1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1981 EuroBasket Under-16
6th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Greece
Dates 18–28 August 1981
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Soviet Union (3rd title)
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The 1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1981 European Championship for Cadets) was the 6th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Thessaloniki and Katerini, in Greece, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won the trophy for the third time and became the most winning country in the tournament.

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
 Italy 55048233210
 West Germany 5413102909
 Greece 5323463458
 Turkey 5233573817
 Poland 5143204036
 Sweden 5053504145

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Soviet Union 55046327010
 Finland 5323884158
 Israel 5323994638
 Yugoslavia 5234974717
 France 5143484406
 Spain 5144034396

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Poland  65  
  Spain  93  
 
      Spain  96
    France  63
Eleventh place
  Sweden  71   Poland  88
  France  97     Sweden  85

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  Turkey  100  
  Israel  99  
 
      Turkey  80
    Yugoslavia  97
Seventh place
  Yugoslavia  125   Israel  83
  Greece  76     Greece  96

Championship

Semifinals Final
  Soviet Union  90  
  West Germany  57  
 
      Soviet Union  72
    Italy  57
Third place
  Italy  104   West Germany  78
  Finland  65     Finland  64
 1981 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Soviet Union
Third title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Soviet Union
 Italy
 West Germany
4th  Finland
5th  Yugoslavia
6th  Turkey
7th  Greece
8th  Israel
9th  Spain
10th  France
11th  Poland
12th  Sweden

References