2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2003 EuroBasket Under-16
17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Spain
Dates 18–27 July 2003
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Serbia and Montenegro (4th title)
MVP Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Italy Luigi Da Tome (21.1)  Serbia and Montenegro (89.6)
Rebounds Spain José Ángel Antelo (13.8)  Italy (42.0)
Assists Turkey Cenk Akyol (3.0)  Serbia and Montenegro (10.4)
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The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the fourth time in a row.

Teams

Qualification

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 Lithuania, Greece and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Serbia and Montenegro (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Spain (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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

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

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 55041732110
 Russia 5413983669
 France 5324203788
 Macedonia 5233693457
 Lithuania 5143354266
 Bulgaria 5053154185

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 55045932910
 Spain 5323493658
 Slovenia 5233293347
 Greece 5233153637
 Italy 5233273347
 Israel 5143213756

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Lithuania63
 
 
 
 Israel68
 
 Israel52
 
 
 
 Italy69
 
 Bulgaria88
 
 
 Italy97
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Lithuania101
 
 
 Bulgaria54

Championship

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 France66
 
 
 
 Spain71
 
 Spain74
 
 
 
 Turkey76
 
 Turkey79
 
 
 
 Greece71
 
 Turkey68
 
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro83
 
 Slovenia68
 
 
 
 Russia104
 
 Russia63
 
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro89 Third place
 
 Serbia and Montenegro86
 
 
 
 Macedonia58
 
 Spain70
 
 
 Russia92
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 France80
 
 
 
 Greece60
 
 France60
 
 
 
 Slovenia54
 
 Slovenia58
 
 
 Macedonia55
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece59
 
 
 Macedonia70

Final standings

References

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