1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1999 EuroBasket Under-16

15th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	15–24 July 1999
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Aleksandar Gajić
Top scorer	Zisis (23.9)
Top rebounds	Lončar (15.3)
Top assists	Mirakovski (3.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)

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 second time in a row.

Teams

• Croatia
• France
• Georgia
• Greece
• Latvia
• Macedonia
• Poland
• Russia
• Yugoslavia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey

Qualification

Main article: 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

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
	Slovenia	76
	Poland	79
					Eleventh place
					Russia	82
					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
					Yugoslavia	67			Third place
	Yugoslavia	77
	Latvia	62
									Turkey	81
									France	63

5th–8th playoffs

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

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Greece
	Turkey
4th	France
5th	Latvia
6th	Macedonia
7th	Georgia
8th	Spain
9th	Croatia
10th	Poland
11th	Russia
12th	Slovenia

1999 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Seventh title

Team roster

Jovan Stefanov, Bojan Bakić, Aleksandar Gajić, Strahinja Zgonjanin, Nemanja Matović, Miloš Pavlović, Dušan Đorđević, Mirko Kovač, Miloš Nišavić, Srđan Bulatović, Ivan Andonov, and Tomislav Tomović. Head coach: Petar Rodić.

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive