1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Youth basketball tournament December 2023 Europe U-16 1979 Syria 19–27 July 1979 11 1 1 Yugoslavia 2 1977 1981 The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament. Teams 16 AUT 16 BEL 16 BUL 1971 16 GRE 16 ITA 16 URS 16 ESP 1977 16 SYR 1972 16 TUR 16 FRG 16 YUG Preliminary round The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).     Team advanced to Semifinals     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs     Team competed in 9th–11th round Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 ITA440380279816 FRG431305288716 SYR 1972413310307516 BEL413284333516 TUR4132723445 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 YUG5504773711016 ESP 1977541506352916 URS532447389816 BUL 1971523412399716 GRE514378397616 AUT5052875995 Knockout stage     Ninth place     Tenth place     Eleventh place 9th–11th round TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 GRE220168122416 TUR211187143316 AUT0021061962 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 SYR 1972 79 16 BUL 1971 104 16 URS 111 16 BEL 70 16 BUL 1971 75 16 URS 91 16 SYR 1972 104 16 BEL 74 Championship Semifinals Final Third place 16 ITA 76 16 ESP 1977 69 16 YUG 95 16 FRG 73 16 ITA 100 16 YUG 103 16 ESP 1977 122 16 FRG 82 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 YUGImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 ITAImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 ESP 19774th16 FRG5th16 URS6th16 BUL 19717th16 SYR 19728th16 BEL9th16 GRE10th16 TUR11th16 AUT bku 16 1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship Yugoslavia Second Team roster Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head coach: Luka Stančić. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1979 Category:1979–80 in European basketball Category:1979 in Syrian sport Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Syria