2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2001 European Championship for Cadets) was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for third time in a row.

2001 EuroBasket Under-16

16th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	13–22 July 2001
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Veljko Tomović
Top scorer	Kleiza (21.5)
Top rebounds	Kleiza (12.3)
Top assists	Markhvashvili (5.4)
PPG (Team)	Spain, Georgia (80.0)
RPG (Team)	Yugoslavia (42.0)
APG (Team)	Georgia (19.1)
Official website
Official website (archive)

Teams

• Croatia
• France
• Georgia
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Russia
• Yugoslavia
• Spain
• Turkey

Qualification

Main article: 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

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 Turkey, Macedonia 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), Greece (runner-up) and Latvia (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	391	317	9
Spain	5	4	1	415	396	9
Lithuania	5	4	1	365	339	9
Turkey	5	2	3	353	376	7
Georgia	5	1	4	407	420	6
Italy	5	0	5	313	396	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	361	287	10
Latvia	5	4	1	330	312	9
France	5	3	2	327	307	8
Greece	5	2	3	367	340	7
Croatia	5	1	4	337	397	6
Israel	5	0	5	346	425	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Georgia	66
	Israel	82
					Israel	80
					Italy	67
	Croatia	70
	Italy	75
					Eleventh place
					Georgia	87
					Croatia	85

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Latvia	50
	Lithuania	55
					Lithuania	70
					Yugoslavia	76
	Yugoslavia	71
	Greece	68
									Yugoslavia	55
									Russia	43
	France	68
	Spain	86
					Spain	61
					Russia	77			Third place
	Russia	58
	Turkey	53
									Lithuania	74
									Spain	75

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Latvia	47
	Greece	61
					Greece	52
					France	54
	France	67
	Turkey	48
					Seventh place
					Latvia	56
					Turkey	58

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Russia
	Spain
4th	Lithuania
5th	France
6th	Greece
7th	Turkey
8th	Latvia
9th	Israel
10th	Italy
11th	Georgia
12th	Croatia

2001 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Eighth title

Team roster

Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević, Vladimir Micov, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović, Kosta Perović, Milovan Raković, and Luka Bogdanović. Head coach: Stevan Karadžić.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive
• Bal kadeta (Archived 2013-07-02);Vreme, 26 July 2001