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1995 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

11th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	29 July – 6 August 1995
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Fröhlich (22.1)
Top rebounds	Nikolaidu (11.1)
Top assists	Palau (4)
PPG (Team)	Russia (83.4)
RPG (Team)	Russia (41.4)
APG (Team)	Russia (13.7)
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The 1995 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the 11th edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 12 teams featured in the competition, held in Wladyslawowo, Poland, from 29 July to 6 August 1995.

Russia won their second title in a row in their second appearance after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Qualification

For the first time since the inception of the tournament, a qualification round was played. Nineteen countries entered the qualification round. They were divide in three groups. The top three teams of each group qualified for the main tournament.

Poland (as host), Russia (as incumbent champion) and Spain (as incumbent runner-up) received a bye to the main tournament and did not play in the qualification round.

Group A

The games were played in Espoo, Finland, from August 10 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	5	4	1	377	291	+86	9	Final tournament		—	86–63	49–61	70–41	84–50	88–76
2	Czech Republic	5	4	1	373	341	+32	9				—	63–47	76–64	95–77	76–67
3	Germany	5	3	2	300	301	−1	8					—	64–57	64–58	64–74
4	France	5	2	3	318	307	+11	7						—	81–39	75–58
5	Finland (H)	5	1	4	292	388	−96	6							—	68–64
6	Lithuania	5	1	4	339	371	−32	6								—

Group B

The games were played in Marsala, Italy, from August 8 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	6	6	0	445	297	+148	12	Final tournament		—	63–45	57–55	74–67	61–59	79–61	111–10
2	Belgium	6	4	2	417	347	+70	10				—	83–69	51–63	63–54	72–59	103–39
3	Bulgaria	6	4	2	412	322	+90	10					—	73–62	58–54	64–46	93–20
4	Turkey	6	3	3	391	361	+30	9						—	54–53	64–73	81–37
5	Hungary	6	2	4	352	316	+36	8							—	56–51	76–29
6	Ukraine	6	2	4	394	365	+29	8								—	104–30
7	England	6	0	6	165	568	−403	6									—

Group C

The games were played in Žilina, Slovakia, from August 10 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	1	297	227	+70	9	Final tournament		—	69–42	49–61	61–49	59–43	62–37
2	Slovenia	5	4	1	312	276	+36	9				—	62–65	81–66	60–55	53–44
3	Slovakia (H)	5	4	1	323	292	+31	9					—	64–57	58–47	80–47
4	Romania	5	1	4	313	335	−22	6						—	60–66	71–49
5	Israel	5	1	4	281	313	−32	6							—	70–76
6	Portugal	5	1	4	253	336	−83	6								—

1. ^ Head-to-head record: 1) GRE 1–1 (+17), SLO 1–1 (+7), SVK 1–1 (–24).
2. ^ Head-to-head record: 1) ROU 1–1 (+16), ISR 1–1 (0), POR 1–1 (–16).

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Poland	Hosts	7th	1991	5th (1976, 1978)
Russia	1993 winners	2nd	1993	Champions (1993)
Spain	1993 runner-up	11th	1993	Runners-up (1993)
Belarus	Qualification round Group A winners	1st (debut)	None	None
Czech Republic	Qualification round Group A runners-up	1st (debut)	None	None
Germany	Qualification round Group A third place	1st (debut)	None	None
Italy	Qualification round Group B winners	11th	1993	Runners-up (1978, 1980, 1985)
Belgium	Qualification round Group B runners-up	6th	1993	8th (1993)
Bulgaria	Qualification round Group B third place	8th	1987	Runners-up (1984)
Greece	Qualification round Group C winners	4th	1993	5th (1991)
Slovenia	Qualification round Group C runners-up	1st (debut)	None	None
Slovakia	Qualification round Group C third place	2nd	1993	4th (1993)

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The third and fourth place of each group qualified for the 5th-8th playoffs. The last two teams of each group qualified for the 9th-12th playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	351	319	+32	9	Advance to Semifinals		—	65–57	72–83	70–68	80–60	64–51
2	Belgium	5	4	1	295	274	+21	9				—	51–44	65–54	65–57	57–54
3	Belarus	5	3	2	335	327	+8	8	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	70–56	77–72	61–76
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	302	310	−8	7						—	68–51	56–54
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	307	351	−44	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	67–61
6	Poland	5	1	4	296	305	−9	6								—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	387	282	+105	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	80–79	71–60	79–43	79–56	78–44
2	Spain	5	4	1	334	287	+47	9				—	70–54	58–56	65–60	62–37
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	286	281	+5	8	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	53–50	68–42	51–48
4	Greece	5	2	3	246	258	−12	7						—	48–33	49–35
5	Germany	5	1	4	244	312	−68	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	53–52
6	Slovenia	5	0	5	216	293	−77	5								—

Playoffs

9th-12th playoff

	Semifinals				9th place game
	August 5
	Germany	72
					August 6
	Poland	65
					Germany	61
	August 5
					Slovakia	56
	Slovakia	64
	Slovenia	60
					11th place game
					August 6
					Poland	65
					Slovenia	59

5th-8th playoff

	Semifinals				5th place game
	August 5
	Czech Republic	74
					August 6
	Bulgaria	76
					Bulgaria	58
	August 5
					Belarus	72
	Belarus	56
	Greece	52
					7th place game
					August 6
					Czech Republic	68
					Greece	69

Championship playoff

	Semifinals				Final
	August 5
	Russia	88
					August 6
	Belgium	62
					Russia	104
	August 5
					Italy	68
	Italy	78
	Spain	72
					Bronze game
					August 6
					Belgium	75
					Spain	70

Final standings

Rank Team  Russia  Italy  Belgium 4th  Spain 5th  Belarus 6th  Bulgaria 7th  Greece 8th  Czech Republic 9th  Germany 10th  Slovakia 11th  Poland 12th  Slovenia

1995 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship winners  Russia 2nd title

Statistical leaders

Points Name PPG Linda Fröhlich 22.1 Maria Stepanova 18.6 Katarzyna Kenig 18.3 Elena Karpova 17.0 Svetlana Abrosimova 16.0 Gergana Slavcheva Hana Horáková

Rebounds Name RPG Parthena Nikolaidou 11.1 Linda Fröhlich 11.0 Dana Boonen 10.0 Ivana Večeřová 9.7 Maria Stepanova 9.0

Assists Name APG Laia Palau 4.0 Svetlana Abrosimova 3.0 Malgorzata Czarnecka 2.7 Maria Stepanova Slávka Bučáková 2.7

Notes

1. Second appearance as Russia. They made nine more appearances as part of the Soviet Union. FIBA considers the results of the Soviet Union (up to 1991) to be different from Russia.
2. First appearance as Belarus. They made nine more appearances as part of the Soviet Union. FIBA considers the results of the Soviet Union (up to 1991) to be different from Belarus.
3. First appearance as the Czech Republic. They made five more appearances as part of Czechoslovakia. FIBA considers the results of Czechoslovakia (up to 1993) to be different from the Czech Republic.
4. First appearance as unified Germany. West Germany made seven more appearances.
5. First appearance as Slovenia. They made nine more appearances as part of Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the results of Yugoslavia (up to 1992) to be different from Slovenia.
6. Second appearance as Slovakia. They made five more appearances as part of Czechoslovakia. FIBA considers the results of Czechoslovakia (up to 1993) to be different from Slovakia.

References

1. Statistical leader Points – Players
2. Statistical leader Rebounds – Players
3. Statistical leader Assists – Players

External links

• Official Site

• FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
• 1995–96 in European women's basketball
• 1995 in Polish sport
• International youth basketball competitions hosted by Poland
• International women's basketball competitions hosted by Poland