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Youth basketball tournament

International basketball competition
1979 EuroBasket Under-16
5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates19–27 July 1979
Teams11
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
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The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th–11th round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 4 4 0 380 279 8
 West Germany 4 3 1 305 288 7
 Syria 4 1 3 310 307 5
 Belgium 4 1 3 284 333 5
 Turkey 4 1 3 272 344 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 5 0 477 371 10
 Spain 5 4 1 506 352 9
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 447 389 8
 Bulgaria 5 2 3 412 399 7
 Greece 5 1 4 378 397 6
 Austria 5 0 5 287 599 5

Knockout stage

     Ninth place
     Tenth place
     Eleventh place

9th–11th round

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 2 2 0 168 122 4
 Turkey 2 1 1 187 143 3
 Austria 0 0 2 106 196 2

5th–8th playoffs

 PlayoffsFifth place
       
  
 
  Syria79
  
  Bulgaria104
  Bulgaria75
  
  Soviet Union91
  Soviet Union111
 
  Belgium70
 Seventh place
 
  
 
  Syria104
 
  Belgium74

Championship

 SemifinalsFinal
       
  
 
  Italy76
  
  Spain69
  Italy100
  
  Yugoslavia103
  Yugoslavia95
 
  West Germany73
 Third place
 
  
 
  Spain122
 
  West Germany82

Final standings

Rank Team
 Yugoslavia
 Italy
 Spain
4th  West Germany
5th  Soviet Union
6th  Bulgaria
7th  Syria
8th  Belgium
9th  Greece
10th  Turkey
11th  Austria
 1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Yugoslavia
Second title
Team roster

Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head coach: Luka Stančić.

References

FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Division A
Qualification
Division B
Division C
International men's youth basketball
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.
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