2012 EuroLeague Women Final 8

Galatasaray Medical Park are the hosts and hold the event in their home court, the Abdi İpekçi Arena.

The competition was modified in many aspects including the Final itself.

The eight teams have been divided into groups of four. At the end of the round robin competition on Friday the teams have a day rest.

On the final day the teams who finished last in each group play off for seventh place. The fifth place game follows for the teams that finished in third place.

The bronze medal game will see the groups' runners-up face each other before the grand final.

You can listen to players and coaches give their predictions on who might win:

EuroLeague Womem: rosters and timetable

Group A

Fenerbahçe SK: Elina Babkina, Zane Tamane, Birsel Vardarli, Esmeral Tuncluer, Kübra Siyahdemir, Nevriye Yilmaz, Devran Tanacan, Penny Taylor, Ivana Matovic, Olcay Cakir, Nevin Nevlin, Angel McCoughtry, Head Coach: George Dikeoulakos

Beretta-Famila: Chiara Consolini, Ivana Jalcová, Liron Cohen, Janel Mc Carville, Maja Erkic, Raffaella Masciadri, Emanuela Ramon, Aija Brumermane, Jenifer Nadalin, Cheryl Ford, Laura Macchi, Head Coach: Maurizio Lasi

Rivas Ecopolis: Laura Nicholls, Essence Carson, Kourtney Treffers, Elisa Aguilar, Vega Gimeno, Amaya Valdemoro, Asjha Jones, Anna Cruz, Marta Perez, Gema Garcia, Tijana Krivacevic, Sandra Pirsic, Head Coach: Miguel Martinez Mendez

Galatasaray: Epifaniya Prints, Yasemen Saylar, Ayse Cora, Bahar Caglar, Isil Alben, Ivanka Matic, Diana Taurasi, Sariye Kumral, Tina Charles, Ticha Penicheiro, Head Coach: Ceyhun Yildizoglu

Group B

Wisla Can-Pack: Anke De Mondt, Milka Bjelica, Paulina Pawlak, Ana Dabovic, Nicole Powell, Katarzyna Krezel, Ewelina Kobryn, Magdalena Leciejewska, Erin Phillips, Petra Ujhelyi, Joanna Czarnecka, Head Coach: Jose I. Hernández

Sparta&K M. R. Vidnoje: Candice Dupree, Sonja Petrovic, Evgenia Belyakova, Nika Baric, Tatiana Korovushkina, Marina Kuzina, Ksenia Tikhonenko, Maria Kalmykova, Jelena Skerovic, Rebekka Hammon, Seimone Augustus, Head Coach: Pokey Chatman

Ros Casares: Jana Veselá, Silvia Dominguez, Isabelle Yacoubou, Miriam Foraste, Laia Palau, Katalin Honti, Ann Wauters, Eshaya Murphy, Lauren Jackson, Sancho Lyttle, Maya Moore, Head Coach: Roberto Iniguez

UMMC Ekaterinburg: Olga Arteshina, Sandra Linkeviciene, Sandrine Gruda, Yelena Leuchanka, Hana Horakova, Sue Bird, Maria Stepanova, Tatiana Vidmer, Candace Parker, Deanna Nolan, Shay Doron, Svetlana Abrosimova, Head Coach: Algirdas Paulauskas

28.03.2012
Fenerbahçe vs. Beretta Famila,
Rivas Ecópolis vs. Galatasaray,
Ros Casares vs. UMMC,
Wisla Can-Pack vs. Sparta&K

29.03.2012
Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahçe,
Beretta Famila vs. Rivas Ecópolis,
Sparta&K vs. Ros Casares,
UMMC vs. Wisla Can-Pack

30.03.2012
Fenerbahçe vs. Rivas Ecópolis,
Galatasaray vs. Beretta Famila,
Ros Casares vs. Wisla Can-Pack,
Sparta&K vs. UMMC

Where to watch the EuroLeague Women Final 8

Womensbasketball-in-france.com has been accredited for this event by FIBA Europe and the local organising committee. However we do not have broadcasting rights.

FIBA Europe TV will show all the games on their platform. However the package is not free. They will show one game per day free of charge.

We will provide live links (not delayed) from media partners on the right side of this page each day.

EuroLeague Women stories from Istanbul

01 April 2012: Day 4: Ros Casares are the champions

30 March 2012: Day 3: Ecópolis join Ros Casares in final

29 March 2012: Day 2: Ros Casares first to qualify for final, while fireworks in Istanbul derby

28 March 2012: Day 1: The hosts Galatasaray MP start with a defeat

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Date created: 28 March 2012
Last Updated: 01 April 2012