1987 EuroBasket Under-16
9th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
Dates8–15 August 1987
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (5th title)
← 1985
1989 →

The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments.

Teams

Preliminary round

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

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 5 0 402 318 10
 Italy 5 4 1 418 373 9
 Greece 5 3 2 367 347 8
 France 5 2 3 332 390 7
 Israel 5 1 4 388 399 6
 Turkey 5 0 5 349 429 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 429 316 10
 Spain 5 4 1 365 350 9
 Romania 5 3 2 356 342 8
 West Germany 5 2 3 335 374 7
 Belgium 5 1 4 327 369 6
 Hungary 5 0 5 301 362 5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Hungary91
 
 
 
 Israel106
 
 Israel96
 
 
 
 Turkey78
 
 Belgium79
 
 
 Turkey93
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Hungary58
 
 
 Belgium82

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 West Germany65
 
 
 
 Greece63
 
 West Germany57
 
 
 
 France67
 
 France78
 
 
 Romania73
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece79
 
 
 Romania75

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia94
 
 
 
 Spain67
 
 Yugoslavia83
 
 
 
 Italy77
 
 Italy104
 
 
 Soviet Union90
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain76
 
 
 Soviet Union84

Final standings

References

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