1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments.

1987 EuroBasket Under-16

9th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	8–15 August 1987
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (5th title)
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Teams

•  Belgium
•  West Germany
•  France
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Romania
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

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
Yugoslavia	5	5	0	402	318	10
Italy	5	4	1	418	373	9
Greece	5	3	2	367	347	8
France	5	2	3	332	390	7
Israel	5	1	4	388	399	6
Turkey	5	0	5	349	429	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	429	316	10
Spain	5	4	1	365	350	9
Romania	5	3	2	356	342	8
West Germany	5	2	3	335	374	7
Belgium	5	1	4	327	369	6
Hungary	5	0	5	301	362	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Hungary	91
	Israel	106
					Israel	96
					Turkey	78
	Belgium	79
	Turkey	93
					Eleventh place
					Hungary	58
					Belgium	82

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	West Germany	65
	Greece	63
					West Germany	57
					France	67
	France	78
	Romania	73
					Seventh place
					Greece	79
					Romania	75

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Yugoslavia	94
	Spain	67
					Yugoslavia	83
					Italy	77
	Italy	104
	Soviet Union	90
					Third place
					Spain	76
					Soviet Union	84

Final standings

Rank Team  Yugoslavia  Italy  Soviet Union 4th  Spain 5th  France 6th  West Germany 7th  Greece 8th  Romania 9th  Israel 10th  Turkey 11th  Belgium 12th  Hungary

1987 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship  Yugoslavia Fifth title Team roster Živko Badžim, Oliver Popović, Rastko Cvetković, Žan Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuša, Boris Orcev, Marijan Kraljević, Obrad Ignjatović, Arijan Komazec, Mirko Pavlović, and Bojan Popović. Head coach: Janez Drvarič.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive