EuroBasket Women 1999

EuroBasket 1999 Women

27th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	May 28 – June 6
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Official website
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The 1999 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 1999, was the 27th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Poland and took place from May 28 to June 6, 1999. Host Poland won the gold medal and France the silver medal while Russia won the bronze.

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket Women 1999 squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Russia	10	5	0	1.000	368	281	+87
France	9	4	1	0.800	311	269	+42
Croatia	7	2	3	0.400	309	336	−27
Slovakia	7	2	3	0.400	298	295	+3
Germany	6	1	4	0.200	307	346	−39
Latvia	6	1	4	0.200	311	377	−66

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Lithuania	9	4	1	0.800	382	333	+49
Poland	8	3	2	0.600	383	355	+28
Yugoslavia	8	3	2	0.600	369	318	+51
Czech Republic	8	3	2	0.600	386	357	29
Italy	7	2	3	0.400	303	312	−9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0	5	0.000	273	421	−158

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Poland	72
	Croatia	51
					Poland	66
					Russia	61
	Russia	61
	Czech Republic	51
									Poland	59
									France	56
	France	64
	Yugoslavia	58
					France	66
					Slovakia	39			Third place
	Slovakia	69
	Lithuania	63
									Russia	78
									Slovakia	49

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	Czech Republic	67
	Croatia	52
					Czech Republic	53
					Lithuania	43
	Yugoslavia	57
	Lithuania	71
					Seventh place
					Croatia	72
					Yugoslavia	88

9th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	Germany	65
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	60
					Latvia	64
	Italy	54
	Latvia	55
					Eleventh place
					Germany	69
					Italy	73

Eurobasket Women 1999 champion
Poland First title

Final standings

Place	Team	W-L
1	Poland	6–2
2	France	6–2
3	Russia	7–1
4	Slovakia	3–5
5	Czech Republic	5–3
6	Lithuania	5–3
7	Yugoslavia	4–4
8	Croatia	2–6
9	Latvia	3–4
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–6
11	Italy	2–5
12	Germany	2–5

References

• EuroBasket 1999; fibaeurope.com
• Women Basketball European Championship 1999; todor66.com

External links

• FIBA Archive