2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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2001 EuroBasket Under-16
16th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Latvia
Dates 13–22 July 2001
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Yugoslavia (8th title)
MVP Serbia and Montenegro Veljko Tomović
Tournament leaders
Players Teams
Points Lithuania Kleiza (21.5)  Spain,  Georgia (80.0)
Rebounds Lithuania Kleiza (12.3)  Yugoslavia (42.0)
Assists Georgia (country) Markhvashvili (5.4)  Georgia (19.1)
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The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2001 European Championship for Cadets) was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the eighth time. It was their third title in a row.

Teams

Qualification

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Main article: 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Turkey, Macedonia and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Greece (runner-up) and Latvia (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
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 391 317 9
 Spain 5 4 1 415 396 9
 Lithuania 5 4 1 365 339 9
 Turkey 5 2 3 353 376 7
 Georgia 5 1 4 407 420 6
 Italy 5 0 5 313 396 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 361 287 10
 Latvia 5 4 1 330 312 9
 France 5 3 2 327 307 8
 Greece 5 2 3 367 340 7
 Croatia 5 1 4 337 397 6
 Israel 5 0 5 346 425 5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Georgia  66  
  Israel  82  
 
      Israel  80
    Italy  67
Eleventh place
  Croatia  70   Georgia  87
  Italy  75     Croatia  85

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  Latvia  50
 
  Lithuania  55  
  Lithuania  70
 
    Yugoslavia  76  
  Yugoslavia  71
 
  Greece  68  
  Yugoslavia  55
 
    Russia  43
  France  68
 
  Spain  86  
  Spain  61 Third place
 
    Russia  77  
  Russia  58   Lithuania  74
  Turkey  53     Spain  75
 

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs Fifth place
  Latvia  47  
  Greece  61  
 
      Greece  52
    France  54
Seventh place
  France  67   Latvia  56
  Turkey  48     Turkey  58

Final standings

References

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