EuroBasket 1970 Women

12th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (10th title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Veger-Demšar (27.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)
← 1968 1972 →

The 1970 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 1970, was the 12th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in the Netherlands. Soviet Union won the gold medal and France the silver medal while Yugoslavia won the bronze.

First stage

Group A

Pl Team Pld W L PF PA 1 Bulgaria 5 5 0 403 319 2 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 442 336 3 Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 394 316 4 Romania 5 2 3 374 347 5 Austria 5 1 4 251 369 6 Belgium 5 0 5 286 463 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

September 11 Yugoslavia 115–56 Belgium September 11 Romania 86–45 Austria September 11 Bulgaria 77–74 Czechoslovakia September 12 Bulgaria 76–59 Austria September 12 Czechoslovakia 105–57 Belgium September 12 Yugoslavia 88–77 Romania September 13 Yugoslavia 79–38 Austria September 13 Bulgaria 84–47 Belgium September 13 Czechoslovakia 67–66 Romania September 15 Romania 93–75 Belgium September 15 Czechoslovakia 77–43 Austria September 15 Bulgaria 94–87 Yugoslavia September 16 Austria 66–51 Belgium September 16 Bulgaria 72–52 Romania September 16 Yugoslavia 73–71 Czechoslovakia

Group B

Pl Team Pld W L PF PA 1 Soviet Union 5 5 0 448 203 2 France 5 4 1 295 301 3 Poland 5 3 2 303 313 4 Netherlands 5 2 3 277 333 5 Hungary 5 1 4 268 307 6 Italy 5 0 5 231 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

September 11 France 68–67 Poland September 11 Soviet Union 89–32 Italy September 11 Netherlands 60–58 Hungary September 12 Poland 55–53 Hungary September 12 Soviet Union 92–44 Netherlands September 12 France 63–58 Italy September 13 France 69–50 Netherlands September 13 Poland 63–48 Italy September 13 Soviet Union 94–33 Hungary September 15 Soviet Union 77–41 France September 15 Poland 65–48 Netherlands September 15 Hungary 75–44 Italy September 16 France 54–49 Hungary September 16 Netherlands 75–49 Italy September 16 Soviet Union 96–53 Poland

Play-off stages

Semifinals Final                 September 18     Yugoslavia 49   September 19   Soviet Union 116   Soviet Union 94   September 18   France 33   Bulgaria 64     France 69   Third place     September 19     Bulgaria 66     Yugoslavia 77 0 0

9th to 12th places September 18 Italy 67–54 Austria September 18 Hungary 76–45 Belgium 5th to 8th places September 18 Poland 67–53 Romania September 18 Czechoslovakia 62–50 Netherlands 11th place September 19 Austria 60–59 Belgium 9th place September 19 Italy 60–59 Hungary 7th place September 19 Netherlands 69–59 Romania 5th place September 19 Czechoslovakia 63–62 Poland

1970 FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship champion
Soviet Union Tenth title

Final ranking

Rank	Team	PE
	Soviet Union
	France	9
	Yugoslavia	1
4	Bulgaria	1
5	Czechoslovakia	4
6	Poland	3
7	Netherlands	5
8	Romania
9	Italy	3
10	Hungary
11	Austria
12	Belgium	5