Women’s Euroleague Finals Draws Record Crowd

It was a memorable weekend for fans of women’s basketball with Spartak Moscow Region taking home their fourth consecutive EuroLeague Women title, but records were being set outside the lines as well.

7,800 spectators packed into Pabellon Municipal Fuente de San Luis for the final two games of the competition, more than have ever seen a EuroLeague Women Final Four session.

That number broke the record set in 1995 in Cantu when 5,500 fans came out to watch the final of the world’s premier women’s basketball comeptition.

EuroLeague Women Final Four Spectators

2010 Valencia         7,800
2009 Salamanca     5,000
2008 Brno               3,500
2007 Moscow          4,700
2006 Brno               4,000
2005 Samara          2,500
2004 Pecs               5,000
2003 Bourges         3,000
2002 Gdynia           4,500
2001 Messina         3,500
2000 Ruzomberok  4,000
1999 Brno              2,000
1998 Bourges        3,500
1997 Larissa          2,500
1996 Sofia             2,500
1995 Cantu           5,500
1994 Poznan         4,500
1993 Lliria              5,000