| 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) |
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.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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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. |
