EuroBasket Women 2001
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.
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| 28th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
| Tournament details | |||||||||||||
| Host nation | France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 14 – 23 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 49 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |  France (1st title) | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Catherine Melain | ||||||||||||
| Tournament leaders | |||||||||||||
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| Official website | |||||||||||||
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:
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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 | |
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| 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. | %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 21, 2001 | ||||||||||
 Russia | 64 | |||||||||
| September 22, 2001 | ||||||||||
| FR 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 |
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| 1 | France |
| 2 | Russia |
| 3 | Spain |
| 4 | Lithuania |
| 5 | FR Yugoslavia |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Slovakia |
| 9 |  Czech Republic |
| 10 |  Greece |
| 11 | Ukraine |
| 12 | Romania |
External links
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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. | ||