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2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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2001 EuroBasket Under-16
16th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLatvia
Dates13–22 July 2001
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Veljko Tomović
Top scorerLithuania Kleiza (21.5)
Top reboundsLithuania Kleiza (12.3)
Top assistsGeorgia (country) Markhvashvili (5.4)
PPG (Team) Spain,  Georgia (80.0)
RPG (Team) Yugoslavia (42.0)
APG (Team) Georgia (19.1)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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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 third time in a row.

Teams

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Qualification

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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

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The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

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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

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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

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Georgia66
 
 
 
 Israel82
 
 Israel80
 
 
 
 Italy67
 
 Croatia70
 
 
 Italy75
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Georgia87
 
 
 Croatia85

Championship

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Latvia50
 
 
 
 Lithuania55
 
 Lithuania70
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia76
 
 Yugoslavia71
 
 
 
 Greece68
 
 Yugoslavia55
 
 
 
 Russia43
 
 France68
 
 
 
 Spain86
 
 Spain61
 
 
 
 Russia77 Third place
 
 Russia58
 
 
 
 Turkey53
 
 Lithuania74
 
 
 Spain75
 

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Latvia47
 
 
 
 Greece61
 
 Greece52
 
 
 
 France54
 
 France67
 
 
 Turkey48
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Latvia56
 
 
 Turkey58

Final standings

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References

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