The 2011 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2011, was the 33rd regional championship held by

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. The competition was held in

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from 2011. This was the 4th time that the EuroBasket Women was hosted by Poland.

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won its third title after defeating

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in the final. It was Russia's 6th final after the dissolution of the

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, while Turkey played final for the 1st time. The result score was 59–42 in favor of Russia,Russia wins the Gold in EuroBasket 2011
''eurobasket.com'', 3 July 2011. and it was Russia's 3rd title in the competition and first since 2007.

Venues

Competition System

Preliminary Round (June 18 – June 20)

The 16 participants were divided into four groups of four teams each. The top three teams in each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team was eliminated.

Qualifying Round (June 22 – June 27)

There were two groups of six teams, each composed of the qualifiers from two Preliminary Round groups. The results in the Preliminary Round were taken into account. Each team played the teams that qualified from the other group. The top four teams advanced to the Quarterfinals. The bottom two teams were eliminated.

Final Round (June 29 – July 3)

This stage was played in a knock-out system. In the quarterfinals, the first team in one group played the fourth team in the other group, while the second place team played against the third team in the opposite group. The winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals, and the winners of the semis progressed to the Final. The losers in the quarterfinals played for fifth to eighth places.

Qualified teams

Squads

Group Draw

The draw was held on 11 December 2010 at

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Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main Round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

5th place bracket

Quarterfinals

Classification round

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

All EuroBasket Women 2011 team: *

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() * Nevriye Yılmaz () * Eva Viteckova () * Sandra Mandir () * Elena Danilochkina ()

Statistical leaders

Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals

Final standings

References

External links

* {{International basketball (Women)

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