1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1997 EuroBasket Under-16
14th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
Dates11–20 July 1997
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerNorth Macedonia Vlado Ilievski (24.9)
Top reboundsGeorgia (country) Vladimir Boisa (13.3)
Top assistsCroatia Ivan Tomas (4.9)
PPG (Team) Greece (82.6)
RPG (Team) Russia (40.8)
APG (Team) Spain (16.3)
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1995
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The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Teams

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Qualification

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There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-three national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Croatia (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Belgium (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 403 305 10
 Israel 5 3 2 301 319 8
 France 5 3 2 364 377 8
 Yugoslavia 5 2 3 391 380 7
 Macedonia 5 2 3 352 337 7
 Belgium 5 0 5 297 390 5

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 5 5 0 411 363 10
 Spain 5 4 1 390 352 9
 Croatia 5 2 3 343 365 7
 Slovenia 5 2 3 353 329 7
 Georgia 5 1 4 348 430 6
 Italy 5 1 4 323 329 6

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Belgium67
 
 
 
 Georgia76
 
 Georgia46
 
 
 
 Macedonia44
 
 Italy57
 
 
 Macedonia76
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium50
 
 
 Italy88

Championship

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Spain78
 
 
 
 France80
 
 France61
 
 
 
 Russia66
 
 Russia92
 
 
 
 Slovenia70
 
 Russia87
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia100
 
 Greece66
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia73
 
 Yugoslavia74
 
 
 
 Israel68 Third place
 
 Israel82
 
 
 
 Croatia78
 
 France55
 
 
 Israel65
 

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain67
 
 
 
 Slovenia61
 
 Spain85
 
 
 
 Greece92
 
 Greece92
 
 
 Croatia68
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Slovenia80
 
 
 Croatia75

Final standings

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References

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