyudmila Bazarevich (Kukanova)   Soviet Union 1962 1970 5 5
Skaidrīte Budovska (Smildziņa)   Soviet Union 1960 1968 5 5
Yelena Chausova   Soviet Union 1978 1985 5 5
Nelli Feryabnikova (Bilmayer)   Soviet Union 1970 1978 5 5
Nina Poznanskaya   Soviet Union 1956 1966 5 5
Nadezhda Zakharova   Soviet Union 1968 1976 5 5

Multiple medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 7 medals in total at the Eurobasket Women.

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Uļjana (Iulijaka) Semjonova   Soviet Union 1968 1985 10 10
2 Olga Sukharnova   Soviet Union 1972 1987 9 9
3 Laia Palau   Spain 2003 2019 3 1 4 8
4 Maria Stepanova   Russia 1999 2011 3 3 1 7
5 Endéné Miyem   France 2009 2021 1 5 1 7
6 Milena Vecková (Blahoutová)   Czechoslovakia 1952 1964 3 4 7

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2021)
Year Winner
2021   Sonja Vasić

See also

References

  • "Women Basketball European Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  • "EuroBasket Women : presentation and medal winners". the-sports.org. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

External links

  • Official website  
  • FIBA Europe official website

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This article is about the basketball tournament For the basketball news website see Eurobasket com For the men s tournament see EuroBasket EuroBasket Women is a biennial international women s basketball competition held between the nations of FIBA Europe for women s national teams EuroBasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women s World Cup and also the Olympic Games EuroBasket WomenCurrent season competition or edition EuroBasket Women 2023SportBasketballFounded1938 85 years ago 1938 Inaugural season1938No of teams16CountriesFIBA Europe member associationsContinentFIBA Europe Europe Most recentchampion s Serbia 2nd title Most titles Soviet Union 21 titles RelatedcompetitionsFIBA Women s European Championship for Small CountriesEuroBasketOfficial websiteEuroBasket comFIBA Europe Contents 1 History 2 Results 2 1 Summaries 2 2 Medal table 3 Participating nations 4 Most successful players 4 1 Multiple gold medalists 4 2 Multiple medalists 5 Tournament awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditThe first tournament was held in 1938 in Fascist Italy with participation of only five national teams Despite losing to Lithuania 21 23 the host team won all other matches and captured inaugural title thanks to better head to head point difference among Top 3 teams Lithuania and Poland took silver and bronze medals respectively The Second World War 1939 1945 which began the following year interrupted the organization of women s basketball tournaments for a long time The next continental championship was held in Hungary only 12 years later in 1950 From 1950 to 1980 women s championships were held biennially each even year unlike men s European Basketball Championship which were held each odd year This tournament marked beginning of the era of dominance of the Eastern European teams which lasted for next four decades In the last and decisive match of the final round hosts met with Soviet team Hungary led after first half 24 22 but in the second half Soviets players looked much better They managed to achieve victory 45 32 and to won its maiden European title Czechoslovakia took bronze medals At the next European Championship which was held in Moscow in 1952 Soviet team proved own dominance by beating Czechoslovakia and Hungary with margin of 23 points 52 29 and 30 points respectively 71 41 Two years later in Yugoslavia Soviet team captured European title for third time by beating Czechoslovakia with margin of 7 points 69 62 in a decisive match of the final round Bulgaria took bronze European Championship medals for first time On the next tournament which was held in Czechoslovakia in 1956 Soviet team took gold medals for fourth time in a row by beating Hungarians in the final match 49 41 while hosts took bronze 1958 European Championships which was held in Lodz Poland became remarkable event Soviet Union the winner of four previous tournaments lost European title for first time In the decisive match of final round Bulgaria led by Vanya Voynova managed to beat Soviet team in overtime 54 51 and to break Soviet dominance This victory was remarkable it s enough to say that this defeat alongside with Soviet defeat to United States at the 1957 World Championship remained the only two defeats in the history of participation of Soviet team at all international basketball competitions during very long time till 1986 Next year Soviet Union took revenge by beating Bulgaria in the decisive match of the 1959 World Championship which was held in Moscow 51 38 The next European Championship was held in 1960 in Sofia Bulgaria Soviet team returned European title although this victory was more difficult They achieved victory over Czechoslovakia future bronze medalists with margin of just two points 58 56 In the decisive match of final round Soviet team again met with Bulgaria After first half Bulgarians led with margin of 9 points 22 13 However in second half Soviet players managed to equal score and then achieve victory in overtime 52 50 Last 5 minutes and overtime of this match were played in an indoor hall of the National Stadium due to rain Two years later European Championship was held in France At the group round Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia only in overtime 51 49 Later both teams reached final match where Soviet team won with a bigger advantage 63 46 At the next 1964 European Championships which was held in Hungary Soviet team won third title in a row by beating Bulgaria in the final match with margin of just two points 55 53 Two years later at the 1966 European Championships in Romania Soviet team won over Czechoslovakia in a final match 74 66 1968 European Championships which was held in Italy became debut for legendary center Uljana Iulijaka Semjonova This giant 2 10 meter tall player played key role in Soviet team for next 18 years From 1968 to 1985 she played at 10 European Championships and always won gold Before Semjonova s debut the vast majority of decisive matches were ended with favour of Soviet team but with relatively close margin With Semjonova in the squad the superiority of Soviet Union over opponents became overwhelming Other prominent European basketball national teams at that time such as Czechoslovakia Bulgaria or Hungary were huge step behind the Soviet Union Soviet team played 74 games during these 10 tournaments and the slimmest margin of victory was 16 points Another architect of the success of Soviet basketball was Lidiya Alekseyeva 1924 2014 who took direct participation in 16 Soviet victories at the European Championships firstly as team captain 4 titles from 1950 to 1956 then as assistant coach 1962 and later as a head coach of national team record 11 titles from 1964 to 1983 Soviet team was unbeaten not only in Europe but also in the world From 1959 to 1985 Soviet Union won all international competitions in which they participated without losing any match 14 European Championships 6 World Championships 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 and 1983 and 2 Olympic tournaments 1976 and 1980 After the 1980 Olympic Games and 1980 European Championships it was decided to hold women s continental tournament biennially each odd year just like men s European Basketball Championship Soviet team continued to win but in late 1980s as a result of changing of generation their superiority became not such overwhelming as it was before In 1986 they suffered first defeats at international competition for 28 years at first they lost to United States at the decisive match of the 1986 Goodwill Games with margin of 23 points 60 83 and next month they lost to US team with margin of 20 points 88 108 in the final match of home World Championship both matches were played in Moscow Nevertheless Soviet team continued to dominate at European area They won 1987 European Championship held in Spain after beating Czechoslovakia 89 81 in semifinals and Yugoslavia 83 73 in the final match But next year at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea Yugoslavia managed to perform better they took silver medals by losing just 7 points to US team in the final match 70 77 while Soviet team surprisingly failed to reach final and unexpectively finished only at third place for first time in their history At the group round of the 1989 European Championship held in Bulgaria Soviet team defeated Czechoslovakia and Netherlands with margin of just 3 points 78 75 and 59 56 respectively and then reached final where defeated Czechoslovakia once again with same margin 64 61 But at the 1990 World Championship in Malaysia Soviet Union lost in the second group round to Czechoslovakia 79 82 and Yugoslavia 63 64 and finished only at fifth place It was first and only time when Soviet team failed to reach podium at the international competition where they participated Like two years ago Yugoslavia took silver medals after losing to US in the final match 78 88 At the next 1991 European Championship held in Israel Yugoslavia managed to beat Soviet team at the group round 75 74 It was only second defeat of Soviet Union at the continental championships and the first since 1958 Despite this defeat Soviet team reached final match where met with Yugoslavia once again In this final Yugoslavia led with margin of 14 points after first half 53 39 but in the second half Soviet players managed to change situation and won match with margin of 13 points 97 84 It was last participation of Soviet team at the European Championships Their dominance at this tournament was simply unimaginable The facts speak for itself participation in 22 championships resulted in 21 titles as European Champions 151 matches and 149 wins the only two defeats in overtime to Bulgaria in 1958 and one point defeat by Yugoslavia in 1991 including 114 consecutive wins between 1958 and 1991 It s hard to imagine that any other team from any other sport could ever equal these amazing achievement Next year the former Soviet players who completed for Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain as a result of Soviet Union s dissolution in December 1991 managed to achieve surprising success after shocking victory over United States in semifinals 79 73 and victory over China in the final match 76 66 There was last participation of Soviet basketball at the international competitions and true true swan song of Soviet team which ceased to exist after that During four decades vast majority of the European Championships ended with very predictable results Soviet Union took gold medals while silver and bronze medals went to other Eastern European teams However in early 1990s situation totally changed after dissolution of Soviet Union SFR Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia It opened way for the success of other national teams and made European Championships much less predictable At the 1993 European Championships which was held in Italy Slovakia took bronze medals and became only newly formed national team who managed to reach podium For the first time two Western European teams played in the final match Spain took their maiden European title by beating France 63 53 It s remarkable that not one of medalists reached the podium at the next 1995 European Championships which was held in Czech Republic Led by Olympic Champions Maryna Tkachenko and Olena Zhyrko Ukraine became the first post Soviet national team to win European title after victories over Russia in semifinals 69 64 and over Italy in the final match 77 66 Russian team also took podium after beating Slovakia in the bronze medal match 69 50 1997 European Championships became successful for Lithuania who beat Slovakia in the final match 72 62 while Germany took bronze medals and reached podium for first time after the German reunification Two years later Poland achieved their maiden success at the home 1999 European Championships by beating France in the final match 59 56 while Russia took bronze medals In 2001 France also won maiden European title at home championship after victory over Russia in the final match 73 68 The next two tournaments finished by final matches between Russia and Czech Republic In 2003 Russia won with score 59 56 and achieved their first European title after dissolution of Soviet Union In 2005 Czech Republic took revenge 72 70 and also achieved their maiden trophy while Spain won bronze medals for third time in a row Two years later Russia won European title for second time after victory over Spain in the final match 74 68 while Belarus took bronze medals and reached podium for first time In 2009 France defeated Russia in the final match 57 53 and became European Champions for second time while Spain finished 3rd Two years later Russia won European Championship for third time by beating Turkey women s national basketball team in the final match 59 42 Nevertheless it was first European medals for Turkish team France won bronze medals At next four European Championship French team reach final matches but lost all four matches In 2013 at the home championship they lost final to Spanish team with margin of just one point 69 70 In 2015 French players lost final match to Serbia who won European title for first time 2017 and 2019 finals were ended in favour of Spain who defeated France 71 55 and 86 66 respectively thus becoming first national team since 1991 years who managed to defend their own European title The next 2021 European Championship was co hosted by France and Spain It was won by Serbia for second time in history France lost final match for fifth time in a row 54 63 while Belgium finished in third place The 38 European Championship tournaments have been won by 11 different nations The most successful nation is the now defunct Soviet Union with 21 titles The other European Championship winners are Spain with four titles Russia with three titles France and Serbia with two titles each as well as Bulgaria Czech Republic Italy Lithuania Poland and Ukraine with one title each Results EditSummaries Edit Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal gameGold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place1938 Details Italy Italy Round robin Lithuania Poland Round robin France1950 Details Hungary Soviet Union Round robin Hungary Czechoslovakia Round robin France1952 Details Soviet Union Soviet Union Round robin Czechoslovakia Hungary Round robin Bulgaria1954 Details Yugoslavia Soviet Union Round robin Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Round robin Hungary1956 Details Czechoslovakia Soviet Union 49 41 Hungary Czechoslovakia 91 60 Bulgaria1958 Details Poland Bulgaria Round robin Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Round robin Yugoslavia1960 Details Bulgaria Soviet Union Round robin Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Round robin Poland1962 Details France Soviet Union 63 46 Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 48 36 Romania1964 Details Hungary Soviet Union 55 53 Bulgaria Czechoslovakia 68 47 Romania1966 Details Romania Soviet Union 74 66 Czechoslovakia East Germany 65 60 Romania1968 Details Italy Soviet Union Round robin Yugoslavia Poland Round robin East Germany1970 Details Netherlands Soviet Union 94 33 France Yugoslavia 77 66 Bulgaria1972 Details Bulgaria Soviet Union Round robin Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Round robin France1974 Details Italy Soviet Union Round robin Czechoslovakia Italy Round robin Hungary1976 Details France Soviet Union Round robin Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Round robin France1978 Details Poland Soviet Union Round robin Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Round robin France1980 Details Yugoslavia Soviet Union 95 49 Poland Yugoslavia 61 57 Czechoslovakia1981 Details Italy Soviet Union 85 42 Poland Czechoslovakia 76 74 Yugoslavia1983 Details Hungary Soviet Union 91 70 Bulgaria Hungary 82 79 Yugoslavia1985 Details Italy Soviet Union 103 69 Bulgaria Hungary 103 76 Czechoslovakia1987 Details Spain Soviet Union 83 73 Yugoslavia Hungary 75 67 Czechoslovakia1989 Details Bulgaria Soviet Union 64 61 Czechoslovakia Bulgaria 79 69 Yugoslavia1991 Details Israel Soviet Union 97 84 Yugoslavia Hungary 65 61 Bulgaria1993 Details Italy Spain 63 53 France Slovakia 68 67 Italy1995 Details Czech Republic Ukraine 77 66 Italy Russia 69 50 Slovakia1997 Details Hungary Lithuania 72 62 Slovakia Germany 86 61 Hungary1999 Details Poland Poland 59 56 France Russia 78 49 Slovakia2001 Details France France 73 68 Russia Spain 89 74 Lithuania2003 Details Greece Russia 59 56 Czech Republic Spain 87 81 Poland2005 Details Turkey Czech Republic 72 70 Russia Spain 83 65 Lithuania2007 Details Italy Russia 74 68 Spain Belarus 72 63 Latvia2009 Details Latvia France 57 53 Russia Spain 63 56 Belarus2011 Details Poland Russia 59 42 Turkey France 63 56 Czech Republic2013 Details France Spain 70 69 France Turkey 92 71 Serbia2015 Details Hungary Romania Serbia 76 68 France Spain 74 58 Belarus2017 Details Czech Republic Spain 71 55 France Belgium 78 45 Greece2019 Details Latvia Serbia Spain 86 66 France Serbia 81 55 Great Britain2021 Details France Spain Serbia 63 54 France Belgium 77 69 Belarus2023 Details Slovenia IsraelMedal table Edit Countries in italics no longer compete at the European Championships RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Soviet Union2110222 Spain415103 Russia33284 France281115 Serbia20136 Bulgaria154107 Poland12258 Italy11139 Czech Republic1102 Lithuania110211 Ukraine100112 Czechoslovakia0781513 Yugoslavia042614 Hungary025715 Slovakia0112 Turkey011217 Belgium002218 Belarus0011 East Germany0011 Germany0011Totals 20 entries 383838114Participating nations EditNation 1938 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 Austria 10th 9th 8th 8th 10th 11th 12th Belarus played as part of the Soviet Union Belgium 8th 10th 10th 7th 12th 12th 13th Bosnia and Herzegovina played as part of Yugoslavia Bulgaria 4th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th 5th 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 7th 5th 5th 2nd Croatia played as part of Yugoslavia Czech Republic played as part of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 6th Denmark 10th 13th 13th East Germany 12th 9th 6th 3rd 4th 7th England 14th Finland 11th 11th 12th 12th France 4th 4th 7th 6th 7th 6th 8th 10th 11th 11th 2nd 4th 7th 4th 4th 11th Germany 9th 15th 12th 13th 10th 13th 12th 10th 12th Great Britain X X Greece Hungary 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 7th 9th 7th 8th 9th 10th 10th 6th 4th 8th 6th 7th 9th 3rd Israel 11th Italy 1st 5th 6th 7th 6th 7th 9th 9th 10th 6th 9th 10th 3rd 7th 9th 9th 7th 5th Latvia played as part of the Soviet Union Lithuania 2nd played as part of the Soviet Union Moldova played as part of the Soviet Union Montenegro played as part of Yugoslavia Netherlands 12th 12th 8th 8th 5th 12th 7th 11th 11th 11th 10th 6th 6th 8th Poland 3rd 6th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 5th 8th 3rd 6th 9th 9th 6th 5th 2nd 2nd 7th Romania 7th 10th 10th 6th 4th 4th 4th 8th 8th 5th 6th 9th 8th 8th 8th 9th Russia played as part of the Soviet Union Scotland 16th Serbia played as part of Yugoslavia Slovakia played as part of Czechoslovakia Slovenia played as part of Yugoslavia Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Spain 12th 10th 11th 10th 11th Sweden 13th 11th 10th Switzerland 5th 9th 8th 14th Turkey Ukraine played as part of the Soviet Union Yugoslavia 5th 9th 4th 5th 5th 7th 6th 2nd 3rd 8th 8th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 4thTotal 5 12 12 10 16 10 10 10 10 12 13 12 12 13 13 13 14 12 12Nation 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 OverallAppearances Austria 7 Belarus see Soviet Union 3rd 4th 9th 5th 4th 15th 13th 4th 8 Belgium 12th 6th 7th 3rd 5th 3rd Q 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina see Yugoslavia 12th 10th 5th 3 Bulgaria 2nd 9th 3rd 4th 6th 22 Croatia see Yugoslavia 8th 8th 13th 5th 11th 12th 11th 7 Czech Republic see Czechoslovakia 7th 9th 5th 9th 2nd 1st 5th 9th 4th 6th 11th 13th 15th 15th Q 15 Czechoslovakia 4th 4th 2nd 5th defunct 22 Denmark 3 East Germany reunited with Germany 6 England X X X X 1 Finland 12th 5 France 8th 8th 8th 2nd 11th 2nd 1st 5th 5th 8th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Q 34 Germany 14th 3rd 12th 11th 11th 13th Q 16 Great Britain 11th 9th 20th 4th Q 5 Greece 10th 9th 10th 13th 5th 13th 10th 4th 16th Q 10 Hungary 3rd 3rd 7th 3rd 8th 12th 4th 7th 10th 13th 17th 12th 7th Q 32 Israel 8th 12th 13th 13th 13th Q 7 Italy 7th 5th 5th 7th 4th 2nd 11th 11th 9th 6th 8th 15th 7th 9th 9th Q 34 Latvia see Soviet Union 9th 6th 4th 7th 8th 15th 13th 6th 11th Q 10 Lithuania see Soviet Union 5th 1st 6th 4th 4th 6th 11th 7th 14th 8th 11 Moldova see Soviet Union 6th 7th 2 Montenegro see Yugoslavia see Serbia and Montenegro 6th 10th 7th 16th 12th 12th Q 7 Netherlands 11th 6th 16 Poland 6th 10th 6th 5th 1st 6th 4th 7th 11th 11th 18th 29 Romania 9th 11th 13th 12th 12th 13th 19th 23 Russia see Soviet Union 7th 3rd 6th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 13th 6th 9th 8th 6th 15 Scotland X X X X 1 Serbia see Yugoslavia 8th 9th 11th 13th 4th 1st 11th 3rd 1st Q 10 Slovakia see Czechoslovakia 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 8th 7th 8th 13th 12th 9th 8th 13th Q 13 Slovenia see Yugoslavia 14th 10th 10th Q 4 Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st defunct 22 Spain 10th 6th 1st 9th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 9th 1st 3rd 1st 1st 7th Q 22 Sweden 7th 7th 14th 6th 8th 8 Switzerland 4 Turkey 8th 9th 9th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 14th 14th Q 10 Ukraine see Soviet Union 1st 10th 11th 11th 13th 16th 16th 10th 16th 9 Yugoslavia 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 10th 8th 7th 5th defunct 24Total 12 12 8 8 8 14 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 20 16 16 16 16Most successful players EditBoldface denotes active basketball players and highest medal count among all players including these who not included in these tables per type Multiple gold medalists Edit Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Uljana Iulijaka Semjonova Soviet Union 1968 1985 10 102 Olga Sukharnova Soviet Union 1972 1987 9 93 Olesya Barel Soviet Union 1980 1989 6 6Olga Buryakina Yerofeyeva Soviet Union 1978 1987 6 6Nadezhda Olkhova Shuvayeva Soviet Union 1974 1983 6 6Tatyana Ovechkina Kabayeva Soviet Union 1970 1980 6 6Galina Savitskaya Krisevich Soviet Union 1980 1989 6 68 Lyudmila Bazarevich Kukanova Soviet Union 1962 1970 5 5Skaidrite Budovska Smildzina Soviet Union 1960 1968 5 5Yelena Chausova Soviet Union 1978 1985 5 5Nelli Feryabnikova Bilmayer Soviet Union 1970 1978 5 5Nina Poznanskaya Soviet Union 1956 1966 5 5Nadezhda Zakharova Soviet Union 1968 1976 5 5Multiple medalists Edit The table shows players who have won at least 7 medals in total at the Eurobasket Women Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Uljana Iulijaka Semjonova Soviet Union 1968 1985 10 102 Olga Sukharnova Soviet Union 1972 1987 9 93 Laia Palau Spain 2003 2019 3 1 4 84 Maria Stepanova Russia 1999 2011 3 3 1 75 Endene Miyem France 2009 2021 1 5 1 76 Milena Veckova Blahoutova Czechoslovakia 1952 1964 3 4 7Tournament awards EditMost recent award winners 2021 Main articles FIBA EuroBasket Women Most Valuable Player and FIBA EuroBasket Women All Tournament Team Year Winner2021 Sonja VasicYear Player Position Team2021 Julie Allemand Guard BelgiumSonja Vasic Forward SerbiaEndene Miyem Forward FranceEmma Meesseman Center BelgiumJonquel Jones Center Bosnia and HerzegovinaSee also EditBasketball at the Olympic Games EuroBasket FIBA Women s Basketball World Cup FIBA Women s European Championship for Small Countries FIBA Europe U 20 Championship for Women FIBA Europe U 18 Championship for Women FIBA Europe U 16 Championship for WomenReferences Edit Women Basketball European Championships Archive todor66 com Retrieved 15 June 2013 EuroBasket Women presentation and medal winners the sports org Retrieved 15 June 2013 External links EditOfficial website FIBA Europe official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title EuroBasket Women amp oldid 1139000802, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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