1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

1971 EuroBasket Under-16

1st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	10–17 July 1971
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
1973 →

Teams

•  Austria
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	371	199	+172	10
Spain	5	4	1	295	200	+95	9
Greece	5	3	2	265	242	+23	8
Turkey	5	2	3	244	264	−20	7
Sweden	5	1	4	229	389	−160	6
Austria	5	0	5	204	314	−110	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	363	265	+128	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	361	257	+104	9
Israel	5	3	2	369	312	+57	8
France	5	2	3	328	318	+10	7
Germany	5	1	4	294	351	−57	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	210	452	−242	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Gorizia
	Austria	58
					Gorizia
	Germany	80
					Germany	77
	Gorizia
					Sweden	63
	Sweden	76
	Switzerland	31
					Eleventh place
					Gorizia
					Austria	90
					Switzerland	54

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Gorizia
	Israel	91
					Gorizia
	Turkey	50
					Israel	65
	Gorizia
					Greece	74
	Greece	65
	France	64
					Seventh place
					Gorizia
					Turkey	59
					France	66

Championship

	Semifinals				Third place
	Gorizia
	Italy	66
					Gorizia
	Spain	58
					Italy	60
	Gorizia
					Yugoslavia	74
	Soviet Union	65
	Yugoslavia	67
					Final
					Gorizia
					Spain	55
					Soviet Union	56

Final standings

Rank Team Record  Yugoslavia 7–0  Italy 6–1  Soviet Union 6–1 4th  Spain 4–3 5th  Greece 5–2 6th  Israel 4–3 7th  France 3–4 8th  Turkey 2–5 9th  Germany 3–4 10th  Sweden 2–5 11th  Austria 1–6 12th   Switzerland 0–7

1971 European Championship for Cadets  Yugoslavia First title Team Roster Dragan Todorić, Predrag Tripković, Ante Zaloker, Dragan Kićanović, Marko Martinović, Milan Milićević, Zoran Biorac, Rajko Žižić, Mirza Delibašić, Željko Morelj, Radmilo Lukovac, and Mirko Grgin. Head coach: Mirko Novosel.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive