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)
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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 5415053549
 West Germany 5323573738
 Turkey 5323423548
 Soviet Union 5324383898
 Sweden 5143444036
 Belgium 5143064196

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 5413923769
 Italy 5414293909
 Israel 5233113517
 Bulgaria 5233803917
 France 5233873817
 Finland 5143443546

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

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