1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1995 EuroBasket Under-16

13th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Portugal

Dates

23–30 July 1995

Teams

12 (from 1 federations)

Champions

Croatia (1st title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Ilan Kadosh (29.8)	Spain (80.7)
Rebounds	Pawel Storozynski (11.9)	Spain (36.7)
Assists	Javier Rodríguez (3.1)	Spain (7.9)

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Official website (archive)

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The 1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1995 European Championship for Cadets) was the 13th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Setúbal, Seixal and Almada, in Portugal, hosted the tournament. Croatia won the trophy for the first time.

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Russia, Lithuania and Turkey. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Greece (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Portugal (host) in the final tournament.

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
Spain	5	5	0	429	285	10
Macedonia	5	3	2	339	372	8
Italy	5	3	2	363	319	8
Israel	5	2	3	375	386	7
England	5	1	4	305	419	6
Czech Republic	5	0	5	328	358	6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	377	284	10
Greece	5	4	1	344	307	9
France	5	2	3	354	351	7
Turkey	5	2	3	296	282	7
Portugal	5	2	3	328	369	7
Finland	5	0	5	319	425	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place


Czech Republic	74
Portugal	88


			Portugal	75
			Finland	47


			Eleventh place

England	61	Czech Republic	65
Finland	67		England	57

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


France	71
Israel	54


			France	70
			Italy	98


			Seventh place

Italy	66	Israel	77
Turkey	60		Turkey	80

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Croatia	66
Macedonia	45


			Croatia	75
			Spain	62


			Third place

Spain	74	Macedonia	72
Greece	64		Greece	73

1995 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Croatia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Spain
	Greece
4th	Macedonia
5th	Italy
6th	France
7th	Turkey
8th	Israel
9th	Portugal
10th	Finland
11th	Czech Republic
12th	England

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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