1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

International basketball competition

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

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
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	80

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

v t e FIBA U16 EuroBasket
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 Montenegro 2017 Serbia 2018 Italy 2019 ~~North Macedonia 2020~~ ~~North Macedonia 2021~~ 2021 Challengers North Macedonia 2022 North Macedonia 2023 Greece 2024
Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 since 2004: not held
Division B	England/Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria 2017 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 Montenegro 2019 ~~Bulgaria 2020~~ ~~Bulgaria 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Bulgaria 2022 Romania 2023 North Macedonia 2024
Division C	Malta 2000 Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016 Andorra 2017 San Marino 2018 Albania 2019 ~~Kosovo 2020~~ ~~Kosovo 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Kosovo 2022 Kosovo 2023 Albania 2024

v t e International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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