1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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1999 EuroBasket Under-16
15th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Slovenia
Dates 15–24 July 1999
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Yugoslavia (7th title)
MVP Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Gajić
Tournament leaders
Players Teams
Points Greece Zisis (23.9)  Macedonia (83.5)
Rebounds Croatia Lončar (15.3)  Croatia (35.0)
Assists Republic of Macedonia Mirakovski (3.3)  Yugoslavia (8.3)
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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 seventh time, second in a row.

Teams

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

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
 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

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

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Russia  81  
  Croatia  74  
 
      Croatia  82
    Poland  64
Eleventh place
  Slovenia  76   Russia  82
  Poland  79     Slovenia  66

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  Spain  73
 
  Greece  78  
  Greece  71
 
    Turkey  64  
  Turkey  65
 
  Macedonia  64  
  Greece  48
 
    Yugoslavia  59
  Georgia  91
 
  France  94  
  France  49 Third place
 
    Yugoslavia  67  
  Yugoslavia  77   Turkey  81
  Latvia  62     France  63
 

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  Spain  77  
  Macedonia  91  
 
      Macedonia  83
    Latvia  90
Seventh place
  Georgia  62   Spain  75
  Latvia  72     Georgia  109

Final standings

References