1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1999 EuroBasket Under-16
15th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	15–24 July 1999
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Aleksandar Gajić
Top scorer	Zisis (23.9)
Top rebounds	Lončar (15.3)
Top assists	Mirakovski (3.3)
PPG (Team)	Macedonia (83.5)
RPG (Team)	Croatia (35.0)
APG (Team)	Yugoslavia (8.3)
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The 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1999 European Championship for Cadets) was the 15th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Polzela, Celje and Laško, in Slovenia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second 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 Greece, Israel and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Slovenia (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
Macedonia	5	3	2	430	385	8
France	5	3	2	351	321	8
Spain	5	3	2	359	374	8
Latvia	5	2	3	344	338	7
Croatia	5	2	3	346	385	7
Poland	5	2	3	332	359	7

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	5	0	373	326	10
Greece	5	4	1	375	326	9
Georgia	5	3	2	399	390	8
Turkey	5	1	4	321	354	6
Slovenia	5	1	4	328	347	6
Russia	5	1	4	328	381	6

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place



Russia	81

Croatia	74
		Croatia	82

		Poland	64
Slovenia	76

Poland	79
		Eleventh place



		Russia	82

		Slovenia	66

Championship

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Spain	73

Greece	78
		Greece	71

		Turkey	64
Turkey	65

Macedonia	64
				Greece	48

				Yugoslavia	59
Georgia	91

France	94
		France	49

		Yugoslavia	67	Third place
Yugoslavia	77

Latvia	62
				Turkey	81

				France	63