1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1981 EuroBasket Under-16
6th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	18–28 August 1981
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
< 1979 1983 >

The 1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1981 European Championship for Cadets) was the 6th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Thessaloniki and Katerini, in Greece, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won the trophy for the third time and became the most winning country in the tournament.

Teams

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
Italy	5	5	0	482	332	10
West Germany	5	4	1	310	290	9
Greece	5	3	2	346	345	8
Turkey	5	2	3	357	381	7
Poland	5	1	4	320	403	6
Sweden	5	0	5	350	414	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	463	270	10
Finland	5	3	2	388	415	8
Israel	5	3	2	399	463	8
Yugoslavia	5	2	3	497	471	7
France	5	1	4	348	440	6
Spain	5	1	4	403	439	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place


Poland	65
Spain	93


			Spain	96
			France	63


			Eleventh place

Sweden	71	Poland	88
France	97		Sweden	85

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


Turkey	100
Israel	99


			Turkey	80
			Yugoslavia	97


			Seventh place

Yugoslavia	125	Israel	83
Greece	76		Greece	96

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Soviet Union	90
West Germany	57


			Soviet Union	72
			Italy	57


			Third place

Italy	104	West Germany	78
Finland	65		Finland	64

1981 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Soviet Union Third title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Italy
	West Germany
4th	Finland
5th	Yugoslavia
6th	Turkey
7th	Greece
8th	Israel
9th	Spain
10th	France
11th	Poland
12th	Sweden

References

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Division A	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015 Poland 2016

Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003

Division B	England 2004 Bulgaria 2005 Estonia 2006 Macedonia 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 Portugal 2009 Estonia 2010 Macedonia 2011 Romania 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Macedonia 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Bulgaria 2016

Division C	Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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