2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

December 2023 Europe U-16 2003 Spain 18–27 July 2003 12 1 1 Serbia and Montenegro 4 SCG Nemanja Aleksandrov ITA Luigi Da Tome (21.1) 16 Serbia and Montenegro (89.6) ESP José Ángel Antelo (13.8) 16 ITA (42.0) TUR Cenk Akyol (3.0) 16 Serbia and Montenegro (10.4) Official website (archive) 2001 2004 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 fourth time in a row. Teams 16 BUL 16 FRA 16 Macedonia 16 GRE 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 LIT 16 RUS 16 Serbia and Montenegro 16 SLO 16 ESP 16 TUR 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 TUR5504173211016 RUS541398366916 FRA532420378816 Macedonia523369345716 LIT514335426616 BUL5053154185 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 SCG5504593291016 ESP532349365816 SLO523329334716 GRE523315363716 ITA523327334716 ISR5143213756 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 LIT 63 16 ISR 68 16 BUL 88 16 ITA 97 16 ISR 52 16 ITA 69 16 LIT 101 16 BUL 54 Championship Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place 16 FRA 66 16 ESP 71 16 TUR 79 16 GRE 71 16 SLO 68 16 RUS 104 16 Serbia and Montenegro 86 16 Macedonia 58 16 ESP 74 16 TUR 76 16 RUS 63 16 Serbia and Montenegro 89 16 TUR 68 16 Serbia and Montenegro 83 16 ESP 70 16 RUS 92 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 FRA 80 16 GRE 60 16 SLO 58 16 Macedonia 55 16 FRA 60 16 SLO 54 16 GRE 59 16 Macedonia 70 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 SCGImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 TURImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 RUS4th16 ESP5th16 FRA6th16 SLO7th16 Macedonia8th16 GRE9th16 ITA10th16 ISR11th16 LIT12th16 BUL bku 16 2003 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets SCG Ninth Team roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Djurković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Dušan Trajković, Nenad Zivčević, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Branko Jereminov, Nikola Dragović, and Boban Medenica. Head coach: Mijo Kadija. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 2003 Category:2002–03 in European basketball Category:2002–03 in Spanish basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Spain