EuroBasket Women 2009

Infobox FIBA tourney
gender = women
continent = Europe
year = 2009

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caption = Eurobasket Women 2009 logo
host = Latvia
dates = June 7–June 20
teams = 16
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venues = 3
cities = 3
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website = The 2009 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2009, will be the 32nd regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition will be held in Latvia from June 7 to June 20 2009.

Qualified teams

*bkw|LAT - as host.
*bkw|RUS, bkw|ESP, bkw|BLR, bkw|CZE - top 5 in EuroBasket Women 2007.
*bkw|ISR, bkw|LTU - top two teams in Group A.
*bkw|TUR, bkw|POL - top two teams in Group B.
*bkw|FRA, bkw|SVK - top two teams in Group C.
*bkw|GRE, bkw|SRB - top two teams in Group D.
*bkw|HUN - best third team.

Qualification

Venues

The tournament will be held in three cities. The Preliminary Round will be played at Liepaja and Valmiera, while the Qualifying and Final Round will be played at Riga.FIBA Europe approves Eurobasket 2009 venues [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.roundID_6341.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.coid_YX3zxCX7H4Yya4w6y6diQ0.articleMode_on.html] ]

Competition System

Preliminary Round (June 7–June 9)

The 16 participants will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each. The top 3 teams in each group will advance to the Qualifying Round. The last team will be eliminated.

Qualifying Round (June 11–June 16)

There will be 2 groups of 6 teams, each comprised of the qualifyers from 2 Preliminary Round groups. The results in the Preliminary Round will be taken into account. Each team will play the teams that qualified from the other group. The top 4 teams will advance to the Quarterfinals. The bottom 2 teams will be eliminated.

Final Round (June 18–June 20)

This stage will be played in a knock-out system. In the quarterfinals, the first team in one group will play the fourth team in the other group, while the second place team will play against the third team in the opposite group. The winners of the quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals, and the winners of the semis will progress to the Finals. The losers in the quarterfinals will play for 5th to 8th places.

ee also

*EuroBasket 2009

References

External links

[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.roundID_6341.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.html FIBA Europe - EuroBasket Women]