1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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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
ChampionsFlag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer Flag of North Macedonia.svg Vlado Ilievski (24.9)
Top rebounds Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Vladimir Boisa (13.3)
Top assists Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Tomas (4.9)
PPG (Team)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (82.6)
RPG (Team)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (40.8)
APG (Team)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (16.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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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.

Contents

Teams

Qualification

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

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

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

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55040330510
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5323013198
Flag of France.svg  France 5323643778
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 5233913807
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 5233523377
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5052973905

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 55041136310
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5413903529
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5233433657
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5233533297
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 5143484306
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5143233296

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 67
 
 
 
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 76
 
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 46
 
 
 
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 44
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57
 
 
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 76
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 88

Championship

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 78
 
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 80
 
Flag of France.svg  France 61
 
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 66
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 92
 
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 70
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 87
 
 
 
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 100
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 66
 
 
 
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 73
 
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 74
 
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 68 Third place
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 82
 
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 78
 
Flag of France.svg  France 55
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 65
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 67
 
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 61
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 85
 
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 92
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 92
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 68
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 80
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 75

Final standings

References