1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1971 EuroBasket Under-16
1st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates 10–17 July 1971
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Yugoslavia (1st title)
1973 >

The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

Teams

Preliminary round

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

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 550371199+17210
 Spain 541295200+959
 Greece 532265242+238
 Turkey 523244264–207
 Sweden 514229389–1606
 Austria 505204314–1105

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 550363265+12810
 Yugoslavia 541361257+1049
 Israel 532369312+578
 France 523328318+107
 Germany 514294351–576
  Switzerland 505210452–2425

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
Gorizia
  Austria  58  
  Germany  80  
 
Gorizia
      Germany  77
    Sweden  63
Eleventh place
Gorizia Gorizia
  Sweden  76   Austria  90
   Switzerland  31      Switzerland  54

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
Gorizia
  Israel  91  
  Turkey  50  
 
Gorizia
      Israel  65
    Greece  74
Seventh place
Gorizia Gorizia
  Greece  65   Turkey  59
  France  64     France  66

Championship

Semifinals Third place
Gorizia
  Italy  66  
  Spain  58  
 
Gorizia
      Italy  60
    Yugoslavia  74
Final
Gorizia Gorizia
  Soviet Union  65   Spain  55
  Yugoslavia  67     Soviet Union  56

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Yugoslavia7-0
 Italy6-1
 Soviet Union6-1
4th  Spain4-3
5th  Greece5-2
6th  Israel4-3
7th  France3-4
8th  Turkey2-5
9th  Germany3-4
10th  Sweden2-5
11th  Austria1-6
12th   Switzerland0-7

 1971 European Championship for Cadets 

Yugoslavia
First title
Team Roster

Dragan Todorić, Predrag Tripković, Ante Zaloker, Dragan Kićanović, Marko Martinović, Milan Milićević, Zoran Biorac, Rajko Žižić, Mirza Delibašić, Željko Morelj, Radmilo Lukovac, and Mirko Grgin. Head Coach: Mirko Novosel.

References

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