The 2015 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2015, was the 35th edition of the continental tournament in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Europe. The tournament was co-held in Hungary, which hosted the championship for the fifth time after 1950, 1964, 1983 and 1997, and Romania which hosted it for the second time after 1966, on 11–28 June 2015. The event was hosted by more than one country for the first time.^[2][3][4][5]

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EuroBasket 2015 Women

35th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  Romania
Dates	11–28 June
Teams	20
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ana Dabović[1]
Top scorer	Torrens (19.7)
Top rebounds	Leuchanka (11.5)
Top assists	Škerović (7.1)
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Serbia won their first title by defeating France 76–68 in the final.^[6]

Initially six member federations expressed their intention to organize the tournament: Belarus and Lithuania, who applied a joint bid;^[7] Hungary, Israel, Serbia and Spain.^[8] Lithuania later refused the plan of a joint bid^[9] and eventually two countries submitted an official candidation, Belarus and Hungary.

The final decision was made by the FIBA Europe Board on 18 December 2011 in their meeting in Munich, which awarded the organization rights to Hungary by majority vote. FIBA Europe president Ólafur Rafnsson was on the opinion that "it was an excellent choice as Hungary has tradition in basketball and especially in women's basketball." Attila Czene, State Minister for Sport of the Ministry of National Resources was also pleased, stating that the European Championship great opportunity to upgrade and expand the infrastructure, as Hungary's aim "is to invest in sport and basketball is a main team sport." "As a former Olympic champion, I am happy that we can reintroduce team sport in Hungary. Basketball is a bit behind handball right now and we are trying to close this gap, with 2015 we can start making progress" – he added.^[3]

Romanian Basketball Federation has announced that FIBA Europe board has granted them the rights to co-host EuroBasket Women in 2015 with Hungary. Originally Hungary applied to host and was awarded the tournament as the only host country. According to the announcement current plan has Romania hosting groups in Cluj-Napoca, Oradea and Timișoara.^[4][5][10]

The qualification was held from 7 June 2013 to 25 June 2014.

Qualified teams

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Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Last appearance	Best placement in tournament	WR
Hungary	Host nation	18 December 2011	2009	Runner-up (1950, 1956)	55
Romania	Host nation	19 May 2012	2007	4th place (1962, 1964, 1966)	55
Turkey	Host nation of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women & 3rd place of EuroBasket Women 2013	13 March 2011	2013	Runner-up (2011)	13
Greece	Winner of 1st Qualification round	25 June 2013	2011	5th place (2009)	22
Serbia	4th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	26 June 2013	2013	4th place (2013)	29
Spain	Winner of EuroBasket Women 2013	26 June 2013	2013	Champion (1993, 2013)	6
Czech Republic	6th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	27 June 2013	2013	Champion (2005)	5
France	Runner-up of EuroBasket Women 2013	27 June 2013	2013	Champion (2001, 2009)	4
Belarus	5th place of EuroBasket Women 2013	28 June 2013	2013	3rd place (2007)	10
Croatia	Winner of Qualification group F	22 June 2014	2013	5th place (2011)	19
Sweden	Runner-up of Qualification group E	22 June 2014	2013	7th place (1987, 2013)	43
Latvia	Winner of Qualification group C	22 June 2014	2013	4th place (2007)	16
Poland	Runner-up of Qualification group A	22 June 2014	2011	Champion (1999)	39
Ukraine	Runner-up of Qualification group D	23 June 2014	2013	Champion (1995)	43
Russia	Winner of Qualification group E	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (2003, 2007, 2011)	3
Slovakia	Winner of Qualification group A	25 June 2014	2013	Runner-up (1997)	33
Italy	Runner-up of Qualification group C	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (1938)	28
Lithuania	Winner of Qualification group B	25 June 2014	2013	Champion (1997)	15
Great Britain	Runner-up of Qualification group B	25 June 2014	2013	9th place (2013)	24
Montenegro	Winner of Qualification group D	25 June 2014	2013	6th place (2011)	34

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The draw was held on 29 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.^[11][12]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 June
	Turkey	63
					26 June
	Serbia	75
					Serbia	74
	24 June
					Belarus	72
	Lithuania	66
									28 June
	Belarus	68
									Serbia	76
	25 June
									France	68
	France	77
					26 June
	Russia	74
					France	63
	25 June
					Spain	58			Third place
	Spain	75
									28 June
	Montenegro	74
									Belarus	58
									Spain	74

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	25 June
	Turkey	66
					27 June
	Lithuania	57
					Turkey	68
	26 June
					Russia	66
	Russia	73
	Montenegro	65
					Seventh place
					27 June
					Lithuania	77
					Montenegro	89

Final

Main article: EuroBasket Women 2015 Final

28 June 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Serbia	76–68	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–10, 20–17, 23–19
Pts: A. Dabović 25 Rebs: Page 8 Asts: A. Dabović 3		Pts: Gruda 16 Rebs: Yacoubou 6 Asts: Dumerc 5

Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Karen Lasuik (CAN), Anne Panther (GER), Maj Forsberg (DEN)