1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1991 EuroBasket Under-16
11th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	18–25 August 1991
Teams	12  (from 1 federations)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
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The 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1991 European Championship for Cadets) was the 11th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Kastoria, Komotini and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won the trophy for the first time.

Teams[]

•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round[]

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

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	501	328	10
Turkey	5	4	1	468	416	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	446	379	8
Israel	5	2	3	424	431	7
Bulgaria	5	1	4	415	521	6
Czechoslovakia	5	0	5	353	532	5

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	402	336	10
Spain	5	4	1	393	319	9
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	402	337	8
Germany	5	2	3	295	281	7
Belgium	5	1	4	283	313	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	252	441	5

Knockout stage[]

9th–12th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Belgium	75
	Czechoslovakia	84
					Czechoslovakia	85
					Bulgaria	97
	Switzerland	67
	Bulgaria	95
					Eleventh place
					Belgium	82
					Switzerland	49

5th–8th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Israel	83
	Yugoslavia	63
					Israel	60
					Soviet Union	79
	Soviet Union	96
	Germany	76
					Seventh place
					Yugoslavia	66
					Germany	72

Championship[]

	Semifinals				Final
	Italy	85
	Turkey	63
					Italy	106
					Greece	91
	Greece	94
	Spain	82
					Third place
					Turkey	67
					Spain	87

1991 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Italy First title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Greece
	Spain
4th	Turkey
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Israel
7th	Germany
8th	Yugoslavia
9th	Bulgaria
10th	Czechoslovakia
11th	Belgium
12th	Switzerland

References[]

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive