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International basketball competition
2003 EuroBasket Under-16
17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates18–27 July 2003
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia and Montenegro (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
Top scorerItaly Luigi Da Tome (21.1)
Top reboundsSpain José Ángel Antelo (13.8)
Top assistsTurkey Cenk Akyol (3.0)
PPG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (89.6)
RPG (Team) Italy (42.0)
APG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (10.4)
Official website
Official website (archive)
2001 2004

The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the fourth time in a row.

Teams

Qualification

Main article: 2003 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 Lithuania, Greece and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Serbia and Montenegro (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Spain (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
 Turkey 5 5 0 417 321 10
 Russia 5 4 1 398 366 9
 France 5 3 2 420 378 8
 Macedonia 5 2 3 369 345 7
 Lithuania 5 1 4 335 426 6
 Bulgaria 5 0 5 315 418 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 459 329 10
 Spain 5 3 2 349 365 8
 Slovenia 5 2 3 329 334 7
 Greece 5 2 3 315 363 7
 Italy 5 2 3 327 334 7
 Israel 5 1 4 321 375 6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 PlayoffsNinth place
       
  
 
  Lithuania63
  
  Israel68
  Israel52
  
  Italy69
  Bulgaria88
 
  Italy97
 Eleventh place
 
  
 
  Lithuania101
 
  Bulgaria54

Championship

 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
           
  
 
  France66
  
  Spain71
  Spain74
  
  Turkey76
  Turkey79
  
  Greece71
  Turkey68
  
  Serbia and Montenegro83
  Slovenia68
  
  Russia104
  Russia63
  
  Serbia and Montenegro89 Third place
  Serbia and Montenegro86
  
  Macedonia58
  Spain70
 
  Russia92
 

5th–8th playoffs

 PlayoffsFifth place
       
  
 
  France80
  
  Greece60
  France60
  
  Slovenia54
  Slovenia58
 
  Macedonia55
 Seventh place
 
  
 
  Greece59
 
  Macedonia70

Final standings

Rank Team
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Turkey
 Russia
4th  Spain
5th  France
6th  Slovenia
7th  Macedonia
8th  Greece
9th  Italy
10th  Israel
11th  Lithuania
12th  Bulgaria
 2003 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets 

Serbia and Montenegro
Ninth title
Team roster

Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Djurković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Dušan Trajković, Nenad Zivčević, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Branko Jereminov, Nikola Dragović, and Boban Medenica. Head coach: Mijo Kadija.

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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