1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

International basketball competition

1983 EuroBasket Under-16
7th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	16–24 July 1983
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
← 1981 1985 →

The 1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1983 European Championship for Cadets) was the 7th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Tübingen and Ludwigsburg, in West Germany, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the third time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

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	450	402	9
Spain	5	4	1	448	376	9
Italy	5	4	1	412	350	9
France	5	2	3	404	460	7
Turkey	5	1	4	366	412	6
Hungary	5	0	5	403	483	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
West Germany	5	4	1	347	306	9
Greece	5	4	1	410	348	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	350	357	8
Netherlands	5	2	3	369	394	7
Sweden	5	1	4	332	387	6
Finland	5	1	4	335	351	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place



Hungary	97

Sweden	100
		Sweden	76

		Turkey	85
Finland	74

Turkey	86
		Eleventh place



		Hungary	85

		Finland	63

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place



Soviet Union	84

France	48
		Soviet Union	60

		Italy	100
Italy	85

Netherlands	68
		Seventh place



		France	76

		Netherlands	64

Championship

Semifinals		Final



Yugoslavia	72

Greece	67
		Yugoslavia	89

		Spain	86
Spain	81

West Germany	57
		Third place



		Greece	69

		West Germany	72

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Spain
	West Germany
4th	Greece
5th	Italy
6th	Soviet Union
7th	France
8th	Netherlands
9th	Turkey
10th	Sweden
11th	Hungary
12th	Finland

1983 European Championship for Cadets
Yugoslavia Third title

Team roster

Zoran Livljanić, Bane Prelević, Zoran Jevtić, Jure Zdovc, Miroslav Pecarski, Ivo Nakić, Samir Mujanović, Igor Lukačić, Ivica Mavrenski, Žarko Paspalj, Denis Perić, and Luka Pavićević. Head coach: Rusmir Halilović.

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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