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11th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship | |||||||
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Host nation | Italy | ||||||
Teams | 13 | ||||||
Champions | Soviet Union (9th title) | ||||||
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The 1968 European Women Basketball Championship , commonly called EuroBasket Women 1968, was the 11th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Italy. Soviet Union (with 16 years old 7footer Uljana Semjonova) easily won the gold medal and Yugoslavia the silver medal while Poland won the bronze.
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1968 FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship champion |
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Soviet Union Ninth title |
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Rank | Team | PE |
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Soviet Union | ||
Yugoslavia | 4 | |
Poland | 5 | |
4 | East Germany | 1 |
5 | Bulgaria | 2 |
6 | Italy | 4 |
7 | Belgium | |
8 | Romania | 4 |
9 | Czechoslovakia | 7 |
10 | Hungary | 1 |
11 | France | |
12 | Netherlands | 7 |
13 | West Germany | 1 |
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