1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1983 EuroBasket Under-16
7th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	West Germany
Dates	16–24 July 1983
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
< 1981 1985 >

The 1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1983 European Championship for Cadets) was the 7th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Tübingen and Ludwigsburg, in West Germany, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the third time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

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	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	450	402	9
Spain	5	4	1	448	376	9
Italy	5	4	1	412	350	9
France	5	2	3	404	460	7
Turkey	5	1	4	366	412	6
Hungary	5	0	5	403	483	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
West Germany	5	4	1	347	306	9
Greece	5	4	1	410	348	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	350	357	8
Netherlands	5	2	3	369	394	7
Sweden	5	1	4	332	387	6
Finland	5	1	4	335	351	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place


Hungary	97
Sweden	100


			Sweden	76
			Turkey	85


			Eleventh place

Finland	74	Hungary	85
Turkey	86		Finland	63

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


Soviet Union	84
France	48


			Soviet Union	60
			Italy	100


			Seventh place

Italy	85	France	76
Netherlands	68		Netherlands	64

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Yugoslavia	72
Greece	67


			Yugoslavia	89
			Spain	86


			Third place

Spain	81	Greece	69
West Germany	57		West Germany	72

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Spain
	West Germany
4th	Greece
5th	Italy
6th	Soviet Union
7th	France
8th	Netherlands
9th	Turkey
10th	Sweden
11th	Hungary
12th	Finland

1983 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Third title

Team Roster

Zoran Livljanić, Bane Prelević, Zoran Jevtić, Jure Zdovc, Miroslav Pecarski, Ivo Nakić, Samir Mujanović, Igor Lukačić, Ivica Mavrenski, Žarko Paspalj, Denis Perić, and Luka Pavićević. Head Coach: Rusmir Halilović.

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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