1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

International basketball competition

1991 EuroBasket Under-16
11th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	18–25 August 1991
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
← 1989 1993 →

The 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1991 European Championship for Cadets) was the 11th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Kastoria, Komotini and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won the trophy for the first time.

Teams

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	501	328	10
Turkey	5	4	1	468	416	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	446	379	8
Israel	5	2	3	424	431	7
Bulgaria	5	1	4	415	521	6
Czechoslovakia	5	0	5	353	532	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	402	336	10
Spain	5	4	1	393	319	9
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	402	337	8
Germany	5	2	3	295	281	7
Belgium	5	1	4	283	313	6
Switzerland	5	0	5	252	441	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place



Belgium	75

Czechoslovakia	84
		Czechoslovakia	85

		Bulgaria	97
Switzerland	67

Bulgaria	95
		Eleventh place



		Belgium	82

		Switzerland	49

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place



Israel	83

Yugoslavia	63
		Israel	60

		Soviet Union	79
Soviet Union	96

Germany	76
		Seventh place



		Yugoslavia	66

		Germany	72

Championship

Semifinals		Final



Italy	85

Turkey	63
		Italy	106

		Greece	91
Greece	94

Spain	82
		Third place



		Turkey	67

		Spain	87

1991 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Italy First title

Final standings

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

References

v t e FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Division A	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015 Poland 2016 Montenegro 2017 Serbia 2018 Italy 2019 ~~North Macedonia 2020~~ ~~North Macedonia 2021~~ 2021 Challengers North Macedonia 2022 North Macedonia 2023 Greece 2024
Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 since 2004: not held
Division B	England/Bulgaria 2004 Bulgaria 2005 Estonia 2006 Macedonia 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 Portugal 2009 Estonia 2010 Macedonia 2011 Romania 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Macedonia 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Bulgaria 2016 Bulgaria 2017 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 Montenegro 2019 ~~Bulgaria 2020~~ ~~Bulgaria 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Bulgaria 2022 Romania 2023 North Macedonia 2024
Division C	Malta 2000 Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016 Andorra 2017 San Marino 2018 Albania 2019 ~~Kosovo 2020~~ ~~Kosovo 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Kosovo 2022 Kosovo 2023 Albania 2024

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.

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