1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

December 2023 Europe U-16 1971 Italy 10–17 July 1971 12 1 1 Yugoslavia 1 1973 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 16 AUT 16 FRA 16 GER 16 GRE 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 URS 16 ESP 1945 16 SWE 16 SWI 16 TUR 16 YUG 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts16 URS550371199+1721016 ESP 1945541295200+95916 GRE532265242+23816 TUR523244264−20716 SWE514229389−160616 AUT505204314−1105 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts16 ITA550363265+1281016 YUG541361257+104916 ISR532369312+57816 FRA523328318+10716 GER514294351−57616 SWI505210452−2425 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place Gorizia 16 AUT 58 16 GER 80 Gorizia 16 SWE 76 16 SWI 31 Gorizia 16 GER 77 16 SWE 63 Gorizia 16 AUT 90 16 SWI 54 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place Gorizia 16 ISR 91 16 TUR 50 Gorizia 16 GRE 65 16 FRA 64 Gorizia 16 ISR 65 16 GRE 74 Gorizia 16 TUR 59 16 FRA 66 Championship Semifinals Third place Final Gorizia 16 ITA 66 16 ESP 1945 58 Gorizia 16 URS 65 16 YUG 67 Gorizia 16 ITA 60 16 YUG 74 Gorizia 16 ESP 1945 55 16 URS 56 Final standings Rank Team RecordImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 YUG7–0Image:Silver medal icon.svg16 ITA6–1Image:Bronze medal icon.svg16 URS6–14th16 ESP 19454–35th16 GRE5–26th16 ISR4–37th16 FRA3–48th16 TUR2–59th16 GER3–410th16 SWE2–511th16 AUT1–612th16 SWI0–7 bku 16 1971 European Championship for Cadets Yugoslavia First 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 Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1971 Category:1971–72 in European basketball Category:1971–72 in Italian basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy