1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1979 EuroBasket Under-16
5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Syria
Dates	19–27 July 1977
Teams	11 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
< 1977 1981 >

The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
	Team competed in 9th-11th round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	4	4	0	380	279	8
West Germany	4	3	1	305	288	7
Syria	4	1	3	310	307	5
Belgium	4	1	3	284	333	5
Turkey	4	1	3	272	344	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	5	0	477	371	10
Spain	5	4	1	506	352	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	447	389	8
Bulgaria	5	2	3	412	399	7
Greece	5	1	4	378	397	6
Austria	5	0	5	287	599	5

Knockout stage

	Ninth place
	Tenth place
	Eleventh place

9th–11th round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	2	2	0	168	122	4
Turkey	2	1	1	187	143	3
Austria	0	0	2	106	196	2

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


Syria	79
Bulgaria	104


			Bulgaria	75
			Soviet Union	91


			Seventh place

Soviet Union	111	Syria	104
Belgium	70		Belgium	74

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Italy	76
Spain	69


			Italy	100
			Yugoslavia	103


			Third place

Yugoslavia	95	Spain	122
West Germany	73		West Germany	82

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Italy
	Spain
4th	West Germany
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Syria
8th	Belgium
9th	Greece
10th	Turkey
11th	Austria

1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Yugoslavia Second title

Team Roster

Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head Coach: Luka Stančić.

References

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Division A

Tournaments	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015

Qualification	1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004–2015 not held

Division B

Tournaments	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Bulgaria 2015

Division C

Tournaments	Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 U-18 U-16

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

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