1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 1997
14th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Belgium
Dates 11–20 July 1997
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 3 host cities)
Champions  Serbia and Montenegro (6th title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Vlado Ilievski (24.9)  Greece (82.6)
Rebounds Vladimir Boisa (13.3)  Russia (40.8)
Assists Ivan Tomas (4.9)  Spain (16.3)

The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Contents

Teams

Qualification

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

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 403 305 10
 Israel 5 3 2 301 319 8
 France 5 3 2 364 377 8
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 3 391 380 7
 Macedonia 5 2 3 352 337 7
 Belgium 5 0 5 297 390 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 5 5 0 411 363 10
 Spain 5 4 1 390 352 9
 Croatia 5 2 3 343 365 7
 Slovenia 5 2 3 353 329 7
 Georgia 5 1 4 348 430 6
 Italy 5 1 4 323 329 6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
  Belgium  67  
  Georgia  76  
 
      Georgia  46
    Macedonia  44
Eleventh place
  Italy  57   Belgium  50
  Macedonia  76     Italy  88

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  Spain  78
 
  France  80  
  France  61
 
    Russia  66  
  Russia  92
 
  Slovenia  70  
  Russia  87
 
    Serbia and Montenegro  100
  Greece  66
 
  Serbia and Montenegro  73  
  Serbia and Montenegro  74 Third place
 
    Israel  68  
  Israel  82   France  55
  Croatia  78     Israel  65
 

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  Spain  67  
  Slovenia  61  
 
      Spain  85
    Greece  92
Seventh place
  Greece  92   Slovenia  80
  Croatia  68     Croatia  75
 1997 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Serbia and Montenegro
Sixth title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Russia
 Israel
4th  France
5th  Greece
6th  Spain
7th  Slovenia
8th  Croatia
9th  Georgia
10th  Macedonia
11th  Italy
12th  Belgium

References