1991 EuroBasket Under-16

11th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	18–25 August 1991
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
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The 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1991 European Championship for Cadets) was the 11th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Kastoria, Komotini and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won the trophy for the first time.

Teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   Czechoslovakia
•   Germany
•   Greece
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Soviet Union
•   Spain
•    Switzerland
•   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
Greece	5	5	0	501	328	10
Turkey	5	4	1	468	416	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	446	379	8
Israel	5	2	3	424	431	7
Bulgaria	5	1	4	415	521	6
Czechoslovakia	5	0	5	353	532	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	402	336	10
Spain	5	4	1	393	319	9
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	402	337	8
Germany	5	2	3	295	281	7
Belgium	5	1	4	283	313	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	252	441	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Belgium	75
	Czechoslovakia	84
					Czechoslovakia	85
					Bulgaria	97
	Switzerland	67
	Bulgaria	95
					Eleventh place
					Belgium	82
					Switzerland	49

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Israel	83
	Yugoslavia	63
					Israel	60
					Soviet Union	79
	Soviet Union	96
	Germany	76
					Seventh place
					Yugoslavia	66
					Germany	72

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Italy	85
	Turkey	63
					Italy	106
					Greece	91
	Greece	94
	Spain	82
					Third place
					Turkey	67
					Spain	87

1991 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Italy First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Greece
	Spain
4th	Turkey
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Israel
7th	Germany
8th	Yugoslavia
9th	Bulgaria
10th	Czechoslovakia
11th	Belgium
12th	Switzerland

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive