1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1983 EuroBasket Under-16

7th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	16–24 July 1983
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)

The 1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1983 European Championship for Cadets) was the 7th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Tübingen and Ludwigsburg, in West Germany, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the third time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

• Finland
• France
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Soviet Union
• Spain
• Sweden
• Turkey
• West Germany
• Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	450	402	9
Spain	5	4	1	448	376	9
Italy	5	4	1	412	350	9
France	5	2	3	404	460	7
Turkey	5	1	4	366	412	6
Hungary	5	0	5	403	483	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
West Germany	5	4	1	347	306	9
Greece	5	4	1	410	348	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	350	357	8
Netherlands	5	2	3	369	394	7
Sweden	5	1	4	332	387	6
Finland	5	1	4	335	351	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Hungary	97
	Sweden	100
					Sweden	76
					Turkey	85
	Finland	74
	Turkey	86
					Eleventh place
					Hungary	85
					Finland	63

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Soviet Union	84
	France	48
					Soviet Union	60
					Italy	100
	Italy	85
	Netherlands	68
					Seventh place
					France	76
					Netherlands	64

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Yugoslavia	72
	Greece	67
					Yugoslavia	89
					Spain	86
	Spain	81
	West Germany	57
					Third place
					Greece	69
					West Germany	72

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Spain
	West Germany
4th	Greece
5th	Italy
6th	Soviet Union
7th	France
8th	Netherlands
9th	Turkey
10th	Sweden
11th	Hungary
12th	Finland

1983 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Third title

Team Roster

Zoran Livljanić, Bane Prelević, Zoran Jevtić, Jure Zdovc, Miroslav Pecarski, Ivo Nakić, Samir Mujanović, Igor Lukačić, Ivica Mavrenski, Žarko Paspalj, Denis Perić, and Luka Pavićević. Head Coach: Rusmir Halilović.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive