1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

December 2023 Europe U-16 1987 Hungary 8–15 August 1987 12 1 2 Yugoslavia 5 1985 1989 The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 FIBA European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments. Teams 16 BEL 16 FRG 16 FRA 16 GRE 16 HUN 1957 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 ROM 1965 16 URS 16 ESP 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 YUG5504023181016 ITA541418373916 GRE532367347816 FRA523332390716 ISR514388399616 TUR5053494295 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 URS5504293161016 ESP541365350916 ROM 1965532356342816 FRG523335374716 BEL514327369616 HUN 19575053013625 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 HUN 1957 91 16 ISR 106 16 BEL 79 16 TUR 93 16 ISR 96 16 TUR 78 16 HUN 1957 58 16 BEL 82 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 FRG 65 16 GRE 63 16 FRA 78 16 ROM 1965 73 16 FRG 57 16 FRA 67 16 GRE 79 16 ROM 1965 75 Championship Semifinals Final Third place 16 YUG 94 16 ESP 67 16 ITA 104 16 URS 90 16 YUG 83 16 ITA 77 16 ESP 76 16 URS 84 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 YUGImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 ITAImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 URS4th16 ESP5th16 FRA6th16 FRG7th16 GRE8th16 ROM 19659th16 ISR10th16 TUR11th16 BEL12th16 HUN 1957 bku 16 1987 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship YUG Fifth Team roster Živko Badžim, Oliver Popović, Rastko Cvetković, Žan Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuša, Boris Orcev, Marijan Kraljević, Obrad Ignjatović, Arijan Komazec, Mirko Pavlović, and Bojan Popović. Head coach: Janez Drvarič. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1987 Category:1987–88 in European basketball Category:1987 in Hungarian sport Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Hungary