EuroBasket Women 1997

EuroBasket 1997 Women
26th FIBA European Women's; Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	6–15 June
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Official website
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The 1997 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 1997, was the 26th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Hungary and took place from 6 June to 15 June 1997. Lithuania won the gold medal and Slovakia the silver medal while Germany won the bronze.

Qualification

First stage

Group A

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	6	0	574	419
2	Finland	6	5	1	554	447
3	Belgium	6	4	2	542	408
4	Slovenia	6	3	3	449	463
5	Denmark	5	2	4	453	473
6	Georgia	6	1	5	444	516
7	Scotland	6	0	6	275	565


Bosnia and H.	101–90	98–78	100–52	88–76	92–70	95–53
Finland		89–77	79–69	87–77	112–78	97–45
Belgium			92–71	95–59	78–63	122–28
Slovenia				77–74	94–77	86–41
Denmark					84–74	83–52
Georgia						82–56
Scotland

Group B

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Bulgaria	7	6	1	542	455
2	Israel	7	6	1	586	462
3	Greece	7	5	2	579	393
4	Belarus	7	5	2	628	508
5	Albania	7	4	4	524	567
6	Switzerland	7	2	5	475	615
7	Ireland	7	1	6	416	561
8	Austria	7	0	7	456	644


Bulgaria		81–70	67–64		75–58	99–57	80–63	88–56
Israel			66–65	84–73	100–58	89–70	80–56	97–59
Greece				86–77	73–52	101–52	86–29	104–50
Belarus	87–52				102–78	96–82	84–50	109–76
Albania						96–74	93–71	89–72
Switzerland							67–62	73–72
Ireland								84–71
Austria

Group C

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Poland	7	7	0	629	441
2	Sweden	7	5	2	478	382
3	Portugal	7	4	3	447	414
4	Netherlands	7	4	3	492	414
5	Turkey	7	4	3	470	437
6	Latvia	7	3	4	547	445
7	England	7	1	6	398	492
8	Azerbaijan	7	0	7	275	711


Poland	84–71	74–66	74–68	83–68	96–82	90–52	128–34
Sweden		61–43	56–53		60–59	67–50	95–21
Portugal			62–60	70–57		57–49	91–42
Netherlands				42–40	84–69	80–63	105–50
Turkey	72–68				67–61	74–59	92–54
Latvia		71–58				87–43	118–37
England							82–37
Azerbaijan

Second stage

Group A

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	409	289
2	Russia	5	4	1	426	307
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	354	375
4	Romania	5	2	3	298	346
5	Portugal	5	1	4	290	360
6	Sweden	5	0	5	302	402


Slovakia	82–81	81–54	62–57	90–47	94–49
Russia		92–66	79–41	83–60	91–58
Yugoslavia			81–69	68–59	85–74
Romania				63–59	68–65
Portugal					64–56
Sweden

Group B

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Czech Republic	5	4	1	419	417
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	436	421
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	3	2	426	405
4	France	5	3	2	396	387
5	Finland	5	2	3	424	434
6	Poland	5	0	5	387	424


Czech Republic		85–82	101–88		88–85	75–73
Lithuania			88–81	75–74		98–79
Bosnia and H.				85–73	96–80	76–73
France	89–70				72–70	88–87
Finland		102–93				87–85
Poland

Group C

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Spain	5	4	1	425	332
2	Germany	5	3	2	379	386
3	Moldova	5	3	2	354	382
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	354	373
5	Croatia	5	2	3	372	362
6	Israel	5	1	4	345	394


Spain		95–62	95–62	81–73		83–52
Germany			75–58	82–76		87–70
Moldova				80–62	69–68	85–82
Bulgaria					75–63	68–67
Croatia	83–71	87–73
Israel					74–71

Squads

First stage

Group A

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	394	368
2	Spain	5	3	2	382	361
3	Germany	5	3	2	389	373
4	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	378	388
5	Ukraine	5	2	3	377	380
6	Czech Republic	5	0	5	366	416


Lithuania		78–67	75–67		73–70	89–82
Spain				86–71	72–62	82–78
Germany		72-71			92–88	85–65
Yugoslavia	82–79		74–73			84–69
Ukraine				81–67		76–72
Czech Republic

Group B

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Slovakia	5	4	1	350	309
2	Russia	5	3	2	357	328
3	Hungary	5	3	2	357	341
4	Moldova	5	2	3	334	357
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	3	368	370
6	Italy	5	1	4	324	385


Slovakia		81–73		70–55	64–53	81–55
Russia			75–66	68–53		66–52
Hungary	73–54			76–75	73–67
Moldova					79–75	72–68
Bosnia and H.		76–75				97–79
Italy			70–69

Final stages

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Lithuania	68

Moldova	53
		Lithuania	78

		Germany	77
Russia	57

Germany	74
				Lithuania	72

				Slovakia	62
Slovakia	66

Yugoslavia	57
		Slovakia	81

		Hungary	55	Third place
Spain	70

Hungary	84
				Germany	86

				Hungary	61

1997 FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship champion
Lithuania First title

Placement stages

First round		Fifth place



Moldova	73

Russia	76
		Russia	77

		Spain	82
Yugoslavia	47

Spain	71
		Seventh place



		Moldova	66

		Yugoslavia	56

First round		Ninth place



Ukraine	75

Italy	73
		Ukraine	76

		Czech Republic	90
Bosnia and Herzegovina	62

Czech Republic	91
		Eleventh place



		Italy	71

		Bosnia and Herzegovina	64

Final standings

Place	Team	PE
	Lithuania	4
	Slovakia	2
	Germany	11
4	Hungary	8
5	Spain	4
6	Russia	3
7	Moldova	1
8	Yugoslavia	2
9	Czech Republic	2
10	Ukraine	9
11	Italy	9
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina

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EuroBasket Women 1997

Contents

Qualification

First stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Second stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Squads

First stage

Group A

Group B

Final stages

Placement stages

Final standings

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