1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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1979 EuroBasket Under-16
5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates19–27 July 1979
Teams11
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (2nd title)
1977
1981

The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Contents

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

    Team advanced to Semifinals
    Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
    Team competed in 9th–11th round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4403802798
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4313052887
Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria 4133103075
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4132843335
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4132723445

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 55047737110
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 5415063529
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5324473898
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 5234123997
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5143783976
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5052875995

Knockout stage

    Ninth place
    Tenth place
    Eleventh place

9th–11th round

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2201681224
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2111871433
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0021061962

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria 79
 
 
 
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 104
 
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 75
 
 
 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 91
 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 70
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria 104
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 74

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 76
 
 
 
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 69
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 100
 
 
 
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 103
 
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 95
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 73
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 122
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 82

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
4thFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
5thFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
6thFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
7thFlag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria
8thFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
9thFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
10thFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
11thFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
 1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
Yugoslavia
Second title
Team roster

Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head coach: Luka Stančić.

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