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.
16th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship | |
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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) |
Official website | |
Official website (archive) | |
Teams edit
Qualification edit
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 edit
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Team advanced to Quarterfinals | |
Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs |
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 edit
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
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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 edit
9th–12th playoffs edit
Playoffs | Ninth place | |||||
Georgia | 66 | |||||
Israel | 82 | |||||
Israel | 80 | |||||
Italy | 67 | |||||
Croatia | 70 | |||||
Italy | 75 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
Georgia | 87 | |||||
Croatia | 85 |
Championship edit
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 edit
Playoffs | Fifth place | |||||
Latvia | 47 | |||||
Greece | 61 | |||||
Greece | 52 | |||||
France | 54 | |||||
France | 67 | |||||
Turkey | 48 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
Latvia | 56 | |||||
Turkey | 58 |
Final standings edit
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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 edit
- FIBA Archive
- FIBA Europe Archive
- Bal kadeta (Archived 2013-07-02);Vreme, 26 July 2001