1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

December 2023 Europe U-16 1985 Bulgaria 18–26 August 1985 12 1 1 Yugoslavia 4 1983 1987 The 1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1985 European Championship for Cadets) was the 8th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Ruse, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fourth time and became the most winning country in the tournament. It was its second title in a row and third in the last four tournaments. Teams 16 BEL 16 BUL 1971 16 FRG 16 FIN 16 FRA 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 URS 16 ESP 16 SWE 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 YUG541505354916 FRG532357373816 TUR532342354816 URS532438389816 SWE514344403616 BEL5143064196 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 ESP541392376916 ITA541429390916 ISR523311351716 BUL 1971523380391716 FRA523387381716 FIN5143443546 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 SWE 60 16 FIN 75 16 FRA 56 16 BEL 62 16 FIN 62 16 BEL 64 16 SWE 64 16 FRA 63 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 BUL 1971 86 16 TUR 65 16 URS 80 16 ISR 78 16 BUL 1971 78 16 URS 90 16 TUR 61 16 ISR 72 Championship Semifinals Final Third place 16 YUG 111 16 ITA 90 16 ESP 88 16 FRG 81 16 YUG 99 16 ESP 86 16 ITA 85 16 FRG 81 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 YUGImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 ESPImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 ITA4th16 FRG5th16 URS6th16 BUL 19717th16 ISR8th16 TUR9th16 BEL10th16 FIN11th16 SWE12th16 FRA bku 16 1985 European Championship for Cadets YUG Fourth Team roster Emilio Kovačić, Nenad Trunić, Zoran Kalpić, Toni Kukoč, Slaviša Koprivica, Nebojša Ilić, Nebojša Razić, Rade Milutinović, Vlade Divac, Dževad Alihodžić, Nenad Videka, and Radenko Dobraš. Head coach: Svetislav Pešić. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1985 Category:1985–86 in European basketball Category:1985 in Bulgarian sport Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Bulgaria