1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1997 EuroBasket Under-16
14th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Belgium
Dates 11–20 July 1997
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Yugoslavia (6th title)
Tournament statistics
PlayersTeams
Points Republic of Macedonia Vlado Ilievski (24.9)  Greece (82.6)
Rebounds Georgia (country) Vladimir Boisa (13.3)  Russia (40.8)
Assists Croatia Ivan Tomas (4.9)  Spain (16.3)
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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. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

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 55040330510
 Israel 5323013198
 France 5323643778
 Yugoslavia 5233913807
 Macedonia 5233523377
 Belgium 5052973905

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 55041136310
 Spain 5413903529
 Croatia 5233433657
 Slovenia 5233533297
 Georgia 5143484306
 Italy 5143233296

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
 
    Yugoslavia  100
  Greece  66
 
  Yugoslavia  73  
  Yugoslavia  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

Final standings

Rank Team
 Yugoslavia
 Russia
 Israel
4th  France
5th  Greece
6th  Spain
7th  Slovenia
8th  Croatia
9th  Georgia
10th  Macedonia
11th  Italy
12th  Belgium
 1997 European Championship for Cadets 

Yugoslavia
Sixth title
Team Roster

Ivan Mičeta, Slobodan Tošić, Ivan Vukadinov, Mladen Šekularac, Andrija Crnogorac, Vladimir Tica, Marko Peković, Vladimir Rončević, Sreten Lakonić, Predrag Stojić, Miljan Pavković, and Petar Jovanović. Head Coach: Veselin Matić.

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