1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1999 EuroBasket Under-16
15th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Slovenia
Dates	15–24 July 1999
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (7th title)
MVP	Aleksandar Gajić
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Zisis (23.9)  Macedonia (83.5) Rebounds Lončar (15.3)  Croatia (35.0) Assists Mirakovski (3.3)  Yugoslavia (8.3)
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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 seventh time, second in a row.

Teams

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

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.

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

5th–8th playoffs

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

International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship
Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.