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1975 EuroBasket Under-16

3rd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	15–24 July 1975
Teams	20
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
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The 1975 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1975 European Championship for Cadets) was the third edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their second title in a row and became the most winning country in the tournament.

Teams

•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  England
•  France
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Wales
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

The twenty teams were allocated in four groups (two groups of four teams each and two groups of six teams each).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	202	135	6
Spain	3	2	1	227	133	5
Sweden	3	1	2	159	184	4
Portugal	3	0	3	114	250	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	242	180	6
Belgium	3	2	1	198	218	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	211	205	4
France	3	0	3	180	228	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	563	214	10
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	420	262	9
Poland	5	3	2	425	348	8
Iceland	5	2	3	265	425	7
Austria	5	1	4	243	341	6
Scotland	5	0	5	180	506	5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	504	253	10
Netherlands	5	4	1	381	320	9
Israel	5	3	2	494	323	8
West Germany	5	2	3	415	306	7
England	5	1	4	261	407	6
Wales	5	0	5	157	603	5

Knockout stage

19th–20th playoffs

	19th place
	Scotland		68
	Wales		47

17th–18th playoffs

	17th place
	Austria		57
	England		49

9th–12th playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Qualifying round				Ninth place
	Portugal	40
	Bulgaria	82
					Bulgaria	61
					Sweden	57
	Sweden	57
	France	55
									Bulgaria	62
									West Germany	77
	Iceland	69
	Israel	118
					Israel	74
					West Germany	80			Eleventh place
	Poland	59
	West Germany	80
									Israel	85
									Sweden	68

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	Portugal	68
	France	54
					Portugal	2
					Poland	0
	Iceland	53
	Poland	107
					Fifteenth place
					France	58
					Iceland	54

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Spain	65
	Yugoslavia	67
					Yugoslavia	68
					Greece	77
	Greece	78
	Belgium	72
									Greece	61
									Soviet Union	64
	Czechoslovakia	61
	Italy	85
					Italy	69
					Soviet Union	107			Third place
	Netherlands	50
	Soviet Union	84
									Yugoslavia	74
									Italy	72

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Spain	71
	Belgium	62
					Spain	92
					Netherlands	49
	Czechoslovakia	63
	Netherlands	64
					Seventh place
					Belgium	85
					Czechoslovakia	67

1975 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Soviet Union Second title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Greece
	Yugoslavia
4th	Italy
5th	Spain
6th	Netherlands
7th	Belgium
8th	Czechoslovakia
9th	West Germany
10th	Bulgaria
11th	Israel
12th	Sweden
13th	Portugal
14th	Poland
15th	France
16th	Iceland
17th	Austria
18th	England
19th	Scotland
20th	Wales

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive

v t e International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

• FIBA U16 European Championship
• 1975–76 in European basketball
• 1975 in Greek sport
• International youth basketball competitions hosted by Greece