2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2003 EuroBasket Under-16
17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Spain
Dates 18–27 July 2003
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Serbia and Montenegro (9th title)
MVP Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Italy Luigi Da Tome (21.1)  Serbia and Montenegro (89.6)
Rebounds Spain José Ángel Antelo (13.8)  Italy (42.0)
Assists Turkey Cenk Akyol (3.0)  Serbia and Montenegro (10.4)
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The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the ninth time in seventeen tournaments. It was their fourth title in a row.

Teams

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Lithuania, Greece and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Serbia and Montenegro (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Spain (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
 Turkey 55041732110
 Russia 5413983669
 France 5324203788
 Macedonia 5233693457
 Lithuania 5143354266
 Bulgaria 5053154185

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 55045932910
 Spain 5323493658
 Slovenia 5233293347
 Greece 5233153637
 Italy 5233273347
 Israel 5143213756

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Lithuania  63  
  Israel  68  
 
      Israel  52
    Italy  69
Eleventh place
  Bulgaria  88   Lithuania  101
  Italy  97     Bulgaria  54

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  France  66
 
  Spain  71  
  Spain  74
 
    Turkey  76  
  Turkey  79
 
  Greece  71  
  Turkey  68
 
    Serbia and Montenegro  83
  Slovenia  68
 
  Russia  104  
  Russia  63 Third place
 
    Serbia and Montenegro  89  
  Serbia and Montenegro  86   Spain  70
  Macedonia  58     Russia  92
 

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  France  80  
  Greece  60  
 
      France  60
    Slovenia  54
Seventh place
  Slovenia  58   Greece  59
  Macedonia  55     Macedonia  70

Final standings

Rank Team
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Turkey
 Russia
4th  Spain
5th  France
6th  Slovenia
7th  Macedonia
8th  Greece
9th  Italy
10th  Israel
11th  Lithuania
12th  Bulgaria

 2003 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets 

Serbia and Montenegro
Ninth title
Team Roster

Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Durković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Dušan Trajković, Nenad Živčević, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Branko Jereminov, Nikola Dragović, and Boban Medenica. Head Coach: .

References

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