1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1989 EuroBasket Under-16
10th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Spain
Dates 19–26 August 1989
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Greece (1st title)
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The 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1989 European Championship for Cadets) was the 10th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Guadalajara, Tarancón and Cuenca, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Greece won the trophy for the first time.

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
 Greece 55042538010
 Yugoslavia 5414173439
 Spain 5324093498
 France 5233663647
 Belgium 5143484226
 Bulgaria 5053444515

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 55044134410
 Turkey 5323793548
 Soviet Union 5324133698
 Israel 5233823857
 Poland 5143354296
 West Germany 5143103796

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Belgium  71  
  West Germany  81  
 
      West Germany  101
    Bulgaria  80
Eleventh place
  Poland  76   Belgium  63
  Bulgaria  99     Poland  84

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  Soviet Union  89  
  France  73  
 
      Soviet Union  90
    Spain  84
Seventh place
  Spain  95   France  91
  Israel  80     Israel  95

Championship

Semifinals Final
  Greece  64  
  Turkey  61  
 
      Greece  81
    Yugoslavia  79
Third place
  Yugoslavia  82   Turkey  59
  Italy  69     Italy  63
 1989 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Greece
First title

Final standings

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

References

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