1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1997 EuroBasket Under-16
14th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	11–20 July 1997
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Vlado Ilievski (24.9)
Top rebounds	Vladimir Boisa (13.3)
Top assists	Ivan Tomas (4.9)
PPG (Team)	Greece (82.6)
RPG (Team)	Russia (40.8)
APG (Team)	Spain (16.3)
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The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Teams

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-three national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Croatia (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Belgium (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
Russia	5	5	0	403	305	10
Israel	5	3	2	301	319	8
France	5	3	2	364	377	8
Yugoslavia	5	2	3	391	380	7
Macedonia	5	2	3	352	337	7
Belgium	5	0	5	297	390	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	411	363	10
Spain	5	4	1	390	352	9
Croatia	5	2	3	343	365	7
Slovenia	5	2	3	353	329	7
Georgia	5	1	4	348	430	6
Italy	5	1	4	323	329	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place



Belgium	67

Georgia	76
		Georgia	46

		Macedonia	44
Italy	57

Macedonia	76
		Eleventh place



		Belgium	50

		Italy	88

Championship

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Spain	78

France	80
		France	61

		Russia	66
Russia	92

Slovenia	70
				Russia	87

				Yugoslavia	100
Greece	66

Yugoslavia	73
		Yugoslavia	74

		Israel	68	Third place
Israel	82

Croatia	78
				France	55

				Israel	65