1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1995 EuroBasket Under-16

13th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	23–30 July 1995
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Ilan Kadosh (29.8)
Top rebounds	Pawel Storozynski (11.9)
Top assists	Javier Rodríguez (3.1)
PPG (Team)	Spain (80.7)
RPG (Team)	Spain (36.7)
APG (Team)	Spain (7.9)
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Official website (archive)

The 1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as the 1995 European Championship for Cadets) was the 13th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Setúbal, Seixal, and Almada, in Portugal, hosted the tournament. Croatia won the trophy for the first time.

Teams

• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• England
• Finland
• France
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy
• Macedonia
• Portugal
• Spain
• Turkey

Qualification

Main article: 1995 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Russia, Lithuania, and Turkey. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Greece (title holder), Spain (runner-up), and Portugal (host) in the final tournament.

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
Spain	5	5	0	429	285	10
Macedonia	5	3	2	339	372	8
Italy	5	3	2	363	319	8
Israel	5	2	3	375	386	7
England	5	1	4	305	419	6
Czech Republic	5	0	5	328	358	6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	377	284	10
Greece	5	4	1	344	307	9
France	5	2	3	354	351	7
Turkey	5	2	3	296	282	7
Portugal	5	2	3	328	369	7
Finland	5	0	5	319	425	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Czech Republic	74
	Portugal	88
					Portugal	75
					Finland	47
	England	61
	Finland	67
					Eleventh place
					Czech Republic	65
					England	57

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	France	71
	Israel	54
					France	70
					Italy	98
	Italy	66
	Turkey	60
					Seventh place
					Israel	77
					Turkey	80

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Croatia	66
	Macedonia	45
					Croatia	75
					Spain	62
	Spain	74
	Greece	64
					Third place
					Macedonia	72
					Greece	73

1995 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Croatia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Spain
	Greece
4th	Macedonia
5th	Italy
6th	France
7th	Turkey
8th	Israel
9th	Portugal
10th	Finland
11th	Czech Republic
12th	England

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive