2003 EuroBasket Under-16

17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	18–27 July 2003
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia and Montenegro (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Nemanja Aleksandrov
Top scorer	Luigi Da Tome (21.1)
Top rebounds	José Ángel Antelo (13.8)
Top assists	Cenk Akyol (3.0)
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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

•  Bulgaria
•  France
•  Macedonia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Serbia and Montenegro
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

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.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	5	5	0	417	321	10
Russia	5	4	1	398	366	9
France	5	3	2	420	378	8
Macedonia	5	2	3	369	345	7
Lithuania	5	1	4	335	426	6
Bulgaria	5	0	5	315	418	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	5	5	0	459	329	10
Spain	5	3	2	349	365	8
Slovenia	5	2	3	329	334	7
Greece	5	2	3	315	363	7
Italy	5	2	3	327	334	7
Israel	5	1	4	321	375	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Lithuania	63
	Israel	68
					Israel	52
					Italy	69
	Bulgaria	88
	Italy	97
					Eleventh place
					Lithuania	101
					Bulgaria	54

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	France	66
	Spain	71
					Spain	74
					Turkey	76
	Turkey	79
	Greece	71
									Turkey	68
									Serbia and Montenegro	83
	Slovenia	68
	Russia	104
					Russia	63
					Serbia and Montenegro	89			Third place
	Serbia and Montenegro	86
	Macedonia	58
									Spain	70
									Russia	92

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	France	80
	Greece	60
					France	60
					Slovenia	54
	Slovenia	58
	Macedonia	55
					Seventh place
					Greece	59
					Macedonia	70

Final standings

Rank Team  Serbia and Montenegro  Turkey  Russia 4th  Spain 5th  France 6th  Slovenia 7th  Macedonia 8th  Greece 9th  Italy 10th  Israel 11th  Lithuania 12th  Bulgaria

2003 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets  Serbia and Montenegro Ninth title Team roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Durković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Dušan Trajković, Nenad Živčević, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Branko Jereminov, Nikola Dragović, and Boban Medenica. Head coach: Mijo Kadija.