EuroBasket 2001 Women

28th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	September 14 – 23
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Catherine Melain
Top scorer	Dydek 24.4
Top rebounds	Dydek 10.9
Top assists	Ivanyi 6.4
Official website
EuroBasket Women 2001
← 1999 2003 →

EuroBasket Women 2001 occurred in France from September 14 to September 23, 2001. The winners were the home team France, followed by Russia and Spain.

Venues

The tournament was held in three cities in France: Orléans, Le Mans and Gravelines. The arenas, in which the tournament was held, were: in Orléans, Palais des Sports; in Le Mans, Antarès; and in Gravelines, Gravelines Sportica.

Qualification

The qualification to the tournament was held in 1999 and 2000. Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four. The top two qualified to the tournament. The following teams qualified to the EuroBasket Women 2001:

In addition to the qualified teams, who went through the qualification process, the host nation France automatically qualified to the tournament. Also, Poland, the gold medalist of EuroBasket 1999 Women, qualified to the tournament automatically.

Squads

Preliminary round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	France	5	5	0	406	320	+86	10
2.	Spain	5	3	2	397	344	+53	8
3.	Poland	5	3	2	354	329	+25	8
4.	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	383	373	+10	8
5.	Romania	5	1	4	315	404	– 89	6
6.	Ukraine	5	0	5	322	407	– 85	5

14 September 14:30

Yugoslavia

83–62

Ukraine

14 September 17:00

Spain

78–68

Poland

14 September 20:00

Romania

52–91

France

15 September 15:00

Ukraine

65–93

Spain

15 September 17:30

Poland

76–55

Romania

15 September 20:00

France

88–67

Yugoslavia

16 September 15:00

Romania

61–83

Spain

16 September 17:30

France

84–71

Ukraine

16 September 20:00

Yugoslavia

66–83

Poland

18 September 15:00

Ukraine

67–86

Romania

18 September 17:30

Spain

79–80

Yugoslavia

18 September 20:00

Poland

66–73

France

19 September 15:00

Yugoslavia

87–61

Romania

19 September 17:30

Poland

61–57

Ukraine

19 September 20:00

France

70–64

Spain

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Russia	5	4	1	356	276	+80	9
2.	Lithuania	5	4	1	371	358	+13	9
3.	Hungary	5	3	2	317	302	+15	8
4.	Slovakia	5	2	3	337	341	– 4	7
5.	Greece	5	1	4	319	380	−61	6
6.	Czech Republic	5	1	4	328	371	−43	6

14 September 14:30

Greece

75–78

Lithuania

14 September 17:00

Czech Republic

70–85

Slovakia

14 September 20:00

Hungary

65–61

Russia

15 September 15:00

Lithuania

82–80

Czech Republic

15 September 17:30

Slovakia

56–61

Hungary

15 September 20:00

Russia

80–35

Greece

16 September 15:00

Hungary

55–57

Czech Republic

16 September 17:30

Russia

78–70

Lithuania

16 September 20:00

Greece

74–81

Slovakia

18 September 15:00

Lithuania

65–62

Hungary

18 September 17:30

Czech Republic

67–72

Greece

18 September 20:00

Russia

60–52

Slovakia

19 September 15:00

Greece

63–74

Hungary

19 September 17:30

Slovakia

63–76

Lithuania

19 September 20:00

Russia

77–54

Czech Republic

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 21, 2001
	Russia	64
					September 22, 2001
	Yugoslavia	59
					Russia	74
	September 21, 2001
					Spain	59
	Spain	71
									September 23, 2001
	Hungary	60
									Russia	68
	September 21, 2001
									France	73
	France	72
					September 22, 2001
	Slovakia	56
					France	75
	September 21, 2001
					Lithuania	44			Third place
	Lithuania	83
									September 23, 2001
	Poland	81
									Spain	89
									Lithuania	74

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	September 22, 2001
	Yugoslavia	78
					September 23, 2001
	Hungary	58
					Yugoslavia	82
	September 22, 2001
					Poland	76
	Slovakia	66
	Poland	80
					Seventh place
					September 23, 2001
					Hungary	79
					Slovakia	68

Final standings

Place	Team
1	France
2	Russia
3	Spain
4	Lithuania
5	Yugoslavia
6	Poland
7	Hungary
8	Slovakia
9	Czech Republic
10	Greece
11	Ukraine
12	Romania