1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1979 EuroBasket Under-16
5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Syria
Dates	19–27 July 1979
Teams	11
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
	← 1977 1981 →

The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
	Team competed in 9th–11th round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	4	4	0	380	279	8
West Germany	4	3	1	305	288	7
Syria	4	1	3	310	307	5
Belgium	4	1	3	284	333	5
Turkey	4	1	3	272	344	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	5	0	477	371	10
Spain	5	4	1	506	352	9
Soviet Union	5	3	2	447	389	8
Bulgaria	5	2	3	412	399	7
Greece	5	1	4	378	397	6
Austria	5	0	5	287	599	5

Knockout stage

	Ninth place
	Tenth place
	Eleventh place

9th–11th round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	2	2	0	168	122	4
Turkey	2	1	1	187	143	3
Austria	0	0	2	106	196	2

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place



Syria	79

Bulgaria	104
		Bulgaria	75

		Soviet Union	91
Soviet Union	111

Belgium	70
		Seventh place



		Syria	104

		Belgium	74

Championship

Semifinals		Final



Italy	76

Spain	69
		Italy	100

		Yugoslavia	103
Yugoslavia	95

West Germany	73
		Third place



		Spain	122

		West Germany	82

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Italy
	Spain
4th	West Germany
5th	Soviet Union
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Syria
8th	Belgium
9th	Greece
10th	Turkey
11th	Austria

1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Yugoslavia Second title

Team roster

Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe.Head coach: Luka Stančić.