1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1985 EuroBasket Under-16
8th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bulgaria
Dates	18–26 August 1985
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (4th title)
< 1983 1987 >

The 1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1985 European Championship for Cadets) was the 8th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Ruse, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fourth time and became the most winning country in the tournament. It was its second title in a row and third in the last four tournaments.

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	505	354	9
West Germany	5	3	2	357	373	8
Turkey	5	3	2	342	354	8
Soviet Union	5	3	2	438	389	8
Sweden	5	1	4	344	403	6
Belgium	5	1	4	306	419	6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	392	376	9
Italy	5	4	1	429	390	9
Israel	5	2	3	311	351	7
Bulgaria	5	2	3	380	391	7
France	5	2	3	387	381	7
Finland	5	1	4	344	354	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place


Sweden	60
Finland	75


			Finland	62
			Belgium	64


			Eleventh place

France	56	Sweden	64
Belgium	62		France	63

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


Bulgaria	86
Turkey	65


			Bulgaria	78
			Soviet Union	90


			Seventh place

Soviet Union	70	Turkey	61
Israel	78		Israel	72

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Yugoslavia	111
Italy	90


			Yugoslavia	99
			Spain	86


			Third place

Spain	88	Italy	85
West Germany	81		West Germany	81

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Spain
	Italy
4th	West Germany
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Israel
8th	Turkey
9th	Belgium
10th	Finland
11th	Sweden
12th	France

1985 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Fourth title

Team Roster

Emilio Kovačić, Nenad Trunić, Zoran Kalpić, Toni Kukoč, Slaviša Koprivica, Nebojša Ilić, Nebojša Razić, Rade Milutinović, Vlade Divac, Dževad Alihodžić, Nenad Videka, and Radenko Dobraš. Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić.

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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