EuroBasket 1972 Women

EuroBasket 1972 Women
13th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	6–16 October
Teams	12
Champions	Soviet Union (11th title)
Official website
Official website (archive)

The 1972 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 1972, was the 13th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Bulgaria. Soviet Union won the gold medal and Bulgaria the silver medal while Czechoslovakia won the bronze.

First Stage

Group A

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	430	218
2	Hungary	5	3	2	272	252
3	Romania	5	3	2	244	286
4	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	301	331
5	Poland	5	1	4	248	299
6	Italy	5	0	5	196	308

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October 8	Romania	56–53	Hungary
October 8	Yugoslavia	59–55	Italy
October 8	Soviet Union	82–46	Poland
October 9	Soviet Union	88–43	Romania
October 9	Hungary	67–30	Italy
October 9	Yugoslavia	82–66	Poland
October 10	Hungary	64–46	Yugoslavia
October 10	Romania	47–46	Poland
October 10	Soviet Union	93–37	Italy
October 11	Hungary	52–47	Poland
October 11	Romania	46–38	Italy
October 11	Soviet Union	94–53	Yugoslavia
October 12	Poland	43–36	Italy
October 12	Yugoslavia	61–52	Romania
October 12	Soviet Union	73–39	Hungary

Group B

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Bulgaria	5	5	0	299	231
2	Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	327	258
3	France	5	3	2	276	239
4	East Germany	5	2	3	274	284
5	Netherlands	5	1	4	234	297
6	Austria	5	0	5	240	341

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October 8	France	64–37	Netherlands
October 8	Bulgaria	70–39	Austria
October 8	Czechoslovakia	68–60	East Germany
October 9	East Germany	58–42	Austria
October 9	Bulgaria	53–44	France
October 9	Czechoslovakia	71–44	Netherlands
October 10	Netherlands	62–55	Austria
October 10	Bulgaria	63–55	East Germany
October 10	Czechoslovakia	54–38	France
October 11	Czechoslovakia	79–56	Austria
October 11	Bulgaria	53–38	Netherlands
October 11	France	58–47	East Germany
October 12	East Germany	54–53	Netherlands
October 12	France	72–48	Austria
October 12	Bulgaria	60–55	Czechoslovakia

Second Stage

Championship Group

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	392	213
2	Bulgaria	5	3	2	272	280
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	259	289
4	France	5	2	3	231	361
5	Romania	5	1	4	239	317
6	Hungary	5	0	5	247	280

October 14	Soviet Union	63–41	France
October 14	Bulgaria	61–41	Romania
October 14	Czechoslovakia	54–52	Hungary
October 15	France	61–49	Romania
October 15	Soviet Union	89–42	Czechoslovakia
October 15	Hungary	61–50	Bulgaria
October 16	France	47–42	Hungary
October 16	Czechoslovakia	54–50	Romania
October 16	Soviet Union	79–48	Bulgaria

1972 FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship Champion
Soviet Union Eleventh title

7th to 12th Group

Pl	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	East Germany	5	5	0	304	243
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	341	318
3	Poland	5	3	2	286	272
4	Italy	5	2	3	248	255
5	Netherlands	5	2	3	283	294
6	Austria	5	0	5	241	321

October 14	Yugoslavia	76–64	Austria
October 14	East Germany	65–40	Italy
October 14	Poland	67–59	Netherlands
October 15	Italy	63–44	Austria
October 15	East Germany	59–48	Poland
October 15	Netherlands	65–64	Yugoslavia
October 16	Italy	54–44	Netherlands
October 16	East Germany	68–60	Yugoslavia
October 15	Poland	62–36	Austria

Final Ranking

Rank	Team	PE
	Soviet Union
	Bulgaria	2
	Czechoslovakia	2
4	France	1
5	Romania	3
6	Hungary	4
7	East Germany
8	Yugoslavia	6
9	Poland	3
10	Italy	1
11	Netherlands	4
12	Austria	1

External links

EuroBasket Women

Tournaments	Italy 1938 Hungary 1950 USSR 1952 Yugoslavia 1954 Czechoslovakia 1956 Poland 1958 Bulgaria 1960 France 1962 Hungary 1964 Romania 1966 Italy 1968 Nederlands 1970 Bulgaria 1972 Italy 1974 France 1976 Poland 1978 Yugoslavia 1980 Italy 1981 Hungary 1983 Italy 1985 Spain 1987 Bulgaria 1989 Israel 1991 Italy 1993 Czech Republic 1995 Hungary 1997 Poland 1999 France 2001 Greece 2003 Turkey 2005 Italy 2007 Latvia 2009 Poland 2011 France 2013 Hungary/Romania 2015 Czech Republic 2017

Qualification	2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1956 1962 1964 1966 1970 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Squads	1938 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Small Countries	1989 1991 1993 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

International women's basketball

FIBA Olympics Youth Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Teams

Africa	AfroBasket Women

Americas	Americas Championship Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Championship Pan American Games

Asia	Asia Championship Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

Europe	EuroBasket Women

Oceania	Oceania Championship

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

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