1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 1991
11th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Greece
Dates 18–25 August 1991
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 3 host cities)
Champions  Italy (1st title)

The 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1991 European Championship for Cadets) was the 11th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Kastoria, Komotini and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won the trophy for the first time.

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
 Greece 5 5 0 501 328 10
 Turkey 5 4 1 468 416 9
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 446 379 8
 Israel 5 2 3 424 431 7
 Bulgaria 5 1 4 415 521 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 0 5 353 532 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 402 336 10
 Spain 5 4 1 393 319 9
 Yugoslavia 5 3 2 402 337 8
 Germany 5 2 3 295 281 7
 Belgium 5 1 4 283 313 6
 Switzerland 5 0 5 252 441 5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
  Belgium  75  
  Czechoslovakia  84  
 
      Czechoslovakia  85
    Bulgaria  97
Eleventh place
  Switzerland  67   Belgium  82
  Bulgaria  95     Switzerland  49

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  Israel  83  
  Yugoslavia  63  
 
      Israel  60
    Soviet Union  79
Seventh place
  Soviet Union  96   Yugoslavia  66
  Germany  76     Germany  72

Championship

  Semifinals Final
  Italy  85  
  Turkey  63  
 
      Italy  106
    Greece  91
Third place
  Greece  94   Turkey  67
  Spain  82     Spain  87
 1991 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Italy
First title

Final standings

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

References