FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Current season or competition:
2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Sport Basketball
Founded 1971
No. of teams 16
Continent Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)  Croatia (3rd title)
Most titles  Serbia (5 titles)
Official website www.fibaeurope.com

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, previously known as European Championship for Cadets, is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1971. Until 2003 it was held every second year, but from 2003 onwards it is held every year. The current champions are Croatia.

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Results

Summaries
Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1971
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 Italy (Gorizia)
Yugoslavia
74–60
Italy

Soviet Union
56–55
Spain
1973
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 Italy (Angri & Summonte)
Soviet Union
68–57
Spain

Yugoslavia
77–74
Italy
1975
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 Greece (Athens & Thessaloniki)
Soviet Union
64–61
Greece

Yugoslavia
74–72
Italy
1977
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 France (Le Touquet & Berck)
Turkey
68–66
Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
95–70
Italy
1979
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 Syria (Damascus)
Yugoslavia
103–100
Italy

Spain
122–82
West Germany
1981
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 Greece (Thessaloniki & Katerini)
Soviet Union
72–57
Italy

West Germany
78–64
Finland
1983
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 West Germany (Tübingen & Ludwigsburg)
Yugoslavia
89–86
Spain

West Germany
72–69
Greece
1985
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 Bulgaria (Ruse)
Yugoslavia
99–81
Spain

Italy
85–81
West Germany
1987
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 Hungary (Székesfehérvár & Kaposvár)
Yugoslavia
83–77
Italy

Soviet Union
84–76
Spain
1989
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 Spain (Guadalajara, Tarancón & Cuenca)
Greece
81–79
Yugoslavia

Italy
63–59
Turkey
1991
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 Greece (Kastoria, Komotini & Thessaloniki)
Italy
106–91
Greece

Spain
87–67
Turkey
1993
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 Turkey (Trabzon, Giresun & Samsun)
Greece
76–58
Spain

Russia
72–62
Turkey
1995
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 Portugal (Setúbal, Seixal & Almada)
Croatia
75–62
Spain

Greece
73–72
Macedonia
1997
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 Belgium (Pepinster, Kortrijk & Quaregnon)
Serbia and Montenegro
100–87
Russia

Israel
65–55
France
1999
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 Slovenia (Polzela, Celje & Laško)
Serbia and Montenegro
59–48
Greece

Turkey
81–63
France
2001
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 Latvia (Riga)
Serbia and Montenegro
55–43
Russia

Spain
75–74
Lithuania
2003
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 Spain (Madrid)
Serbia and Montenegro
83–68
Turkey

Russia
92–70
Spain
2004
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 Greece (Amaliada & Pyrgos)
France
65–60
Russia

Turkey
75–69
Lithuania
2005
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 Spain (León)
Turkey
61–55
France

Spain
70–63
Lithuania
2006
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 Spain (Linares, Andújar & Martos)
Spain
110–106
Russia

Serbia and Montenegro
85–69
Croatia
2007
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 Greece (Ierapetra, Rethymno & Heraklion)
Serbia
56–55
Spain

Lithuania
65–55
Turkey
2008
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 Italy (Chieti)
Lithuania
75–33
Czech Republic

Turkey
77–65
France
2009
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 Lithuania (Kaunas)
Spain
70–64
Lithuania

Serbia
75–69
Poland
2010
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 Montenegro (Bar)
Croatia
80–52
Lithuania

Turkey
75–64
Spain
2011
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 Czech Republic (Pardubice, Hradec Králové)
Croatia
67–57
Czech Republic

Spain
61–53
France
2012
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 Lithuania,  Latvia

Performances by nation

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia 5 2 2 9
2  Soviet Union /  Russia 3 4 5 12
3  Croatia 3 0 0 3
4  Spain 2 6 5 13
5  Greece 2 3 1 6
6  Turkey 2 1 4 7
7  Italy 1 4 2 7
8  Lithuania 1 2 1 4
9  France 1 1 0 2
10  Czech Republic 0 2 1 3
11  West Germany 0 0 2 2
12  Israel 0 0 1 1

MVP Awards (since 1999)

Year MVP Award Winner
1999 Aleksandar Gajić
2001 Veljko Tomović
2003 Nemanja Aleksandrov
2004 Vitaly Kuznetsov
2005 Antoine Diot
2006 Ricky Rubio
2007 Dejan Musli
2008 Jonas Valančiūnas
2009 Tauras Jogėla
2010 Dario Šarić
2011 Mario Hezonja

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