1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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1973 EuroBasket Under-16
2nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates19–29 July 1973
Teams16
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1st title)
1971
1975

The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Summonte and Angri, in Italy, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their first title.

Contents

Teams

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.

    Team advanced to Semifinals
    Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
    Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs
    Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 77050838714
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 75255836312
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 74345734511
Flag of France.svg  France 74346645911
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 73440745410
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 73445349010
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7253414699
Flag of England.svg  England 7073105337

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 77058235114
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 76149840513
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 75251043812
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 73446047810
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 73447744310
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 73447450310
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7164315288
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7073266127

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

 
PlayoffsThirteenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 50
 
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 83
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 85
 
 
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46
 
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 81
 
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 75
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 73

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49
 
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 67
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 85
 
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 82
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 68
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 58
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 61
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 85
 
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 64
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 69
 
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 81
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 70
 
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 68
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 68
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 70

Championship

 
SemifinalsThird place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 62
 
 
 
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 58
 
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 57
 
 
 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 68
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 58
 
 
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 62
 
Final
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 74
 
 
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 77
 1973 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
First title

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9–0
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 8–1
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 6–3
4thFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 6–3
5thFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 7–2
6thFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 4–5
7thFlag of France.svg  France 5–4
8thFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4–5
9thFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 5–4
10thFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4–5
11thFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4–5
12thFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3–6
13thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 3–6
14thFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3–6
15thFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–8
16thFlag of England.svg  England 0–9

References