1981 EuroBasket Under-16

6th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	18–28 August 1981
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
← 1979 1983 →

The 1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1981 European Championship for Cadets) was the 6th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Thessaloniki and Katerini, in Greece, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won the trophy for the third time and became the most winning country in the tournament.

Teams

•  Finland
•  France
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Turkey
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	482	332	10
West Germany	5	4	1	310	290	9
Greece	5	3	2	346	345	8
Turkey	5	2	3	357	381	7
Poland	5	1	4	320	403	6
Sweden	5	0	5	350	414	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	463	270	10
Finland	5	3	2	388	415	8
Israel	5	3	2	399	463	8
Yugoslavia	5	2	3	497	471	7
France	5	1	4	348	440	6
Spain	5	1	4	403	439	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Poland	65
	Spain	93
					Spain	96
					France	63
	Sweden	71
	France	97
					Eleventh place
					Poland	88
					Sweden	85

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Turkey	100
	Israel	99
					Turkey	80
					Yugoslavia	97
	Yugoslavia	125
	Greece	76
					Seventh place
					Israel	83
					Greece	96

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Soviet Union	90
	West Germany	57
					Soviet Union	72
					Italy	57
	Italy	104
	Finland	65
					Third place
					West Germany	78
					Finland	64

1981 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Soviet Union Third title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Italy
	West Germany
4th	Finland
5th	Yugoslavia
6th	Turkey
7th	Greece
8th	Israel
9th	Spain
10th	France
11th	Poland
12th	Sweden