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)
< 1989 1993 >

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

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
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


			Eleventh place

Switzerland	67	Belgium	82
Bulgaria	95		Switzerland	49

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


Israel	83
Yugoslavia	63


			Israel	60
			Soviet Union	79


			Seventh place

Soviet Union	96	Yugoslavia	66
Germany	76		Germany	72

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Italy	85
Turkey	63


			Italy	106
			Greece	91


			Third place

Greece	94	Turkey	67
Spain	82		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 Europe Under-16 Championship

Division A	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015 Poland 2016

Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003

Division B	England 2004 Bulgaria 2005 Estonia 2006 Macedonia 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 Portugal 2009 Estonia 2010 Macedonia 2011 Romania 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Macedonia 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Bulgaria 2016

Division C	Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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