1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 1987
9th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Hungary
Dates 8–15 August 1987
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Yugoslavia (5th title)

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.

Contents

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 5 5 0 402 318 10
 Italy 5 4 1 418 373 9
 Greece 5 3 2 367 347 8
 France 5 2 3 332 390 7
 Israel 5 1 4 388 399 6
 Turkey 5 0 5 349 429 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 429 316 10
 Spain 5 4 1 365 350 9
 Romania 5 3 2 356 342 8
 West Germany 5 2 3 335 374 7
 Belgium 5 1 4 327 369 6
 Hungary 5 0 5 301 362 5

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
 1987 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Yugoslavia
Fifth title

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

References