1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1999 European Championship for Cadets) was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Polzela, Celje and Laško, in Slovenia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time in a row.

1999 EuroBasket Under-16
15th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySlovenia
Dates15–24 July 1999
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Gajić
Top scorerGreece Zisis (23.9)
Top reboundsCroatia Lončar (15.3)
Top assistsNorth Macedonia Mirakovski (3.3)
PPG (Team) Macedonia (83.5)
RPG (Team) Croatia (35.0)
APG (Team) Yugoslavia (8.3)
Official website
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Teams

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Qualification

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There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Israel and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Slovenia (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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

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

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Macedonia 5 3 2 430 385 8
  France 5 3 2 351 321 8
  Spain 5 3 2 359 374 8
  Latvia 5 2 3 344 338 7
  Croatia 5 2 3 346 385 7
  Poland 5 2 3 332 359 7

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 373 326 10
  Greece 5 4 1 375 326 9
  Georgia 5 3 2 399 390 8
  Turkey 5 1 4 321 354 6
  Slovenia 5 1 4 328 347 6
  Russia 5 1 4 328 381 6

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Russia81
 
 
 
  Croatia74
 
  Croatia82
 
 
 
  Poland64
 
  Slovenia76
 
 
  Poland79
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Russia82
 
 
  Slovenia66

Championship

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Spain73
 
 
 
  Greece78
 
  Greece71
 
 
 
  Turkey64
 
  Turkey65
 
 
 
  Macedonia64
 
  Greece48
 
 
 
  Yugoslavia59
 
  Georgia91
 
 
 
  France94
 
  France49
 
 
 
  Yugoslavia67 Third place
 
  Yugoslavia77
 
 
 
  Latvia62
 
  Turkey81
 
 
  France63
 

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Spain77
 
 
 
  Macedonia91
 
  Macedonia83
 
 
 
  Latvia90
 
  Georgia62
 
 
  Latvia72
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Spain75
 
 
  Georgia109

Final standings

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References

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