2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

International basketball competition March 2024 Europe U-16 2001 Latvia 13–22 July 2001 12 1 1 FR Yugoslavia 3 FRY Veljko Tomović LIT Kleiza (21.5) 16 ESP, 16 GEO 1990 (80.0) LIT Kleiza (12.3) 16 FR Yugoslavia (42.0) GEO 1990 Markhvashvili (5.4) 16 GEO 1990 (19.1) Official website (archive) 1999 2003 The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2001 European Championship for Cadets) was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for third time in a row. Teams 16 CRO 16 FRA 16 GEO 1990 16 GRE 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 LAT 16 LIT 16 RUS 16 FR Yugoslavia 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 Turkey, Macedonia and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Greece (runner-up) and Latvia (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 FR Yugoslavia541391317916 ESP541415396916 LIT541365339916 TUR523353376716 GEO 1990514407420616 ITA5053133965 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 RUS5503612871016 LAT541330312916 FRA532327307816 GRE523367340716 CRO514337397616 ISR5053464255 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 GEO 1990 66 16 ISR 82 16 CRO 70 16 ITA 75 16 ISR 80 16 ITA 67 16 GEO 1990 87 16 CRO 85 Championship Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place 16 LAT 50 16 LIT 55 16 FR Yugoslavia 71 16 GRE 68 16 FRA 68 16 ESP 86 16 RUS 58 16 TUR 53 16 LIT 70 16 FR Yugoslavia 76 16 ESP 61 16 RUS 77 16 FR Yugoslavia 55 16 RUS 43 16 LIT 74 16 ESP 75 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 LAT 47 16 GRE 61 16 FRA 67 16 TUR 48 16 GRE 52 16 FRA 54 16 LAT 56 16 TUR 58 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 FR YugoslaviaImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 RUSImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 ESP4th16 LIT5th16 FRA6th16 GRE7th16 TUR8th16 LAT9th16 ISR10th16 ITA11th16 GEO 199012th16 CRO bk 2001 European Championship for Cadets FR Yugoslavia Eighth Team roster Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević, Vladimir Micov, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović, Kosta Perović, Milovan Raković, and Luka Bogdanović. Head coach: Stevan Karadžić. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive Bal kadeta (Archived 2013-07-02);Vreme, 26 July 2001 2001 Category:2001–02 in European basketball Category:2001 in Latvian sport Category:Sports competitions in Riga Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Latvia