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.
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The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
1997, fiba, europe, under, championship, known, that, time, 1997, european, championship, cadets, 14th, edition, fiba, europe, under, championship, cities, pepinster, kortrijk, quaregnon, belgium, hosted, tournament, yugoslavia, trophy, sixth, time, first, sin. 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 1997 EuroBasket Under 1614th FIBA Europe Under 16 ChampionshipTournament detailsHost countryBelgiumDates11 20 July 1997Teams12Venue s in 3 host cities Final positionsChampions Yugoslavia 1st title Tournament statisticsTop scorerVlado Ilievski 24 9 Top reboundsVladimir Boisa 13 3 Top assistsIvan Tomas 4 9 Official websiteOfficial website archive 19951999 Contents 1 Teams 2 Qualification 3 Preliminary round 3 1 Group A 3 2 Group B 4 Knockout stage 4 1 9th 12th playoffs 4 2 Championship 4 2 1 5th 8th playoffs 5 Final standings 6 ReferencesTeams edit nbsp Belgium nbsp Croatia nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp France nbsp Georgia nbsp Greece nbsp Israel nbsp Italy nbsp Macedonia nbsp Russia nbsp Slovenia nbsp SpainQualification editMain article 1997 FIBA Europe Under 16 Championship 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 editThe twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each Team advanced to Quarterfinals Team competed in 9th 12th playoffs Group A edit Team Pld W L PF PA Pts nbsp Russia 5 5 0 403 305 10 nbsp Israel 5 3 2 301 319 8 nbsp France 5 3 2 364 377 8 nbsp Yugoslavia 5 2 3 391 380 7 nbsp Macedonia 5 2 3 352 337 7 nbsp Belgium 5 0 5 297 390 5 Group B edit Team Pld W L PF PA Pts nbsp Greece 5 5 0 411 363 10 nbsp Spain 5 4 1 390 352 9 nbsp Croatia 5 2 3 343 365 7 nbsp Slovenia 5 2 3 353 329 7 nbsp Georgia 5 1 4 348 430 6 nbsp Italy 5 1 4 323 329 6Knockout stage edit9th 12th playoffs edit PlayoffsNinth place nbsp Belgium67 nbsp Georgia76 nbsp Georgia46 nbsp Macedonia44 nbsp Italy57 nbsp Macedonia76 Eleventh place nbsp Belgium50 nbsp Italy88 Championship edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal nbsp Spain78 nbsp France80 nbsp France61 nbsp Russia66 nbsp Russia92 nbsp Slovenia70 nbsp Russia87 nbsp Yugoslavia100 nbsp Greece66 nbsp Yugoslavia73 nbsp Yugoslavia74 nbsp Israel68Third place nbsp Israel82 nbsp Croatia78 nbsp France55 nbsp Israel65 5th 8th playoffs edit PlayoffsFifth place nbsp Spain67 nbsp Slovenia61 nbsp Spain85 nbsp Greece92 nbsp Greece92 nbsp Croatia68 Seventh place nbsp Slovenia80 nbsp Croatia75Final standings editRank Team nbsp nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp nbsp Russia nbsp nbsp Israel 4th nbsp France 5th nbsp Greece 6th nbsp Spain 7th nbsp Slovenia 8th nbsp Croatia 9th nbsp Georgia 10th nbsp Macedonia 11th nbsp Italy 12th nbsp Belgium 1997 European Championship for Cadets nbsp YugoslaviaSixth title Team roster Ivan Miceta Slobodan Tosic Ivan Vukadinov Mladen Sekularac Andrija Crnogorac Vladimir Tica Marko Pekovic Vladimir Roncevic Sreten Lakonic Predrag Stojic Miljan Pavkovic and Petar Jovanovic Head coach Veselin Matic References editFIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 FIBA Europe Under 16 Championship amp oldid 1190357820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
