1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1997 EuroBasket Under-16
14th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Belgium
Dates	11–20 July 1997
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (6th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Vlado Ilievski (24.9)  Greece (82.6) Rebounds Vladimir Boisa (13.3)  Russia (40.8) Assists Ivan Tomas (4.9)  Spain (16.3)
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The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Teams

•  Belgium
•  Croatia
•  Macedonia
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Russia
•  Yugoslavia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-three national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Croatia (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Belgium (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	403	305	10
Israel	5	3	2	301	319	8
France	5	3	2	364	377	8
Yugoslavia	5	2	3	391	380	7
Macedonia	5	2	3	352	337	7
Belgium	5	0	5	297	390	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	411	363	10
Spain	5	4	1	390	352	9
Croatia	5	2	3	343	365	7
Slovenia	5	2	3	353	329	7
Georgia	5	1	4	348	430	6
Italy	5	1	4	323	329	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Belgium	67
	Georgia	76
					Georgia	46
					Macedonia	44
					Eleventh place
	Italy	57		Belgium	50
	Macedonia	76			Italy	88

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Spain	78
	France	80
					France	61
					Russia	66
	Russia	92
	Slovenia	70
									Russia	87
									Yugoslavia	100
	Greece	66
	Yugoslavia	73
					Yugoslavia	74			Third place
					Israel	68
	Israel	82							France	55
	Croatia	78							Israel	65

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Spain	67
	Slovenia	61
					Spain	85
					Greece	92
					Seventh place
	Greece	92		Slovenia	80
	Croatia	68			Croatia	75

Final standings

Rank Team  Yugoslavia  Russia  Israel 4th  France 5th  Greece 6th  Spain 7th  Slovenia 8th  Croatia 9th  Georgia 10th  Macedonia 11th  Italy 12th  Belgium

1997 European Championship for Cadets  Yugoslavia Sixth title Team Roster Ivan Mičeta, Slobodan Tošić, Ivan Vukadinov, Mladen Šekularac, Andrija Crnogorac, Vladimir Tica, Marko Peković, Vladimir Rončević, Sreten Lakonić, Predrag Stojić, Miljan Pavković, and Petar Jovanović. Head Coach: Veselin Matić.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive

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Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.