1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 1973
2nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Italy
Dates 19–29 July 1973
Teams 16 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)

The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Summonte and Angri, in Italy, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their first title.

Contents

Teams

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs
     Team competed in 13th-16th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 7 7 0 508 387 14
 Yugoslavia 7 5 2 558 363 12
 Turkey 7 4 3 457 345 11
 France 7 4 3 466 459 11
 Czechoslovakia 7 3 4 407 454 10
 Sweden 7 3 4 453 490 10
 Portugal 7 2 5 341 469 9
 England 7 0 7 310 533 7

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Soviet Union 7 7 0 582 351 14
 Italy 7 6 1 498 405 13
 Greece 7 5 2 510 438 12
 Israel 7 3 4 460 478 10
 Poland 7 3 4 477 443 10
 Belgium 7 3 4 474 503 10
 Germany 7 1 6 431 528 8
 Austria 7 0 7 326 612 7

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

  Playoffs Thirteenth place
  England  50  
  Germany  83  
 
      Germany  85
    Portugal  46
Fifteenth place
  Portugal  81   Austria  75
  Austria  52     England  73

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
  Sweden  49  
  Poland  67  
 
      Poland  85
    Belgium  82
Eleventh place
  Belgium  68   Czechoslovakia  61
  Czechoslovakia  58     Sweden  59

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  Greece  85  
  France  64  
 
      Israel  69
    Greece  81
Seventh place
  Israel  70   Turkey  68
  Turkey  68     France  70

Championship

  Semifinals Third place
  Soviet Union  62  
  Yugoslavia  58  
 
      Spain  57
    Soviet Union  68
Final
  Italy  58   Italy  74
  Spain  62     Yugoslavia  77
 1973 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Soviet Union
First title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Soviet Union 9-0
 Spain 8-1
 Yugoslavia 6-3
4th  Italy 6-3
5th  Greece 7-2
6th  Israel 4-5
7th  France 5-4
8th  Turkey 4-5
9th  Poland 5-4
10th  Belgium 4-5
11th  Czechoslovakia 4-5
12th  Sweden 3-6
13th  Germany 3-6
14th  Portugal 3-6
15th  Austria 1-8
16th  England 0-9

References

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