1985 EuroBasket Under-16

8th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	18–26 August 1985
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (4th title)
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The 1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1985 European Championship for Cadets) was the 8th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Ruse, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fourth time and became the most winning country in the tournament. It was its second title in a row and third in the last four tournaments.

Teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   West Germany
•   Finland
•   France
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Soviet Union
•   Spain
•   Sweden
•   Turkey
•   Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	505	354	9
West Germany	5	3	2	357	373	8
Turkey	5	3	2	342	354	8
Soviet Union	5	3	2	438	389	8
Sweden	5	1	4	344	403	6
Belgium	5	1	4	306	419	6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	392	376	9
Italy	5	4	1	429	390	9
Israel	5	2	3	311	351	7
Bulgaria	5	2	3	380	391	7
France	5	2	3	387	381	7
Finland	5	1	4	344	354	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Sweden	60
	Finland	75
					Finland	62
					Belgium	64
	France	56
	Belgium	62
					Eleventh place
					Sweden	64
					France	63

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Bulgaria	86
	Turkey	65
					Bulgaria	78
					Soviet Union	90
	Soviet Union	70
	Israel	78
					Seventh place
					Turkey	61
					Israel	72

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Yugoslavia	111
	Italy	90
					Yugoslavia	99
					Spain	86
	Spain	88
	West Germany	81
					Third place
					Italy	85
					West Germany	81

Final standings

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

1985 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Fourth title

Team roster

Emilio Kovačić, Nenad Trunić, Zoran Kalpić, Toni Kukoč, Slaviša Koprivica, Nebojša Ilić, Nebojša Razić, Rade Milutinović, Vlade Divac, Dževad Alihodžić, Nenad Videka, and Radenko Dobraš. Head coach: Svetislav Pešić.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive