1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 1979
5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Syria
Dates 19–27 July 1977
Teams 11 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 1 host city)
Champions  Yugoslavia (2nd title)

The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Contents

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th-11th round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 4 4 0 380 279 8
 West Germany 4 3 1 305 288 7
 Syria 4 1 3 310 307 5
 Belgium 4 1 3 284 333 5
 Turkey 4 1 3 272 344 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 5 0 477 371 10
 Spain 5 4 1 506 352 9
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 447 389 8
 Bulgaria 5 2 3 412 399 7
 Greece 5 1 4 378 397 6
 Austria 5 0 5 287 599 5

Knockout stage

     Ninth place
     Tenth place
     Eleventh place

9th–11th round

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 2 2 0 168 122 4
 Turkey 2 1 1 187 143 3
 Austria 0 0 2 106 196 2

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  Syria  79  
  Bulgaria  104  
 
      Bulgaria  75
    Soviet Union  91
Seventh place
  Soviet Union  111   Syria  104
  Belgium  70     Belgium  74

Championship

  Semifinals Final
  Italy  76  
  Spain  69  
 
      Italy  100
    Yugoslavia  103
Third place
  Yugoslavia  95   Spain  122
  West Germany  73     West Germany  82
 1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Yugoslavia
Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Yugoslavia
 Italy
 Spain
4th  West Germany
5th  Soviet Union
6th  Bulgaria
7th  Syria
8th  Belgium
9th  Greece
10th  Turkey
11th  Austria

References

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