1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1989 EuroBasket Under-16
10th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Spain
Dates	19–26 August 1989
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Greece (1st title)
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The 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1989 European Championship for Cadets) was the 10th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Guadalajara, Tarancón and Cuenca, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Greece won the trophy for the first time.

Teams

•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  West Germany
•  France
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

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
Greece	5	5	0	425	380	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	417	343	9
Spain	5	3	2	409	349	8
France	5	2	3	366	364	7
Belgium	5	1	4	348	422	6
Bulgaria	5	0	5	344	451	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	441	344	10
Turkey	5	3	2	379	354	8
Soviet Union	5	3	2	413	369	8
Israel	5	2	3	382	385	7
Poland	5	1	4	335	429	6
West Germany	5	1	4	310	379	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Belgium	71
	West Germany	81
					West Germany	101
					Bulgaria	80
					Eleventh place
	Poland	76		Belgium	63
	Bulgaria	99			Poland	84

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Soviet Union	89
	France	73
					Soviet Union	90
					Spain	84
					Seventh place
	Spain	95		France	91
	Israel	80			Israel	95

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Greece	64
	Turkey	61
					Greece	81
					Yugoslavia	79
					Third place
	Yugoslavia	82		Turkey	59
	Italy	69			Italy	63

1989 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Greece First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Greece
	Yugoslavia
	Italy
4th	Turkey
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Spain
7th	Israel
8th	France
9th	West Germany
10th	Bulgaria
11th	Poland
12th	Belgium

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive