1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women

1997 EuroBasket Under-16 for Women
	12th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Hungary
Dates	18–27 July 1997
Teams	12
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Tournament leaders
	< 1995 1999 >

The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadettes) was the twelfth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women. 12 teams featured in the competition, held in Sopron, Hungary, from 18 to 27 July 1997.

Russia won their third title in a row.

Qualification

Nineteen countries entered the qualification round. They were divide in three groups. The top three teams of each group qualified for the main tournament.

Hungary (as host), Russia (as incumbent champion) and Italy (as incumbent runner-up) received a bye to the main tournament and did not play in the qualification round.

Group A

The games were played in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, from August 12 to 16, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	299	242	+57	10	Final tournament	—	59–49	54–53	62–53	53–44	71–43
2	Belgium	5	3	2	330	295	+35	8			—	64–56	79–62	60–71	78–47
3	Poland	5	3	2	311	260	+51	8				—	82–50	59–53	61–39
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	3	331	350	−19	7					—	72–70	94–57
5	Slovakia	5	2	3	314	285	+29	7						—	76–41
6	Armenia	5	0	5	227	380	−153	5							—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.

Group B

The games were played in Žďár nad Sázavou, the Czech Republic, from August 18 to 24, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	6	6	0	442	275	+167	12	Final tournament	—	79–60	57–56	81–54	74–46	66–39	85–20
2	Belarus	6	5	1	465	347	+118	11			—	88–81	87–53	85–45	70–50	75–39
3	Croatia	6	3	3	416	326	+90	9				—	73–36	71–45	58–62	77–38
4	Lithuania	6	3	3	337	384	−47	9					—	55–40	70–59	69–44
5	Finland	6	2	4	305	404	−99	8						—	64–58	65–61
6	Israel	6	2	4	331	365	−34	8							—	63–37
7	Portugal	6	0	6	239	434	−195	6								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.

Group C

The games were played in Timișoara, Romania, from August 13 to 17, 1996.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	363	226	+137	10	Final tournament	—	91–54	66–44	53–47	62–37	91–44
2	Romania (H)	5	3	2	281	320	−39	8			—	65–61	45–41	54–77	63–50
3	France	5	3	2	268	249	+19	8				—	47–43	70–37	46–38
4	Greece	5	2	3	247	234	+13	7					—	48–35	68–54
5	Germany	5	2	3	256	292	−36	7						—	70–58
6	Turkey	5	0	5	244	338	−94	5							—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Hungary	Hosts	10th	1993	Runners-up (1976)
Russia	1995 winners	3rd	1995	Champions (1993, 1995)
Italy	1995 runner-up	12th	1995	Runners-up (1978, 1980, 1985, 1995)
Yugoslavia	Qualification round Group A winners	10th^{[note 1]}	1991	Runners-up (1982, 1991)
Belgium	Qualification round Group A runners-up	7th	1995	3rd (1995)
Poland	Qualification round Group A third place	8th	1995	5th (1976, 1978)
Czech Republic	Qualification round Group B winners	2nd	1995	8th (1995)
Belarus	Qualification round Group B runners-up	2nd	1995	5th (1995)
Croatia	Qualification round Group B third place	2nd	1993	12th (1993)
Spain	Qualification round Group C winners	12th	1995	Runners-up (1993)
Romania	Qualification round Group C runners-up	8th	1991	Runners-up (1989)
France	Qualification round Group C third place	10th	1993	6th (1987, 1993)

Preliminary round

In the Preliminary Round, the twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The last two teams of each group qualified for the 9th-12th playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	3	2	309	308	+1	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to quarter-finals	—	58–57	58–56	49–59	66–56	78–80
2	France	5	3	2	280	264	+16	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	65–55	53–49	43–50	62–52
3	Croatia	5	3	2	303	284	+19	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}				—	59–57	69–53	64–51
4	Czech Republic	5	3	2	294	264	+30	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}					—	66–62	63–41
5	Italy	5	2	3	287	302	−15	7	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff					—	66–58
6	Romania	5	1	4	282	333	−51	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
Notes:

1 2 3 4 The four teams were first ranked by their head-to-head records: HUN 2–1, FRA 2–1, CRO 1–2, CZE 1–2. Then, Hungary/France and Croatia/Czech Republic were ranked by their game result (HUN 58–57 FRA) / (CRO 59–57 CZE).

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	349	271	+78	10	Advance to quarter-finals	—	70–68	74–46	59–56	69–49	77–52
2	Russia	5	4	1	384	288	+96	9			—	67–50	88–56	78–66	83–46
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	322	336	−14	8				—	73–70	73–65	80–60
4	Belarus	5	2	3	343	343	0	7					—	77–64	84–59
5	Poland	5	1	4	304	349	−45	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff					—	60–52
6	Belgium	5	0	5	269	384	−115	5	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.

Playoffs

9th-12th playoff

Semifinals		9th place game

July 25

Italy	69
		July 26
Belgium	75
		Belgium	62
July 25
		Poland	79
Poland	81

Romania	76
		11th place game

		July 26

		Italy	72

		Romania	63

Championship playoff

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

July 25

Russia	67
		July 26
Croatia	56
		Russia	61
July 25
		Belarus	31
Hungary	71
				July 27
Belarus	81
				Russia	69
July 25
				Czech Republic	60
France	58
		July 26
Yugoslavia	44
		France	53
July 25
		Czech Republic	67	Bronze game
Spain	43
				July 27
Czech Republic	49
				France	66

				Belarus	62

5th-8th playoff

Semifinals		5th place game

July 26

Croatia	75
		July 27
Hungary	39
		Croatia	42
July 26
		Spain	61
Yugoslavia	63

Spain	74
		7th place game

		July 27

		Hungary	64

		Yugoslavia	84

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Czech Republic
	France
4th	Belarus
5th	Spain
6th	Croatia
7th	Yugoslavia
8th	Hungary
9th	Poland
10th	Belgium
11th	Italy
12th	Romania

1997 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship Winners
Russia 3rd title

Statistical leaders

Points^[1]

Name	PPG
Marta Fernández	21.3
Laurence Van Malderen	18.4
Dorota Kepa	18.4
Milka Bjelica	17.6
Eva Vítečková	17.1

Rebounds^[2]

Name	RPG
Olga Zytomirska	9.1
Ivana Stojković	8.8
Eva Vítečková	8.8
Laurence Van Malderen	8.7
Oksana Chetko	8.4
Anna Statsenko	8.4

Assists^[3]

Name	APG
Kathy Wambe	3.4
Marta Fernández	3.1
Dea Klein-Šumanovac	3.0
Brankica Hadžović	2.8
Markéta Bednářová	2.5
Rosa Pérez	2.5

Notes

↑ First appearance as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. They made nine more appearances as part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

References

External links

Official Site

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[table_hth_HUN0.54140261166794-2] 1 2 3 4 The four teams were first ranked by their head-to-head records: HUN 2–1, FRA 2–1, CRO 1–2, CZE 1–2. Then, Hungary/France and Croatia/Czech Republic were ranked by their game result (HUN 58–57 FRA) / (CRO 59–57 CZE).

[1] First appearance as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. They made nine more appearances as part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FIBA considers the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as successor of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

[3] Statistical leader Points – Players

[4] Statistical leader Rebounds – Players

[5] Statistical leader Assists – Players