1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1987 EuroBasket Under-16
9th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Hungary
Dates 8–15 August 1987
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Yugoslavia (5th title)
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The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five 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 55040231810
 Italy 5414183739
 Greece 5323673478
 France 5233323907
 Israel 5143883996
 Turkey 5053494295

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Soviet Union 55042931610
 Spain 5413653509
 Romania 5323563428
 West Germany 5233353747
 Belgium 5143273696
 Hungary 5053013625

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Hungary  91  
  Israel  106  
 
      Israel  96
    Turkey  78
Eleventh place
  Belgium  79   Hungary  58
  Turkey  93     Belgium  82

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  West Germany  65  
  Greece  63  
 
      West Germany  57
    France  67
Seventh place
  France  78   Greece  79
  Romania  73     Romania  75

Championship

Semifinals Final
  Yugoslavia  94  
  Spain  67  
 
      Yugoslavia  83
    Italy  77
Third place
  Italy  104   Spain  76
  Soviet Union  90     Soviet Union  84

Final standings

Rank Team
 Yugoslavia
 Italy
 Soviet Union
4th  Spain
5th  France
6th  West Germany
7th  Greece
8th  Romania
9th  Israel
10th  Turkey
11th  Belgium
12th  Hungary

 1987 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Yugoslavia
Fifth title
Team Roster

Živko Badžim, Oliver Popović, Rastko Cvetković, Žan Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuša, Boris Orcev, Marijan Kraljević, Obrad Ignjatović, Arijan Komazec, Mirko Pavlović, and Bojan Popović. Head Coach: Janez Drvarič.

References

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