Current season, competition or edition: EuroBasket Women 2017 |
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Logo FIBA Europe
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1938 |
Inaugural season | 1938 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Countries | FIBA Europe member associations |
Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) |
Serbia (1st title) |
Most titles | Soviet Union (21 titles) |
Related competitions |
EuroBasket |
Official website |
www.EuroBasket.com/ www.FIBAEurope.com/ |
EuroBasket Women is a bi-annual international basketball competition held between the nations of Europe (including Israel) for women's national basketball team. Eurobasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and also for Olympic Games.
The most successful nation is the now defunct Soviet Union with 21 titles, while Russia are the 2003, 2007 and 2011 champions.
Countries in italics no longer compete at the European Championships.