1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1971 EuroBasket Under-16
1st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	10–17 July 1971
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
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The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

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	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	371	199	+172	10
Spain	5	4	1	295	200	+95	9
Greece	5	3	2	265	242	+23	8
Turkey	5	2	3	244	264	–20	7
Sweden	5	1	4	229	389	–160	6
Austria	5	0	5	204	314	–110	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	363	265	+128	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	361	257	+104	9
Israel	5	3	2	369	312	+57	8
France	5	2	3	328	318	+10	7
Germany	5	1	4	294	351	–57	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	210	452	–242	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place

Gorizia
Austria	58
Germany	80

			Gorizia
			Germany	77
			Sweden	63


			Eleventh place
Gorizia		Gorizia
Sweden	76	Austria	90
Switzerland	31		Switzerland	54

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place

Gorizia
Israel	91
Turkey	50

			Gorizia
			Israel	65
			Greece	74


			Seventh place
Gorizia		Gorizia
Greece	65	Turkey	59
France	64		France	66

Championship

Semifinals			Third place

Gorizia
Italy	66
Spain	58

			Gorizia
			Italy	60
			Yugoslavia	74


			Final
Gorizia		Gorizia
Soviet Union	65	Spain	55
Yugoslavia	67		Soviet Union	56

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	7-0
	Italy	6-1
	Soviet Union	6-1
4th	Spain	4-3
5th	Greece	5-2
6th	Israel	4-3
7th	France	3-4
8th	Turkey	2-5
9th	Germany	3-4
10th	Sweden	2-5
11th	Austria	1-6
12th	Switzerland	0-7

1971 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia First title

Team Roster

Dragan Todorić, Predrag Tripković, Ante Zaloker, Dragan Kićanović, Marko Martinović, Milan Milićević, Zoran Biorac, Rajko Žižić, Mirza Delibašić, Željko Morelj, Radmilo Lukovac, and Mirko Grgin. Head Coach: Mirko Novosel.

References

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Division A

Tournaments	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015

Qualification	1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004–2015 not held

Division B

Tournaments	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Bulgaria 2015

Division C

Tournaments	Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015

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