1997 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

1997 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes
1997 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes
12th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Hungary
Dates	18–27 July 1997
Teams	12
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Tournament leaders
	< 1995 1999 >

Last updated August 17, 2023

The 1997 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the 12th edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 12 teams featured in the competition, held in Sopron, Hungary, from 18 to 27 July 1997.

Qualification

19 countries entered the qualification round. They were divided in three groups. The top three teams of each group qualified for the main tournament.

Hungary (as host), Russia (as incumbent champion) and Italy (as incumbent runner-up) received a bye to the main tournament and did not play in the qualification round.

Group A

The games were played in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, from August 12 to 16, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	5	0	299	242	+57	10	Final tournament	—	59–49	54–53	62–53	53–44	71–43
2	Belgium	5	3	2	330	295	+35	8			—	64–56	79–62	60–71	78–47
3	Poland	5	3	2	311	260	+51	8				—	82–50	59–53	61–39
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	3	331	350	−19	7					—	72–70	94–57
5	Slovakia	5	2	3	314	285	+29	7						—	76–41
6	Armenia	5	0	5	227	380	−153	5							—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host

Group B

The games were played in Žďár nad Sázavou, the Czech Republic, from August 18 to 24, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	6	6	0	442	275	+167	12	Final tournament	—	79–60	57–56	81–54	74–46	66–39	85–20
2	Belarus	6	5	1	465	347	+118	11			—	88–81	87–53	85–45	70–50	75–39
3	Croatia	6	3	3	416	326	+90	9				—	73–36	71–45	58–62	77–38
4	Lithuania	6	3	3	337	384	−47	9					—	55–40	70–59	69–44
5	Finland	6	2	4	305	404	−99	8						—	64–58	65–61
6	Israel	6	2	4	331	365	−34	8							—	63–37
7	Portugal	6	0	6	239	434	−195	6								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host

Group C

The games were played in Timișoara, Romania, from August 13 to 17, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	363	226	+137	10	Final tournament	—	91–54	66–44	53–47	62–37	91–44
2	Romania (H)	5	3	2	281	320	−39	8			—	65–61	45–41	54–77	63–50
3	France	5	3	2	268	249	+19	8				—	47–43	70–37	46–38
4	Greece	5	2	3	247	234	+13	7					—	48–35	68–54
5	Germany	5	2	3	256	292	−36	7						—	70–58
6	Turkey	5	0	5	244	338	−94	5							—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Hungary	Hosts	10th	1993	Runners-up (1976)
Russia	1995 winners	3rd	1995	Champions (1993, 1995)
Italy	1995 runner-up	12th	1995	Runners-up (1978, 1980, 1985, 1995)
FR Yugoslavia	Qualification round Group A winners	10th^{[note 1]}	1991	Runners-up (1982, 1991)
Belgium	Qualification round Group A runners-up	7th	1995	3rd (1995)
Poland	Qualification round Group A third place	8th	1995	5th (1976, 1978)
Czech Republic	Qualification round Group B winners	2nd	1995	8th (1995)
Belarus	Qualification round Group B runners-up	2nd	1995	5th (1995)
Croatia	Qualification round Group B third place	2nd	1993	12th (1993)
Spain	Qualification round Group C winners	12th	1995	Runners-up (1993)
Romania	Qualification round Group C runners-up	8th	1991	Runners-up (1989)
France	Qualification round Group C third place	10th	1993	6th (1987, 1993)

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The last two teams of each group qualified for the 9th-12th playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	3	2	309	308	+1	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to quarter-finals	—	58–57	58–56	49–59	66–56	78–80
2	France	5	3	2	280	264	+16	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	65–55	53–49	43–50	62–52
3	Croatia	5	3	2	303	284	+19	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}				—	59–57	69–53	64–51
4	Czech Republic	5	3	2	294	264	+30	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}					—	66–62	63–41
5	Italy	5	2	3	287	302	−15	7	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff					—	66–58
6	Romania	5	1	4	282	333	−51	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
Notes:

1 2 3 4 The four teams were first ranked by their head-to-head records: HUN 2–1, FRA 2–1, CRO 1–2, CZE 1–2. Then, Hungary/France and Croatia/Czech Republic were ranked by their game result (HUN 58–57 FRA) / (CRO 59–57 CZE).

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	349	271	+78	10	Advance to quarter-finals	—	70–68	74–46	59–56	69–49	77–52
2	Russia	5	4	1	384	288	+96	9			—	67–50	88–56	78–66	83–46
3	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	2	322	336	−14	8				—	73–70	73–65	80–60
4	Belarus	5	2	3	343	343	0	7					—	77–64	84–59
5	Poland	5	1	4	304	349	−45	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff					—	60–52
6	Belgium	5	0	5	269	384	−115	5	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.

Playoffs

9th-12th playoff

Semifinals		9th place game

July 25

Italy	69
		July 26
Belgium	75
		Belgium	62
July 25
		Poland	79
Poland	81

Romania	76
		11th place game

		July 26

		Italy	72

		Romania	63

Championship playoff

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

July 25

Russia	67
		July 26
Croatia	56
		Russia	61
July 25
		Belarus	31
Hungary	71
				July 27
Belarus	81
				Russia	69
July 25
				Czech Republic	60
France	58
		July 26
FR Yugoslavia	44
		France	53
July 25
		Czech Republic	67	Bronze game
Spain	43
				July 27
Czech Republic	49
				France	66

				Belarus	62

5th-8th playoff

Semifinals		5th place game

July 26

Croatia	75
		July 27
Hungary	39
		Croatia	42
July 26
		Spain	61
FR Yugoslavia	63

Spain	74
		7th place game

		July 27

		Hungary	64

		FR Yugoslavia	84

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Czech Republic
	France
4th	Belarus
5th	Spain
6th	Croatia
7th	FR Yugoslavia
8th	Hungary
9th	Poland
10th	Belgium
11th	Italy
12th	Romania

1997 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship winners
Russia 3rd title

Statistical leaders

Points^[1]

Name	PPG
Marta Fernández	21.3
Laurence Van Malderen	18.4
Dorota Kepa	18.4
Milka Bjelica	17.6
Eva Vítečková	17.1

Rebounds^[2]

Name	RPG
Olga Zytomirska	9.1
Ivana Stojković	8.8
Eva Vítečková	8.8
Laurence Van Malderen	8.7
Oksana Chetko	8.4
Anna Statsenko	8.4

Assists^[3]

Name	APG
Kathy Wambe	3.4
Marta Fernández	3.1
Dea Klein-Šumanovac	3.0
Brankica Hadžović	2.8
Markéta Bednářová	2.5
Rosa Pérez	2.5

Notes

↑ First appearance as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. They made nine more appearances as part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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[table_hth_HUN0.82681116779652-2] 1 2 3 4 The four teams were first ranked by their head-to-head records: HUN 2–1, FRA 2–1, CRO 1–2, CZE 1–2. Then, Hungary/France and Croatia/Czech Republic were ranked by their game result (HUN 58–57 FRA) / (CRO 59–57 CZE).

[1] First appearance as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. They made nine more appearances as part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

[3] Statistical leader Points – Players

[4] Statistical leader Rebounds – Players

[5] Statistical leader Assists – Players

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Division A	Poland 1976 Spain 1978 Hungary 1980 Finland 1982 Italy 1984 Yugoslavia 1985 Poland 1987 Romania 1989 Portugal 1991 Slovakia 1993 Poland 1995 Hungary 1997 Romania 1999 Bulgaria 2001 Turkey 2003 Italy 2004 Poland 2005 Slovakia 2006 Latvia 2007 Poland 2008 Italy 2009 Greece 2010 Italy 2011 Hungary 2012 Bulgaria 2013 Hungary 2014 Portugal 2015 Italy 2016 France 2017 Lithuania 2018 North Macedonia 2019 ~~Portugal 2020~~ ~~Portugal 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Portugal 2022 Turkey 2023
Division B	Bosnia and Herzegovina/Estonia 2004 Estonia 2005 Finland 2006 Italy 2007 Bulgaria 2008 Estonia 2009 Macedonia 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Portugal 2013 Estonia 2014 Macedonia 2015 Romania 2016 Macedonia 2017 Montenegro 2018 Bulgaria 2019 ~~Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020~~ ~~Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Montenegro 2022 Montenegro 2023
Division C	Gibraltar 2000 Malta 2002 Andorra 2004 Luxembourg 2006 Monaco 2008 Andorra 2010 Andorra 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 Andorra 2015 Andorra 2016 Gibraltar 2017 Moldova 2018 Moldova 2019 ~~Gibraltar 2020~~ ~~Gibraltar 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Albania 2022 Andorra 2023

1997 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

Contents

Qualification

Group A

Group B

Group C

Qualified teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

9th-12th playoff

Championship playoff

5th-8th playoff

Final standings

Statistical leaders

Notes

Related Research Articles

References

External links